Lukáš Gondek The Apple Watch as Apple's most profitable product, patented bracelets, Pharrell on the Apple campus, but also a peeing Android stick figure, that's what Apple Week is all about today.
Watch should become Apple's most profitable product (April 20)
According to analysts, three million Apple Watch units will be sold in the first 14 days – 1,8 million Sport versions, 1,2 million steel versions and 40 thousand exclusive Watch Editions. Apple could get up to $2 billion from such interest, 60 percent of which should be net earnings. Such large revenues make the watch Apple's most profitable product. The components used in the steel and gold version of the watch are no different from the cheapest Sport version, and the material used for its exterior only minimally increases the cost of production. Even if the Apple Watch Edition is sold the least, the revenue from it will make up one quarter of the total revenue. According to estimates, Apple will not be able to produce enough watches for almost the entire holiday season, so customers will still have to wait for the latest product. Another 4 million units should be put into circulation by the end of June.
Source: 9to5Mac
Bracelets for Watch are patented by Apple (April 21)
With the launch of the watch, Apple insured against copying the design of its bracelets. While the Californian company had previously issued a patent for the Modern Buckle bracelet, others remained unprotected. Now Apple has patented three more: Link Bracelet, Sport Band and Classic Buckle. Apple spends a lot of time on the design of its products, and it was no different, for example, with the Link Bracelet. It is elaborated in detail and just cutting the individual parts requires nine hours. Jony Ive and Marc Newson are listed as the authors of the designs.
Source: Cult of Mac
Apple celebrated Earth Day with Pharrell Williams (April 22)
In Cupertino, Apple employees were able to enjoy a concert by Pharrell Williams, the author of the hit song "Happy", on Earth Day. Pharrell, who has collaborated with Apple before at the iTunes Festival, took his gold Apple Watch Edition to the show. He bragged about them in America both on the show "The Voice" and on Instagram.
Source: Cult of Mac
Developer Randy Ubillos leaves Apple after 20 years (23/4)
Randy Ubillos, Apple's lead developer of video applications, announced on Twitter that he is leaving the California-based company after 20 years. Ubillos is best known for the first versions of Adobe Premiere and KeyGrip, which were purchased by Apple and used as the basis for Final Cut Pro. Although Ubillos was not one of Apple's most well-known employees, he appeared, for example, at WWDC in June 2010, where he introduced iMovie for the iPhone to the world for the first time.
After an amazing 20 years working on Apple products, today is my last day. I look forward to retirement and the adventures ahead. :-)
— Randy Ubillos (@ubillos) April 23, 2015
Source: MacRumors
A new iPod touch could appear this year (April 23)
The iPod touch has been sold unchanged since October 2012, when Apple introduced it with a thinner and more colorful design, an A5 chip and a Lightning connector. Since then, sales of the iPod have been declining, and Apple has not even listed them as a separate entity in its results since late 2014. According to purely speculative reports, the iPod touch could receive an update this year. A newer A7 chip and improved front and rear cameras could also add more storage, which many users have been wanting since the 160GB iPod Classic was dropped. In addition, the new iPod could support Apple Pay, and the features associated with Beats would not be out of the question. Apple could present the iPod update during the September or October keynote, but it may also happen that the Californian company will do so only through its website.
Source: MacRumors
An Android stick peed on the Apple logo in Google Maps (April 24)
Last week, an unknown user shared with the Internet world a sight he saw on Google Maps. The map of one of the Pakistani cities showed an Android stick peeing on the Apple logo. Google later confirmed that the image was added by an unknown person who used a map editing tool to keep it up to date. The image has been removed by the company.
Source: Apple Insider
A week in a nutshell
The whole of last week was devoted to the launch of Apple Watch sales, which, according to Johy Ivo, is impossible compare with a classic watch. Even before the sales launch bylo there are over 3 applications ready for download in the Apple Watch App Store. Then your own applications they are going to and Czech developers. Right after the watch officially went on sale and Apple released three new ads, with editors from iFixit they looked right inside them.
Last week, Apple also celebrated Earth Day: Apple Store logos around the world she colored to green and a video was published on the site in which Apple describing, in what ways he tries to be kind to nature. Additionally, we learned the way the Apple Watch measures pulse, and Nokia Offers its HERE map division to buy for $3 billion.
Somehow the numbers of units sold don't suit me. If I'm not mistaken, 1.8 million + 1.2 million is not 2 million, but 3 million. There will be a mistake somewhere.