Forgot your password?  Comment: $6 Billion? Really? (Score 2)
327  by zelbinion (#43072803) Attached to: Apple's iWatch Could
Come With IOS, Earn $6 Billion a Year  I, too, think that the $6
billion figure for the possible size of an iWatch market to be
completely fictional. Not going to happen, but I'd really like
some of whatever these guys are smoking to come up with a number
like that.  As others have already said, a lot of people no
longer wear watches because they now carry cell phones. Still
others only wear watches as jewelry. Yes, I take the point
others have made here that many/most/all Apple products are
fashion statements, so you could argue an iWatch would still be
jewelry, but in the world of watches, there seems to be
generally two categories of "fashion" watches: watches that are
"traditional jewelry" meaning that they are
gold/silver/titanium, or made from other "traditional" jewelry
materials, and watches that have an interesting/modern design
(think the original "Swatch".) An iWatch can't c