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To us the iPhone is a powerful computing device. But I think the truth is that most people who buy an iPhone, are really buying a fashion item. How many apps do most people actually have installed? And how many of them do they use regularly? Not a lot.

Now, people who wear watches these days also are also doing so to be fashionable. This is why I think this has mass market potential.



Most people watch video's and surf the web even without installing apps. This takes a lot more processing power than you might think. What they don't use is the GPU, but that's a small fraction of the cost of an iPhone.


Yes yes, no one actually uses apps because the iPhone is just a fashion item.

That is why Angry Birds has sold millions and licensed their IP for physical products and a movie. That's why Instagram is a $1bn company.

Bullshit.




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