Tim Cook announced today the number of Apple Music subscribers and the release date of Apple TV 4, but he also provided details about Apple Watch and Apple Car, the car that the Apple company would launch in 2017 at the earliest, if all the plans will unfold as the leadership in Cupertino wants.
The Apple company refused to provide details on the sales of the Apple Watch until now, and Tim Cook still refused to provide a figure on the sales of the smart watch from the time of launch until now, saying that this is information that helps the competition.
Tim Cook agreed to say only that the Apple Watch recorded very good sales in the first fiscal quarter of availability, they increased in the second fiscal quarter of availability, with Apple estimating that sales will continue to increase during the winter holidays.
We are not announcing the numbers. This is competitive information. I don't want to help the competition. We shipped a lot the first quarter, then last quarter we shipped even more. I can predict this quarter we will ship even more. People love the health and fitness aspect of Watch.
Asked about the Apple Car, the Apple car, Tim Cook spoke mainly about CarPlay, saying that the software will play an increasingly important role in the cars of the future and it is clear that the car developed by the company will put a lot of emphasis on this system.
Separately, Tim Cook stated that autonomous cars are becoming more and more important, various rumors saying that Apple is developing such a car, but of course no details were provided regarding their possible development or launch on the market.
When I look at the automobile, what I see is that software becomes an increasingly important part of the car of the future. You see that autonomous driving becomes much more important. It seems like there will be massive changes in that industry. We want people to have an iPhone experience in their car. We look at a lot of things. Our model is to reduce that list to a few. We will see what we do in the future. I do think that the industry is at an inflection point for massive change, not just evolutionary change.
