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If You Have Bad Eyes or a Bad Heart, This Is the Watch for You  When the original Apple Watch came out, most of the reviews drove me crazy. They were written by people who didn’t like it and didn’t seem to know what they would really want in a wearable. They couldn’t envision why anyone would want a smart watch. And they couldn’t articulate what they wanted in the next version.
 Much has been made about Tesla’s second-half margins by analysts who think that this is when Tesla may finally turn the corner and be profitable. But for reasons I’m about to bring to light, the third and fourth quarters may have materially misstated gross margins. Especially the fourth quarter.
 When the Apple Watch was released back in 2015, I was certain that Apple was serious about dominating this category and wouldn’t be content to simply dabble in it like their hobby product, the Apple TV. That’s because it looked to me like Apple had made a stark departure from their usual practice of only offering high-margin products. In this case they were willing to price the Apple Watch at near breakeven.
 It’s surprising to me when free-market capitalists speak about using government power over Facebook and Twitter the way socialist Democrats speak about using government power over General Electric or Exxon. How they can so hypocritically call for regulations on private corporations is beyond my reconciliation.
 I couldn’t wait to share this article by Greg Satell at Inc. Online about how opening physical retail stores is becoming somewhat of a hot trend all of a sudden.
 I’m quite surprised to hear the latest rumors that Apple is removing 3D Touch from future iPhones. 3D Touch has always struck me as the perfect way to add a set of “cheat moves” with which to add features to a device with limited screen real estate. This would be a big mistake for a couple of reasons.
 Speculation was going on hot and heavy for about a year right after the 2011 Steve Jobs biography came out that Apple was going to release an Apple Branded TV. At the time, I had a hard time coming up with a reason why Apple should do it. What advancements in display or interface design could Apple bring to make me want to pay a premium?
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Robert PerezManufacturing and distribution analysis since 1993. 
Perezonomics is available in Apple News
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