I checked out all of the iwatches at the Apple store tonight. The lower priced models are very cool...the $15K version, this i really don't get??? A case that has maybe....maybe $150- worth of gold- and the same exact functionality and innards as the $349- model! WOW, you have to be one crazy crazy HIGH ROLLER to buy the Edition model ( which starts at a paltry $10K!!)...IMHO.
Apple iWatch Coming April 2015
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I have received my Apple Watch Rose Gold 40 [out of Singapore]and am extremely happy......hoping to get a matching gold bracelet if and when it becomes available otherwise a non genuine [when available].....
I am same as you Mike,
I just cannot see why one would buy this if using a smart phone such as latest iPhone or Samsung.
Apple are being very business savvy, they are convincing the same people to buy their smart phone, smart watch, and tablets, where functionality overlaps on all (putting aside the smart watch health monitoring) and two of those are truly mobile.
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People will buy things they think they need. Apple will sell millions of this watch. I will wait. Don't see what the fuss is all about and what more information I need from a watch. We'll see if this idea of a smartwatch will really soar ... I have my doubts.
As for the 15 K version. I fail to see the rationale for it ... Then again I own of a few luxury watches and they do nothing more than tell the time and that, not as accurately as a $20 Quartz Casio ...
The problem is sustainability IMO. The case of the Apple$15K watch looking and doing the exact same thing as the $350 (or so) model is not to me the best recipe for projecting exclusivity a requirement I would think of luxury items.
As for the 15 K version. I fail to see the rationale for it ... Then again I own of a few luxury watches and they do nothing more than tell the time and that, not as accurately as a $20 Quartz Casio ...
The problem is sustainability IMO. The case of the Apple$15K watch looking and doing the exact same thing as the $350 (or so) model is not to me the best recipe for projecting exclusivity a requirement I would think of luxury items.
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The ultra expensive smart watches can be seen as another canny move by Apple, if it succeeds then Apple are not only a highly visible tech company but also associated with premier luxury watch prestige.
No amount of marketing would ever buy them that on its own, and those top end models could be their enabler to attain such a perception of high demand/quality-luxury prestige.
I was doubtful they could do it, but looks like they may succeed, challenge is sustaining that image.
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No amount of marketing would ever buy them that on its own, and those top end models could be their enabler to attain such a perception of high demand/quality-luxury prestige.
I was doubtful they could do it, but looks like they may succeed, challenge is sustaining that image.
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That was my first thought as well, but it seems Apple's expensive models are selling well for some reason, and prestige perception they are looking for is not quite the same as those who collect the very top watches.
If they can convince the general wealthy-luxury consumers to leave behind their Rolex/etc for a smart "luxury" level iWatch "equivalent" then it is working, and the benefit is also to the brand name of Apple.
As I said whether this prestige perception can be pulled off needs to be seen, but surprisingly many are buying into the Apple watch and not just the cheaper entry models.
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Again we are talking about perceived prestige they are taking to a global consumer market, that then spreads to a more broad Apple brand.
Personally I would prefer a Rolex + smart phone, but there are those such as Mike's son who forgo their swiss made watch and wear Apple now (well lets see how long before he goes back to the Rolex
).Mike let us know if he does switch back, will be interesting.
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Again we are talking about perceived prestige they are taking to a global consumer market, that then spreads to a more broad Apple brand.
Personally I would prefer a Rolex + smart phone, but there are those such as Mike's son who forgo their swiss made watch and wear Apple now (well lets see how long before he goes back to the Rolex
Mike let us know if he does switch back, will be interesting.
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Orb
he has the Apple on again this morning.
I see that the young ladies here seem to be impressed with it.
we all have our priorities.
he has the Apple on again this morning.
I see that the young ladies here seem to be impressed with it.
we all have our priorities.
Maybe I should get one after all. The old broads know me and are no longer overly impressed.
The iWatch may be a bomb...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-watch-may-not-be-ticking-with-customers-2015-07-07
No doubt the watch has appeal to certain types of users....this news does not bode well for the watches future, however....
We pay the price when we get way ahead of technology capabilities. We are years away from having battery and processor technologies to take away sufficient number of compromises to make this a real thing.
In my opinion, Apple was bullied into making a watch. It is indeed something I firmly believe Jobs would have vetoed. Cook doesn't have his credibility with the Apple team to do the same even if he had the same insights.
We should also be prepared for nothing big coming out of Apple anymore. Not because Jobs is gone. But because revolutions like iPod and iPhone are not everyday occurrences. We have them once every decade or two. Or even more (witness how old the Internet is). Apple has done all that a company should be expected to do. Microsoft did it with Windows and Office. Google did it with search and Android. And Apple has its two things. I don't know that there is an example of a company having more than this many under its belt. I know Microsoft has tried and died with Xbox, Search, etc (although it has had half successes in such things as Server OS, and even Xbox).
In my opinion, Apple was bullied into making a watch. It is indeed something I firmly believe Jobs would have vetoed. Cook doesn't have his credibility with the Apple team to do the same even if he had the same insights.
We should also be prepared for nothing big coming out of Apple anymore. Not because Jobs is gone. But because revolutions like iPod and iPhone are not everyday occurrences. We have them once every decade or two. Or even more (witness how old the Internet is). Apple has done all that a company should be expected to do. Microsoft did it with Windows and Office. Google did it with search and Android. And Apple has its two things. I don't know that there is an example of a company having more than this many under its belt. I know Microsoft has tried and died with Xbox, Search, etc (although it has had half successes in such things as Server OS, and even Xbox).
Give it a year and most of the people who bought this will relegate them into a drawer. It's a toy.
That is exactly what I did with the Microsoft SPOT watch. The new watches are worlds ahead but still have the same serious problem: needing to be charged all the time.
This was discussed and predicted earlier in the thread. None of this is surprising. Well, the steep 90% drop is kind of surprising.
Amir, I still use an Apple iMac flat screen desk top computer. It's great. And I always thought the Mac/Apple user interface is what the company is famous for. I'm no techie, but isn't Apple more than just the ipod and iphone?
Pitty those who spent big bucks on special finishes. At least all of those celebrities who had them before they were available didn't have to pay for them, or so I'm told.
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