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Store is up, with watch prices. Gold ones go up to $17k. $10k only gets you plastic band. Stainless steel with link bracelet is $999. $1099 for black.
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Paul Allen posted:SO wait, can the bands "made" for the regular watch not be used on the Sport watch? I'd think the bands can be used on any watch, correct? I was under the impression they could. It was the materials that the actual "watch" is made out of that differentiate. I thought they all used the same lug. (I could have missed something though...)
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smackfu posted:Store is up, with watch prices. lol
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Selane posted:Oh man, that page with goons screaming about $1000 for a watch being too much after Tim announced that it's 10k is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. link?
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Mar 9, 2015 19:46
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RVProfootballer posted:lol keep going um... gold is expensive??  not sure where the disconnect here. gold is expensive
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Mar 9, 2015 19:46
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10K for a watch that is going to be obsolete next year is total overkill... Actually, $400 for a watch that is going to be obsolete next year is a bad deal too.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:46
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drat I was hoping for iPad pro news.
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horse mans posted:i know, it's so shillish for me to expect things made of solid gold to be expensive. that drat reality distortion field horse mans posted:um... gold is expensive?? Yeah, but it's not actual solid gold. It's Apple's "gold" synthesized material. I would agree with you if it were, and as I said, the steel model has the dumbest pricing by far.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:48
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Rabble posted:10K for a watch that is going to be obsolete next year is total overkill... I'm sure the new 2016 mickey mouse watch faces will be backwards compatible, so I'm not sure what you mean about it being obsolete in a year
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Pindakaas posted:drat I was hoping for iPad pro news. They did...its call the new MacBook. It has a 1.1Ghz Core M, a keyboard, and one single port.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:48
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Band prices: http://store.apple.com/us/watch/watch-accessories $50 for plastic. $150 for Milanese loop. $150 or $250 for leather. $450 for metal link.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:49
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Is this the place where I can talk about the Pebble I just backed?
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Mar 9, 2015 19:50
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Buy a watch, or just the band for the watch, for the same price! What a loving steal
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Mar 9, 2015 19:51
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Mar 9, 2015 19:52
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Logikv9 posted:Buy a watch, or just the band for the watch, for the same price! What a loving steal um... steel is expensive?? not sure where the disconnect here. steel is expensive
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Mar 9, 2015 19:53
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Smartwatches are a joke. Let's be real here.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:53
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The only thing this thing is good for is bankrolling and ironing out the bugs for the 2nd-3rd gen.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:54
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RVProfootballer posted:um... steel is expensive?? But it's not just steel, it's this special Apple "synthesized" alloy called "stainless", that no one has done before! Oh, wait...
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Mar 9, 2015 19:55
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RVProfootballer posted:um... steel is expensive?? Which is why they make soup cans out of it.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:55
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FYI, the Apple Store App has actual size pictures if you want to get an idea of how it would fit you.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:55
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There is a 59$ tax on it being black? Wow. I am not One to complain about Apple pricing. Noone is forcing you to buy. Still some things just feel like highway robbery.... On top of it The One i like is The 42mm watch with link bracelet and I am not going to pay more than my Phone costs for an accessory
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Mar 9, 2015 19:56
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You're paying for the ancient and righteous simple chainmail band.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:57
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Endless Mike posted:FYI, the Apple Store App has actual size pictures if you want to get an idea of how it would fit you. You can even print those out to make the Apple Watch Air!
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Mar 9, 2015 19:58
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Whirlwind Jones posted:I'm wondering how they'll go about announcing the price for the Edition. I know that to a large subset of the population spending upwards of $10k on a watch isn't exactly a huge deal but with just how public and viral the press conferences have become it'll be interesting to see if they actually put a number to it, and if so, how much of a backlash that will cause with the casual / white-noise crowd. Having them only available at select high end jewelry stores would help divert some of that attention (as opposed to placing it along side the other models in the online store), but this still feels like something that annoying people will freak out about.
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The biggest takeaway from the Apple Watch is the $10k gold watch is now the new funniest way to laugh at ultra rich white people. China and Korea will love the shiny gold watch too, and it'll be equally hilarious. Metallurgists have been speculating that Apple could be making upwards of $5k net profit on each watch too, so they'll be laughing all the way to record profits eclipsing last record quarter. So funny. Otherwise, smart watches are a total joke "ooh, shiny" fad that will be dead within 3-5 years. In addition, the Pebble Time (and current Pebble watches) are superior to what Apple has to offer. They're genuinely innovating on pointless technology at a much cheaper price point. Android watches are competitive and often superior too. Basically, Apple is repackaging Android watches with a shiny coat of paint. I'm sure Apple Watch will sell extremely well and all, of course, since it's an Apple product. That's always the case. But Apple is way behind their competition this time, unlike the original iPad/iPhone, where they were reinventing a very young market sector. The awful single day battery life is the Apple double standard as usual. The mass market isn't going to complain and everyone will still buy it. But everyone was ragging onMotorola and other Android manufacturers nonstop on having poor battery life... and the Pebble Time has nearly a week of battery life. What a joke. Cough Drop The Beat fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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Mar 9, 2015 19:59
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From the apple watch store page... "**Apple Watch is splash and water resistant but not waterproof. You can, for example, wear and use Apple Watch during exercise, in the rain, and while washing your hands, but submerging Apple Watch is not recommended. Apple Watch has a water resistance rating of IPX7 under IEC standard 60529. The leather bands are not water resistant. " IPX7 - Withstands incidental exposure to water of up to 1 meter for up to 30 minutes. You would think for a watch that has no need to ever be opened and has wireless charging they would waterproof it.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:00
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I have a feeling the 3rd party Apple Watch band market is going to be a robust one
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Mar 9, 2015 20:00
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If you had 10 grand you were specifically going to spend on a watch why wouldn't you just get a Rolex? In that upper echelon of people with money the Rolex guy will likely laugh at the Apple Watch guy. The Rolex will also actually be worth something in 20 years. Anyone interested in buying a first generation iPhone? Exactly.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:01
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Rabble posted:From the apple watch store page... Putting money on the 2nd Gen watch being waterproof, or there being a waterproof option.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:01
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Mar 9, 2015 20:01
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Apple is going to make so much money off the 10k model and that's hilarious and stupid.
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ShoogaSlim posted:If you had 10 grand you were specifically going to spend on a watch why wouldn't you just get a Rolex? In that upper echelon of people with money the Rolex guy will likely laugh at the Apple Watch guy.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:01
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I'm surprised that there is ZERO differentiation between the three models outside of the case. Why would I pay for anything more than the sport version?
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Mar 9, 2015 20:02
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That 10K at least nets you 1 year more of warranty than the standard watches.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:02
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Weird, the sport models come with 2 (small and large) bands but the cheap stainless model that comes with a plastic band only has one. If you get a plastic band separately you get the 2 sizes too.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:02
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While Jony Ive may have a voice born of the reality distortion field, it doesn't make up for the fact that it field generator was buried with Jobs.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:02
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just_a_guy posted:There is a 59$ tax on it being black? Wow. I am not One to complain about Apple pricing. Noone is forcing you to buy. Still some things just feel like highway robbery.... On top of it The One i like is The 42mm watch with link bracelet and I am not going to pay more than my Phone costs for an accessory The black sport one is the same price as the silver one. Gruber predicted black ones would cost more because the old BlackBooks, but he was wrong. The only price differences between the sport models is the size difference.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:03
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Chortle posted:The black sport one is the same price as the silver one. Gruber predicted black ones would cost more because the old BlackBooks, but he was wrong.
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Bottom Liner posted:The watch's SDK alone will ensure that it is far, far superior to anything on Android, but I agree with all your other points. I wish the Pebble had more support (it's good, not great), because I think it is the best hardware out there. Most people are never going to use the 9000 different niche apps on their smart watch, so it's kind of irrelevant beyond tech nerds like everyone posting in this thread. The vast majority of mainstream consumers will use their Apple Watch to reply to texts, check their notifications for sports scores/email/weather/stocks/etc, and maybe use the fitness features if they don't have a Fitbit. That's it for the most part.
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Man. I may need to get a sport. The fact that I can send my location to my wife with a single click while I'm on the bike is huge. Doubly so when I'm doing 10-20hrs+/week on the bike. All other features are pretty ho-hum but that is pretty awesome for me.
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