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Apple Announces New Apple Watch Sport Loop Bands Representing 22 Countries

tobefirst said:
I'll admit that I'm short on sleep today, so maybe I just need to go back to bed, but I'm having a hard time understanding people today. haha. What does this mean? You said that Great Britain is a country and that it is a nickname for the UK, neither of which are true. I'm sorry for misunderstanding.
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No it's not your fault. Great Britain is what people have the nickname for the UK. So technically your right, it isn't a country.
 
jimjiminyjim said:
Agreed! Ludicrous. Likely nobody from Canada had a say on that design, or whoever was was hobbled into creating a similar look and feel across the whole set (though I would say the US design stands out from the set).
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All they did was take the "stripes" watch face and customize with colors and toss on an angle, 150º for USA. How these are article worthy watch faces is beyond me.

If you change the USA white to light grey it actually works better as a watch face. Have a little contrast between the white hands and the background.
 
xlchen1128 said:
not available in other countries for purchase?
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Yes they are available worldwide, unlike the 2016 woven nylon international collection which was only sold at Apple stores in Brazil.

If not worldwide, at least they are available in the 22 countries represented in the collection of bands and watch faces.
 
Yeaaah…. Sweden….. sure….
 

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profets said:
I’m Italian and I find that quite stupid lol.

though the Mexican band works perfectly LOL

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yeah, without the eagle, Mexico becomes identical to Italy.

Dino F said:
...when are the watch faces available or do we just create them ourselves ?
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They are available on apple’s website. Just go to the watch section, scroll down to the international collection and tap on ‘see the countries’. It’s explained right in the article above.
 
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The watch faces are easy enough to create yourself. Just use "stripes" set to 9, set your colors, and set angle to 150º. Personally think changing the WHITE to LIGHT GREY makes a better watch face since you cannot change the color of the hands. As easy as this is to set up, no reason more countries could not be represented.
 
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mdekker said:
Looks like they are just presets for the Stripes watch face. You can easily create them yourself already, no sw update needed.

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or download them from Apple’s website. But still, no update needed.

johnyslats said:
Description says downloadable so I imagine there’ll be an app clip on the packaging like the pride bands with a link to the matching watch face
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Correct, there will be one. And they are also available for download on apple’s website. Read the article for details on that.

Dino F said:
....good idea although I'm not sure how these bands hold up to sweaty wrists during a workout!!
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Oh they hold up well. The sport loop is designed for that, unlike the previous woven nylon bands now discontinued by Apple.
 
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bsbeamer said:
The watch faces are easy enough to create yourself. Just use "stripes" set to 9, set your colors, and set angle to 150º. Personally think changing the WHITE to LIGHT GREY makes a better watch face since you cannot change the color of the hands. As easy as this is to set up, no reason more countries could not be represented.
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But we don’t have to. They’re available for download right on apple’s website. People, you ought to read the article before commenting.
 
These are pretty nice. I would have loved for them to somewhere have a little version of the flag on them. Japan has one of the most iconic and best flags per vexillologists and no circle?

Blackstick said:
I mean, they send 56 athletes to the Summer Olympics (and at least 4 to the winter ;))... for a tiny island nation of 2.7M, that's significant.
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They also win a ton of sprinting events.
 
lartola said:
No they are already available for download on apple’s website. No update needed. It’s mentioned in the article, you’d know if you had read it.
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Calm down dude. That information wasn’t in the article when it was first posted so many of the earlier posts speculated on how to get the watch faces. MacRumors added the information later on
 
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tobefirst said:
We will also have to disagree that these bands aren't focused on the Olympics. They absolutely are in my opinion. Apple is choosing not to mention "Olympics" because that would cost them a lot of money in a rights deal.
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I'm not sure how anyone could seriously disagree with this. Of course, these are related to the Olympics—in several cases, they match teach uniforms rather than national flags. But as you say, to mention the Olympics in the marketing would cost big money.
 
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Hope they get more in stock. Been wanting an Apple Germany band since they first released them years ago.
 
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