For me someone in the audience or meeting participant group looking at their watch indicates they are late, you are running out of time, or..... so now we add notification/text/whatever watch wearer review?
More and more distractions.
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Apple Offering $50 Off Apple Watch With Any iPhone Purchase in Select Apple Stores
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For me someone in the audience or meeting participant group looking at their watch indicates they are late, you are running out of time, or..... so now we add notification/text/whatever watch wearer review?
More and more distractions.
And I bet the people buying the Edition version won't be wearing it in 6 months, or very intermittently if at all. The target audience for the Edition is one with lots of disposable money. Watch wearers with disposable money aren't just married to one watch and usually have many other option, many of which are more expensive than the Edition, more exclusive, and more classy. The Apple Watch will be a passing novelty to them.
It's more than just that. Apple continues to position it as the most personal product they've ever sold. Their entire selling model is direct one-on-one experience, from requiring appointments at the launch, as they still do today (albeit they are not as hard to get, still I was kept waiting almost 30 minutes in the Apple Store after requesting one upon my arrival). This is regardless of whether it's a Sport or an Edition, which are the exact same watch inside the case. So this class distinction thing about Target doesn't change the fact that they're still selling a product in Target that's essentially the same as being sold everywhere else. The only thing that differentiates the stainless steel watch Target is selling is the quality of the band. And that $600 watch is also $375 more than any other watch Target sells in their brick & mortar stores. So will the customer get the same experience in Target they will anywhere else? Even a Best Buy? Not likely. Just because Apple charges less for the Sport and some stainless, that means they are no longer worthy of the level of service of the stainless models with nicer bands? And yet they're exactly the same watches they sell at luxury fashion boutiques Maxfield and Colette where the emphasis on service is paramount, whether you're buying a Sport Watch that costs $350 or $17,000.
In the end its hypocrisy which I know Apple is not immune from, but still ... I don't have a problem with them selling the watch everywhere, as long as the sales experience lives up to Apple's established and much touted guidelines. Sell them at Target, but staff the stores with Apple trained employees who will offer the customer buying the $350 Sport the same level of attention as the customer buying that exact same watch at an Apple Store. But that's not what they've done. They've feverishly dump the excess inventory into the same discount hopper as all the other electronics Target sells, sold by the same understaffed, over-worked, minimum-wage earning, untrained, slack-jawed yocals who can't seem to even keep the other Apple displays clean and orderly, much less answer your questions coherently.
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Apple Watch is the worst Apple product I've ever owned, and I have an Apple mouse. Thankfully their return policy is awesome.
It didn't require a Iphone to use. Go on the Apple web site. Tired of hearing this.
And yet, you're WRONG Again; yet, are smug about it again.
The watch has plenty of functionality, on its own without the phone.
If you have a LTE mobile hotspot on you when you travel (not even a Iphone), it also has network capability.
The GPS is the only thing that absolutely needs a Iphone.
So, again using an argument that's not correct and not even needed to build your case.
We wouldn't bother trying to convince you of ANYTHING if your argument was actually cohesive.
Your initial argument was dismissive without a proper justification; simple as that.
You can say it's not right for you, and that's it. Yet, you go way way beyond that. Not even sure why.
Agreed!!!!
iPhone DEFINITELY creates the lion's share of Apple's profits....
Obviously, an optional companion device, with a lower price than the main device doesn't even mathematically have the possibility of creating the same revenue, lol.
People trying to claim that Apple was unaware of this obvious fact are being ludicrous.
hahahahahahaha!!!!!!
Omg, soooooo.... an external battery was a bad idea because space is too much "@ a premium", but you go on to say that you carry back up batteries for your gps "of course"???!
Hahahahahaha....
You will NEVER convince me that you're not being purposefully obstinate now.
Sorry Charlie, painted yourself into a bit of a corner there credibility-wise. =P
Not an issue, actually.
To me that statement sounds as absurd as someone saying: "do you still need to have a shirt on to wear a tie; or did they fix that issue?".
Are you on crazy pills??!!
I own one, love it, & defend it (see above posts), but I simply cannot deny the FACT that you need an iPhone to use it.
The paired discounts/freebies you're talking about regarding Samsung involved "buy one get one free" types of deals. By comparison, the "discount" on the Watch isn't really much of a discount. Even for the cheapest model, the Sport, the discount is less than 20%. It's actually around 15%. If this discount was in response to poor sales, Apple is doing a really bad job of trying to reverse the trend because the discount is pitiful.
I think the Apple Watch has dispelled the myth believed by some that any product with the Apple logo will be a resounding success. I wonder if a round Apple Watch would be more successful?
Yes, it is!
At the end of the day this is a watch, and you can only wear "one" watch at a time on your wrist. And I don't like to worry about charging my everyday watch every night, not to forget about taking the charger with me if I'm travelling and etc.
Today, it's not convenient for me yet.
And it's not a rocket science, it's called 'personal preference'..
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Hope so. I "kind of" want an Apple Watch, but I'm waiting for the 2nd gen.
people that work with their hands? I work in a warehouse and there are times when there is a solid 8 hours where you are constantly unloading boxes and unpacking things. We dont all sit in cubicles with a carpel-tunnel brace on typing away with our phones next to us.
I can take calls from it, respond to texts, and stay in the loop while my phone sits in my locker.
You type on a 2" screen? ok. I still wouldn't see the appeal in these devices.
So you are at work talking to your watch ? Ok then.
Sure, but the rebate is for purchasers of Watch AND iPhone 6S
Too cute. My point junior, was that all purchasers of the AW should receive a $50 rebate, at a minimum.
ok i got you. So you have no problem with the actual functionality? Its just a problem for you socially? That makes sense. My bad
Pot, meet kettle.
I feel sorry that you fall for the "Apple is the best EVAR!" crap...
Until they break out Watch sales. No one has any proof it isn't a flop. I see so few of them, even on a college campus with kids that have money to blow on beats headphones and expensive clothes. I see about 10 FitBits or more for every 1 Apple Watch.
Surprisingly normal people seem to have figured out that the Watch is way overpriced for what it is capable of and are not falling for the same marketing you are.
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Yes, all the people saying it's a flop seem to be completely ignorant of the very solid analysis out there.
I guess I see your point, but really... the "special" thing was the introduction of the Apple Watch. Anyone who wanted (or still wants) that experience need only visit and Apple store to get it.
If you just want to grab an extra AWS because your granny needs a gift and she likes to track her exercise and keep up with FB Messenger? Why not drop in Target and grab one?
There are very few TRULY exclusive items in the world. I mean, you can buy a Rolex in a pawn shop or online through a 3rd party, but that doesn't mean that Rolex doesn't make high-end watches, right?
No, anyone who wants the experience can't always drive to the nearest Apple Store, especially when that store is hundreds of miles away.
If Target is truly just a warehouse for people to pick up an Watch sight unseen as a gift while they're shopping for housewares, or groceries, then that's great. The problem I have with it, as I'm assuming racer does, is that Target is replacing the Apple Store in markets were there are none. Also, Target is generally in the same markets where customers will also find a Best Buy, and probably a Sprint or T-Mobile store where the non-carrier specific watches are also sold. And there are also online retailers who will gladly ship to the customer without charging shipping or tax (B&H Photo) which can serve the function of delivering a gift straight to a customer's door. And in those markets where there's already another retailer, those other merchants will also likely offer a much better experience to the customer who needs to try on the watch and understand how it will work for them. Target may just as likely cost Apple as sale as luck into selling it, especially when it's $250 more than any other watch they offer in store, and more than an iPad mini 4, or depending on the model an iPad Air 2.
People who pick up a Rolex at Costco, are doing so because they are just using it as a warehouse. Those customers already know what it is and what it does. Target appears to be replacing the jewelry store model Apple has adopted to showcase the watch, for customers who have no idea what the Watch is, or how they would fit it into their lives. Customers who don't already know their wrist size, of which model will look best on their wrist. I shudder to imagine the useless sales staff at Target with a Stainless Sport box opened up and contents splayed across a cheap counter full of Casio and Timex watches, trying to figure out how the Sport band tucks under the strap, on a wrist that's too large.
Target as warehouse, fine. Target as showroom -- disaster.