Just so you know the first gen iPhone, iPod, iPad was not useless.
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Apple Predicted to Launch Apple Watch Sport in Yellow & Rose Gold, New iMacs & iPad Mini Later This Year
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To a beautiful product design sometimes thin is not always the answer
RMBP 13"= beautiful design
RMBP 15"= ugly design
Personally I think Apple already has too many Apple Watch choices. And even with all the choices they don't offer what I'd consider (Apple Sport aluminum but with Black band). They would have done better to sell them without the band to begin with (and made them less $) or sell them at the same price with a $50 credit (assumed to be used to get a band).
Because a 'gold' colored aluminum watch is not 18K gold.
I actually think the opposite of you. Why is anyone going to pay for a 'gold' Sport watch when it would look like a knockoff compared to the Edition?
That was sarcasm. Analysts always predict production delays with new products whether there actually are any or not.
Why? Anodizing adds fun to the line.
I don't think they'll do it right away (partly because, until the aWatch line is established and its's full range of abilities is understood, they are playing the "we are a serious luxury timepiece" game) but at some point, maybe around the fourth model, we'll get the Sports models in a range of colors, like iPod nano's.
I, for one, think it would be great to have a blue anodized Sport, which would go well with my blue band. (And, if one goes in for band variety, would also match a black and a white band.)
Does Rolex sell cheap, gold-plated counterfeits as well? Following your line of argumentation they would...
People buy the Edition watch to demonstrate their wealth and that doesn't work if anybody can have a gold watch.
This will come. People are so short-sighted about this.
The current aWatch is the FIRST version of a NEW product category. This means Apple has to hold the public's hand every step of the way, show them how the new device is useful, and protect them from making errors they will regret.
But over two or three years, once we start seeing Apple watches in movies and in sitcoms, and it's clear that people understand the full concept (what it means to have a wrist computer, not just a fancy digital watch) they'll start to relax the rules on how you buy it, and the process will switch to something more like how you buy a phone today --- buy the iPhone model you want and buy the case (ie the colored accessory that adds your personalization) separately, from Apple or someone else --- and likewise for the watch body and strap.
Why? Basic Economics 101; the supply demand balance is better. In other words, because they can afford it. Gold is a very popular color in China and some other Asian markets. Buying $10K watches is not a commodity activity there (and in the vast majority of the rest of the world). Apple can probably sell about 1000x as many $300-400 gold colored watches as $10K gold ones.
It is just a color. Whether the watch is made out of Gold is separate issue.
It may be technically difficult to bring Force Touch to the larger screen of an iPad, not to mention the iPad Pro. (Eg it works but unevenly across the entire screen.)
But it also looks bad to bring the iPad Pro to market without the iOS UI that is expected to become standard going forward.
So Apple may be delaying the iPad updates until they've figured out how to do Force Touch/haptics right on such a large slab of glass. This is not all bad. Right now their work flow (and cash flow) is massively unbalanced, with most sales happening from September to January. If the shift iPad updates to say February, and maintain that date from now onward, they can start to rebalance their cash flow.
No, of course not, that is besides the point. People buy Rolex watches because they are real, are hand-crafted and made with expensive materials. You don't refuse to buy one because counterfeits exist and people might think that the watch you are wearing is not the real deal. Only people who wouldn't be able to disti Same with a golden-coloured Apple Watch Sport. Even if I would accept that people would buy the Edition watch for status alone, which I don't, having an Apple Watch Sport does not undermine that status. It is far too expensive for that and people who buy it likely have expensive clothes, go to expensive restaurants and have an expensive car. The sheer fact alone that you can afford and wear it and that it's a limited edition is what makes this a status item, not the fact that it looks unique. Finally, the Apple Watch Sport has a completely different finish, it is matte and not shiny. That alone refutes the point of confusion.
Because time doesn't have corners.
I like round watches. I don't like square watches.
Nothing to compare with iPhone here and keyboards.
I wonder how people would react if the iPad was moved to Spring releases as it originally was?
Those markets where apple is looking to massively sell them cannot afford the 10k one but will go nuts for anything that looks golden.
It makes perfect sense. These are being marketed as fashion pieces. Not everyone can drop 10-17k for real gold. Some people would like their watch to match their iPhone, too. Doesn't seem odd at all.
There are Rolexes that are neither hand-crafted nor made with expensive materials. But still they don't sell golden fakes.
I can't discuss the finish of non-existing products, btw.
This hinges on the unmotivated assumption that Apple could wait for 5K until later. Having a "Retina" ( 5K) is aligned with Apple's moves toward an all Retina line up. It is at least as likely that the 5K was jammed into the current design because Apple needed to get Retina out the door. What is present is not an optimized design. The thermal workload the 5K and associated GPUs require is not matched to the current design.
Because the CPU was stalled, Apple had increased pressure to differentiate on display sooner rather than later. Apple needed to crank up volume of 5K displays sooner rather than later so the components costs for that screen pixel density could drop low enough so they can could roll out "Retina" across the iMac line sooner rather than later.
If Apple takes both the smaller ( 21.5"-23" ) and larger ( 27") iMacs Retina that would be a window to change the design that is more optimally matched to the new component demands. There was substantially less timing alignment when only tweaking the top end display on less than "half" of the iMac line up.
I'm not so sure the the numbers make it a "failure" for a smart watch or, hell, just a watch.
How many watches can sell 4 million units in less than as many months, without even being fully launched worldwide?
No, but knockoff Rolexes do not stop Rolex from selling watches. Rolex has a ton of variety within their product lines. One model can look the same as another, from a distance, but their prices can be 10-20k apart.
And, Rolex still sells both models.
But Watch is for more than just telling time.
Sorry, but you are jumping from argument to argument without addressing the other points. Ironically, your point that Rolex does have cheaper, non-handcrafted Rolex watches obviously means that it must be worth their while to produce more expensive ones as well. What could be the reason to sell golden and hand-crafted watches in addition to those when people are unable to distinguish them from afar? The reason is simple: some people like spending good money on pristine quality and exclusivity.
Right... You started with: "How STUPID would apple be to make a gold/rose gold sports watch? Does anybody think anyone would buy an edition watch, if they are nearly indistinguishable from a sports watch?" You entered the discussion yourself with that claim, so don't retract now by saying that it's all speculative. Moreover, based on Apple's current and previous use of these materials: aluminium has a matte finish, whereas stainless steel has always been shiny. Unless they start using completely different finishes now, the assumption goes in favour of a matte gold finish as well, just like Apple uses for the iPhone and the new MacBook.
Either way, I don't think it is fruitful to continue this line of discussion.