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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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Somehow, I don't think someone who is in the market for the gold Apple watch would consider getting the gold colored sport instead.
I suspect that if there is a gold/rose gold sport, it won't be mistaken for an edition.
I hope they do something with the iPad Airs. I was waiting to get one this year. Faster processor or price drop or something to make it worth waiting for the new model.
Who is buying the Edition now? Whoever has that kind of money can tell the difference just the same as they can spot the difference between diamonds and cubic zirconia. Or know the difference between fine wine and supermarket $5 a bottle wine.
The gold aluminum watches are for those of us who wear the zirconia jewelry and drink grocery store wine and just want an Apple watch to match the rest of our gold jewelry we bought at the mall.
And that would be me! I can afford either these days. Sometimes I splurge on the finer things and sometimes I economize. I'm hopelessly average and boring and my jewelry box is filled with an eclectic mix of expensive designer jewelry and cheap costume stuff that tickled my fancy on vacations or outings with friends.
While I could at some point in the not too distant future splurge on an Edition, I never would. I think the concept is just...well I mean beyond the case there's no added value. I just wouldn't, that's all. But I wouldn't mind a gold colored Apple Watch so on days I wear my gold wedding ring and my gold mall jewelry, I don't clash. That's all.
I see. My most expensive watch cost about half of an Edition. But I'd never ever spend so much money on a watch that will be electric scrap in 1 or 2 years. I wanted the 'normal' watch first, but as I had to wait so long I went for the sport because the next one will be out in about 9 months now, I guess. AND I wanted a black one, but not with metal band... We'll see what comes next.
I didn't say nobody would buy a gold sports watch, I just said it would destroy their Edition marked.
I suggested this months ago, way back before Apple Watch launch and got told here, i was being stupid, Apple would never ever do this, and it will never happen, Apple would be wrong if they did this.
Let's see shall we
Same thing happened to me. I think they'll make sport models to match the iPhone colors. Absolutely.
Why do you think an aluminum AWS is a "fake" of a gold AW Edition? They look entirely different.
Hell, the SS and the Aluminum sport look entirely different and feel different on the wrist.
Their Edition market is not the same as their Sport market. The Edition market are more likely to pick the SS instead of the Edition, yet they still made the SS. I base my evidence on celebrities who have been gifted with the AW who chose the SS model. Presumably because they don't like yellow or rose gold.
I don't see any celebs out choosing the Sport model for their free gift.
You should rephrase that. It's not that Apple has no way to go. It's that you can't SEE any way for Apple to go.
Future iterations of the Apple Watch will have features and capabilities that make the first generation Watch seem primitive. But without the first generation to build upon, Apple couldn't build those future generations. Whichever one they built first would have been the first gen device, and you would most likely hate it anyway. So your opinion doesn't really signify. They're outselling all other smart watches. Some inexpensive fitness bands are holding their own, but none of them has a face big enough for you to consider it worthy of your wrist, so those don't really help your case.
If it's "Gold Aluminum" then it's not gold, it's aluminum colored like gold
The color is still Rose Gold so... Rose Gold Aluminum.
Your argumentation doesn't make sense. A smart watch is something entirely different than a regular watch. For all the functions that a smartwatch has (with maybe the exception of the traditional watch face that it could show) it makes sense to have a rectangular shape.
Just that you like or would prefer a round smartwatch, doesn't mean that from a logical point of view makes sense to the rest of the world. It doesn't.
You basically render your whole argumentation useless with that statement. Everyone knows taste is subjective.
I'm guessing be lives in Asia, in which case it wouldn't be tough to have multiple sources at the supper level would it? I'm surprised more info isn't leaked.
The intended customer for the Edition Watch isn't someone who usually spends half as much (or less) on their watches and jewelry. More likely those who typically spend twice as much (or more) on their other watches (e.g. brands above mid models of Rolex), thus making an Edition an inexpensive experiment in comparison.
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That's a really big leap of faith you're making.
With other 'new categories' Apple has been successful in, the potential was easily seen from the beginning.
Mobile music existed....Apple just changed how it was consumed and ultimately how it was purchased. The buzz about the original iPod was there from the beginning and grew as the product grew.
The iPhone combined the iPod and the cell phone...and added and 'internet browsing device.' Again, people could see the potential of all these products that they liked. The product grew as it improved.
Skepticism around the original iPad was mostly around form factor ('It's just a big iPod Touch!), but success of the Apps was already there and people felt the buzz early.
The original complaints about most first generation Apple products have been price and specs. While the AW checks both of those boxes, the piece that seems to be missing is how the product fits into most peoples lives. Is it a fashion device or a functional device.
From a fashion perspective, it's an acquired taste at both. Most watch buyers seem to fall into people looking at a watch as an accessory (my wife and teenage daughter fit this category) and are looking to spend a modest amount and have many different 'looks' to go to. Serious watch buyers want to buy something that's fashionable...but also maintains a value. They seem to value quality timepieces they can keep for years. The AW doesn't appeal to either of these markets.
From a functional standpoint, the jury is still out. The AW just doesn't do enough to create a big buzz. There was some promise as a health device...but that quickly got flamed out. There is talk that the Watch ioS2 will somehow make 3rd party apps a lot more functional...but until that time it's a niche Apple product.
It'll sell a lot among hardcore Apple fans...but it won't mushroom as a must have consumer device.
Forgive what may be a stupid question, but was just about to purchase an iMac to replace my 2009 model-
Does this news perhaps make it worthwhile to wait?
Does this news perhaps make it worthwhile to wait?
If you compare the Gold Apple Watch to Gold iPhone it's different.. The edition is shinny.. Even the strainless is shinny..