It will be $400 but subsidized by some healthcare company ultimately costing about $99 to the end user. The Healthcare company gets the data so that it can monitor users..
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Apple Reportedly Weighing $400 Price Range for Upcoming Wearable Device
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the features that many people here expect seem quite unrealistic to me. It this iWatch makes/recieves calls via Bluetooth, does FaceTime, email, Facebook, text, Google, Maps and all the health tracker functions then the battery won't last for more than 48hrs.
Apple will market this with much fewer features as a high end design gadget. $ 400 is not expensive for a brand watch so this price point is ok for the watch market. Most people who want a watch are easily paying $500-1000.
Apple will market this with much fewer features as a high end design gadget. $ 400 is not expensive for a brand watch so this price point is ok for the watch market. Most people who want a watch are easily paying $500-1000.
Yes.
(If they're smart, and the connectivity thing takes off, it won't just be an iPhone/iWatch thing, but an iWatch/iPhone/iPad/iMac, heck AppleTV thing)
It annoys the crap outta me that apple forces us to buy their products...they need to stop.
I know; it was the implied threat that Cook would send giant radioactive killer sheep from Mars to eat my liver that made me buy my iPhone 5s.
Good point. It's doubtful Apple has taken into account the longevity people expect of their watches (especially expensive ones). Most likely they're planning on having people upgrade their watch every couple years like they do for all their other products. I for one refuse to play that game.
Um, what?!? NO high-end watch is $400... try $4000 and that's a starting price point!
There are dozens of Casio, Timex and other $50 watches on sale at Wal-Mart and in almost every drug store in America, in those little revolving displays. Not every watch buyer is looking for an heirloom.
The market is very diverse, and I can't imagine that a $400 and up watch with some of the added functions assumed for it cannot find a large market.
Plus it's Apple. There's marketing magic in that name.
That depends on what you call an app now doesn't it. They're up to about 40 apps/channels on a product that doesn't even have a publicly available SDK yet. I don't see why iWatch couldn't have even more especially if they actually launch an SDK.
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I think the only reason people liked the iPod nano on a wrist is because they already had one so they were being cheap and unimaginative. No one would buy a new nano now just because it has new software and bluetooth. The stakes and hype are too high now for Apple to cater to a few nostalgic geeks.
Sure, I wasn't implying there aren't people who like to frequently buy new watches.
If it's just an iPhone extension then $400 would be absurd.
For that kind of money it had better do everything you mentioned on its own, messaging, mail, FaceTime, music, etc. It would have to be a freestanding device.
Where would such a number come from? I'm really sure that Apple leaked it and then is gauging sites like this one to see what the response would be.
Actually, you can't. Thats why samsung and LG release new watches every month. The cost of R&D, production, and marketing far outweigh selling watches to a few geeks. Smart watches, google glass, and VR headsets are all dead on arrival. Apple might initially do ok with a smart watch but not for long. The market just doesn't exist and more than likely never will. I love everything technology and I have no want for a watch. Do some market research and you will find that I am correct.
$400!!! YMBF Joking
This wearable thing just needs to be an UP style band with even more health monitoring stuff that is about half as thick as the UP band, actually works and doesn't keep breaking, it also needs to be around $100 - $150.
I don't know about you, but I really don't need (read will not buy) something to put on my wrist that can take calls, emails, texts etc. That's what the iPhone is for!
I already wear a nice - reasonably expensive - wristwatch so for me, this thing doesn't even need to tell the time!
That is of course - if it actually is a thing and they are making it.
This wearable thing just needs to be an UP style band with even more health monitoring stuff that is about half as thick as the UP band, actually works and doesn't keep breaking, it also needs to be around $100 - $150.
I don't know about you, but I really don't need (read will not buy) something to put on my wrist that can take calls, emails, texts etc. That's what the iPhone is for!
I already wear a nice - reasonably expensive - wristwatch so for me, this thing doesn't even need to tell the time!
That is of course - if it actually is a thing and they are making it.
That's why I don't see this as being an iPhone accessory, at least not the higher end models. Fact is Apple needs new products that are going to move the needle revenue wise and a $99 or even $199 iPhone accessory isn't going to do that. Of course the play might be about getting more iPhone sales, but I'm not convinced people will make a smartphone purchase based on a wearable accessory that pairs with it.
You need to remember that people in different parts of the world use different languages and different terms. Like maths and math, aluminium and aluminum, Americas and America. Of course that means everyone should be careful what to correct and what not.
I think you missed his point. The Galaxy Gear aka "stalker watch" is something I wouldn't want to be seen with. The price doesn't matter, if you gave me one for free, I wouldn't wear it.
That's the main hurdle that Apple must get past. They'd have to produce a watch that I'd want to wear in public. And if they manage to produce a watch that lots of kids _want_ to wear for $400, then they have a winner. And at that point, the functions are not actually that important!
And not a single one of those is a 'third party app' that you purchased and loaded from an AppStore. Battery life is going to be a huge constraint in the iWatch and Apple is not going to sacrifice battery life by giving third party app developers access to the iWatch.
sooo
with no leaked parts or pics of this device i still think this is just wishful thinking on the parts of analysts. Phones have enough pics to make me believe they have fairly lax security these days. so my predictions will go like this.
-iPhones of multiple sizes new processors. (no one really cares)
-health system and app connected to fuel band.
-new iMac with new processor or at least a new GPU lower price US and higher price in canada (thats my wishful thinking)
-yosemite OS X rollout
if there is a wearable it will not be a watch. Watches have been failing to grab the consumer attention unless they are ultra-nerds. iGlasses has to good of a ring to not ponder.
with no leaked parts or pics of this device i still think this is just wishful thinking on the parts of analysts. Phones have enough pics to make me believe they have fairly lax security these days. so my predictions will go like this.
-iPhones of multiple sizes new processors. (no one really cares)
-health system and app connected to fuel band.
-new iMac with new processor or at least a new GPU lower price US and higher price in canada (thats my wishful thinking)
-yosemite OS X rollout
if there is a wearable it will not be a watch. Watches have been failing to grab the consumer attention unless they are ultra-nerds. iGlasses has to good of a ring to not ponder.
One must really love Apple to buy device one has not ever needed: Wrist watch
I have been happy user of Pebble for long time now. When $400 iDevice comes, i love my $100 Pebble even more
Not true. The first ipods worked with PCs also. And this isn't the same thing. Most devices need a Source computer to get all of your files onto your device. I'm talking about needing to have something in your back-pocket just to make this iWatch work. I myself don't own an iphone or ipod so that would steer me away from purchasing one.
I have a 2nd gen iPod setting in a drawer here, it was the first iPod to synch with Windows. I'm also wearing an up band, it continues to work just fine when I'm not near my iPhone. I can't see any of the data until it synchs with the iPhone but it continues to work.
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Moving into the Bay Area, considering your resources, expect to make some trade offs for the opportunities offered in the community. I know one who studies Civil Engineering out here to run irrigation of his family farms.
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Yes you can. You are looking at this with the wrong business model. Discussing this more, my consulting fees kick in.
I think the same was said about the launch of the iPhone by Steve Balmer. As I remember, he proclaimed that the iPhone was too expensive and very few would buy it.
What he didn't realize is that people were shifting their IT budgets towards mobile devices and not upgrading their PC hardware and software as often. Thus, the iPhone and Android ate Microsoft's lunch.
I expect the same style of budget migration here.