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Are You Getting The Apple Watch?

  • Yes, I'm Getting One

    Votes: 46 40.4%
  • No, I'm Not Getting One

    Votes: 42 36.8%
  • I Like Turtles

    Votes: 26 22.8%

  • Total voters
    114
Depending on battery life (I don't want yet another device that I have to charge every night), I think I might get a couple (mom and myself). We have Pebbles and my mom's been complaining about hers disconnecting frequently.
 
Honestly... the price is near on insanity. The masses are not looking for a high-end watch. They are looking for a nice, functional, but AFFORDABLE watch.

The masses can use an ugly android watch then. Do you think they brought in executives from leading luxury brands to sell this to the masses? They're aiming for a different segment.
 
I will wait for the reviews, the apps, and the durability (drop) tests.

$350 for a watch is by no means expensive. I'm also curious how long it will last. Apple outdates iPhones in 3 years (4S is incompatible now), but iPods can be had for a decade. Wonder which time course this watch will take.
 
When was the last time a company provided more than a few years support for a tech device? Plus it is in Apple's best interest to keep people buying new models, so I highly doubt you will be able to still be using this watch in even ten years which an expensive regular watch would last much longer than that.

What makes the most sense is the bands is what costs the most. Thousand dollars for the band. The next editions of the iWatch will sell as replacements or upgrades for a lot less and you can use your current band.
 
The masses can use an ugly android watch then. Do you think they brought in executives from leading luxury brands to sell this to the masses? They're aiming for a different segment.

Um, no. They're not. Apple is selling to the masses, bud.
 
Um, no. They're not. Apple is selling to the masses, bud.

They're selling luxury items in massive quantities, yes. This is firmly a luxury product. Do you think they brought in Burberry's CEO to sell gimmicky watches to tech nerds? No.
 
I like the way the watch looks. But I'm a girl with a wrist that measures less than 5.25 inches and 38mm will probably be huge on me. I'd want to get the 18kt gold watch but I can't see myself spending the thousands of dollars it'll probably cost, just to want/need to upgrade in the next 2-3 years. I'll wait for gen. 2 and then reassess.

I can't see many girls buying this.
 
Guessing they were going for the Christmas window but missed it. The price doesn't scare me, the size does. Seems geared towards men who like those big ugly watches.

Did you go to the bathroom during the part where they showed two different sizes?
 
The sport version is suppose to be stronger glass. It will probably cost $100 more though.

Be that as it may I will not be getting one. I can get a $100 GShock that's waterproof and has a tin of functions and can be severly abused. I'm gonna wait on the watch since I'm sprining for the iPhone 6 plus.
 
$350 is actually better than I expected. Hell, it's really not that much more than the thing I wear to just track my freaking steps each day.
 
Oh I am. But seriously, what did you expect? I thought it'd be at least $500.

At most, I expected $250. I thought $150 or $200 would have been much more appropriate.

What on earth made you think they'd charge an iPads worth for a watch?
 
At most, I expected $250. I thought $150 or $200 would have been much more appropriate.

What on earth made you think they'd charge an iPads worth for a watch?

Because many people will buy a luxury fashion item for that money. Again, why do you think they hired Angela Ahrendts?
 
The cost of watches varies dramatically. $30 is a cheap Timex, $500 is an okay Hamilton, $3K is a standard Tag Heuer, $8K is an average Rolex, $15K barely gets you into a Patek Phillipe, etc.

$350 is not even close to a luxury watch price. I'm pleasantly surprised at the cost. When Apple started mentioning the gold model, I was worried the cost of the steel models would be much higher.
 
Because she knows fashion, and fashion is different from luxury.

You've never been to a Burberry store, have you? Also, basically all fashions comes out of luxury brands before they trickle down to high street retailers.
 
it's a cheap digital watch from apple that looks like a cheap digital watch from samsung.

no thanks.

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...as I said. Have fun in your little world.

Burberry is neither fashion nor luxury.

Luxury retailers: Hermes, Kiton, Dior, Prada, Chanel, Balmain, Givenchy, etc.
Mass market fashion retailers: Zara, Michael Kors, etc.

Burberry is sort of pseudo-luxury with tradition but not really trend-setting fashion.

This is a pretty nice exhaustive list although it lists some non high-end brands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:High_fashion_brands
 
I think people were excited to finally hear about a watch from Apple but I think jaws dropped in disbelief when they announced the starting price of $349. Because of that, I'm not too excited anymore. Ridiculous starting price IMO :eek:
 
The Apple Watch does rely heavily on the iPhone and does not function as a standalone device.
This counts me out. I'm not going to buy a iPhone+spend $350. I wonder why they call it the Watch. Maybe it's because they want to make a stand-alone smartwatch and call it the iWatch, so they have to use a different name for this. They don't consider the Watch an iDevice because it's not really a computer.
 
Way to expensive point blank

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Because the masses helped apple out over the past 5 years. They now know that marketing strategy has paid off in that they can ask the hiked up prices and it will be paid... Lol
 
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