Unless I missed something from a prior post from another member, I believe you mean “42 mm.”
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Unless I missed something from a prior post from another member, I believe you mean “42 mm.”
Interesting. Two of the three products you mention—the watch and airpods—are accessories. They supplement another product. In fact, the iPhone was considered an accessory when it was conceived.
Collectively, these bestselling products demonstrate Apple's evolution from a tool maker to a toy maker. Apple used to emphasize how its products enabled creativity but Jobs overestimated the motivations and aptitudes of the general population. When the iPod attracted pedestrians to its stores, Apple eventually realized those customers only wanted to be entertained. With minority interest for its legacy products, Apple is losing its own motivation and vision for making the tools that create the content.
Pride Band in Space Grey please... Do ya hear me Tim?
I would so dig a Pride nylon loop.
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You can do it in either size, last I checked. Which, admittedly, was a while ago, but you can.
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Those of us with SS and aluminum find a good many that look nice with our watches, yes. And, I totally wish I'd bought the purple one before it was discontinued.
[doublepost=1526671485][/doublepost]Woo! There's a good sale at Best Buy.
If I were Apple's CEO I would make it mandatory to unlock the new Mac Pro and a future Mac Mini with an Apple Watch. Just out of spite.
At £449 I can only assume you are well heeled or an Apple employee/shareholder!As long as all these bands will fit the new watch, I'll buy the new watch. If they do not fit, I guess I'm holding out.
I'm guessing they will fit, though. Maybe not the generation AFTER this next one, but the band system is good, so why change it? I think they do brisk band sales.
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Drama queens.
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The pride ones sold like crazy last year. I have one, but I still wear it some. I had the original one, that I bought off eBay (the one that was for employees only), but I felt bad hanging on to it, so I sold it for double what I paid for it. Score!
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You can buy a 32mm link band and add as many links as you want.
This happens every season. The violet and pink fuschia bands last Fall season were extremely popular and remained rare and out of stock.
The people who get triggered don't even buy extra bands, and just say "expensive!" because they don't have the money to have a collection. Savage, but that is the truth.
No, they suck. The material doesn't last putting an expensive watch at-risk, and gathers dust.
The people who get triggered don't even buy extra bands, and just say "expensive!" because they don't have the money to have a collection. Savage, but that is the truth.
No, they suck. The material doesn't last putting an expensive watch at-risk, and gathers dust.
They are technically accessories, though I am sure they get more attention and R&D than most companies "products". Calling them accessories and dismissing the amount of innovation that goes into them is kind of sad. Nobody else has been able to release a product like Airpods, even a few years later.
Oh, please yes. The last thing I want to see at WWDC is info on the new OSes and silly software tools. It's all about the bands. I sure hope they don't waste any precious time during the keynote on hardware and software, watch bands are what matters.
I’ve bought several of those third party amazon bands from different sellers. None of them compare to the quality of the Apple bands. Are they worth triple the price, probably not but they are definitely higher quality.
You can buy a good quality third-party Apple Watch band on Amazon for the same as the sales tax on the equivalent Apple band. I don't know what Apple is thinking here. I can only assume that their chief designer is chauffered to work in a solid gold Bentley every day, and thinks everyone lives like that.
Sports loop is decent for me. But woven nylon band is amazing. I now almost always wear my blue woven nylon band and leave my pink sand sports loop behind despite the color mismatch.
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Reality distortion field you know. When you are in, you don’t wanna get out.
Not a relevant comparison for the sake of discussion, even though it appears you’re disgruntled over other things with Apple. But to just entertain your post, it takes significantly less time, money and labor to manufacture a Nylon sport band than it does a Mac Mini or Mac Pro.
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Wouldn’t the -Apple Watch- actually be the opposite, being that actually it _is_ relevant compared to how it has dominated the smart watch sector. Again another frivolous comment someone conflating a computer complaint in a Apple watch article.
>Just released iMac Pro
>New Mac Pro being developed
Those are some weird signs that they don’t care about the Mac or aren’t putting enough resources into it.
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Agreed. They should come out with a pro desktop. Maybe one with an amazing screen attached and Xeon processors. If only such a pro version of an iMac had been released.
We are talking about Apple correct? The Worlds most valuable company. Buying companies left and right, while continuing to grow bigger and bigger. What's a couple of new computers thrown in?
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I came for the comments... I wasn't disappointment.
Seriously though, sure Apple updates the Watch Bands regularly but they're a pretty easy thing to update.
Everyone would complain if they didn't update them. It's easy and add's new life to a product, and these will still fit ALL apple watches models.
Seriously though, sure Apple updates the Watch Bands regularly but they're a pretty easy thing to update.
Everyone would complain if they didn't update them. It's easy and add's new life to a product, and these will still fit ALL apple watches models.
and she'll introduce bluetooth enabled LED diamond earrings and necklaces that can change color with your phone. Sorta like Phillips HUE
Really wish these went on sale sometime. The sport band that ships with the watch is miserable, and I'd love a sport loop for exercising and a standard nylon band for daily use but $100 for a pair is tough to swallow.