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Apple Watch Pricing to Reportedly Start at $500 for Stainless Steel, $4,000 for Gold

levitynyc said:
I have a Tag watch I bought 5-6 years ago for around $2500. If I sold it, I could probably get roughly $1500 for it now as its in near mint condition. An Apple watch with a degenerating battery that will be obsolete within 2 years will lose 95% of its value in 5 years.

I seriously don't understand the purpose of the Apple Watch...and I've owned 6 Macs, 4 Apple TVs, 7 iPhones, 5 iPods and 5 iPads.
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I'd be awfully surprised if the battery couldn't be replaced. (Not by the user.)

The existence of the gold Apple Watch has also got me thinking if Apple isn't planning on supporting updating the internals of the Apple Watch as well. That is, a gold Apple Watch could be updated to v2 and v3 of the SOC (and perhaps the display as well).
 
I hope Apple and Nike will create a nicer Fuel Band and bring it back. Much rather have that than a watch.
 
$4,000 for the gold was actually less than I thought it would be. But then this is a rumor.
At least it isn't a ridiculous rumor like the ones suggesting that Apple was going to sell a solid gold watch for $800 or something like that. This is going to be a luxury good. It will be sitting in watch cases next to watches that cost twice its price or much more.
 
I think that the primary purpose of the gold model, is not to sell in quantity, but to keep the Apple Watch in the news.

Actors, singers, Kardashians, and other high-publicity types will no doubt get the gold version and be constantly photographed with it in view.
 
gugy said:
IDK, maybe it's me but I rather spend $5k or more on a Omega Seamaster or Rolex that can last a lifetime than spend $500 on an AppleWatch that in two/three years will be obsolete.
Not being waterproof is a deal killer.
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Maybe it is you. But keep in mind that you know what the Omega will do and you don't really know what the Apple Watch will do. Not once the developers have at it. So it isn't really a fair comparison until you've held the watch and the several bands in your hand and you've tried out the apps. Me, I'm having trouble seeing too much value in it. But I suspect some of that is lack of imagination about how the watch will get incorporated into my life. If Apple Pay is ubiquitous by the end of 2015 (and remember most points of sale systems need to be replaced by then to accept Chip and Pin cards, so the infrastructure is coming), that alone might be the killer App.
 
They're not going to sell many $4000 ones, but that's not the point. The $4000 ones give the $350 ones an aura of legitimacy in the watch/jewelry world beyond the electronics. The fact that Apple *can* make a watch that lives in that world puts them in a different category than the other gadget makers.
 
Gold is expensive, so the gold Apple Watch is expensive. No one expects them to sell gold for less than they buy it, so why the shock horror about a possible price of $4K? So the only thing to question them on is why make a watch out of gold. The answer is that they think enough of them will sell to be profitable. They're probably right. The end.

Edit: Profitable in terms of sales for the gold models themselves, as well as what Jakexb said above.
 
MN7119 said:
Who would pay $5,000 for a watch that will be obsolete in 1 year when they launch Apple Watch 2? You can buy a real Swiss watch that will keep its value for life.
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Same person who would spend $50,000 on a watch that will use for 10 years or less.
 
Candlelight said:
I'm more interested in the Microsoft Band at this stage. The Apple watch, while I was keenly interested, just seems silly now.
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Got the Microsoft Band and am returning it after a few days- It is SO uncomfortable- painful at time and obtrusive- its not bad for working out but other times I felt silly wearing it.

Put my Pebble back on and it feels so much better.
 
TallManNY said:
Maybe it is you. But keep in mind that you know what the Omega will do and you don't really know what the Apple Watch will do. Not once the developers have at it. So it isn't really a fair comparison until you've held the watch and the several bands in your hand and you've tried out the apps. Me, I'm having trouble seeing too much value in it. But I suspect some of that is lack of imagination about how the watch will get incorporated into my life.
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My point is while the :apple:Watch will have tons of other uses than just tell the time and date, it will be obsolete in couple years and have close to nothing in resale value while a high end traditional watch will retain value and can be passed from generation to generation.
I don't mind buying an :apple:Watch if it was first waterproof and second cheaper. Maybe at $300 sure, but going up in price for a nicer band, doesn't sound like a good investment.
Again that's my personal opinion, I am sure Apple will sell many of these.
 
pgiguere1 said:
Yup, and they come with a ceramic back too.

Personally I don't think the Sport's aluminium case looks bad. What I can't stand however is the rubber strap. I wonder if it'll be possible to buy a metal/leather strap from the non-Sport series and attach it to the Sport.
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You can put any strap on any case. Here is Ive wearing the gold with sport band https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/10/jony-ive-apple-watch-new-iphones-best-work/

Plenty of 3rd party straps will come out too
 
You have no idea if this is true. It's possible it may hold more of its value similar to the iPhone and iPads.

levitynyc said:
I have a Tag watch I bought 5-6 years ago for around $2500. If I sold it, I could probably get roughly $1500 for it now as its in near mint condition. An Apple watch with a degenerating battery that will be obsolete within 2 years will lose 95% of its value in 5 years.

I seriously don't understand the purpose of the Apple Watch...and I've owned 6 Macs, 4 Apple TVs, 7 iPhones, 5 iPods and 5 iPads.
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All that and no GPS? Ha-ha

Not for me, but I'm excited to see it launch.
 
levitynyc said:
I have a Tag watch I bought 5-6 years ago for around $2500. If I sold it, I could probably get roughly $1500 for it now as its in near mint condition. An Apple watch with a degenerating battery that will be obsolete within 2 years will lose 95% of its value in 5 years.

I seriously don't understand the purpose of the Apple Watch...and I've owned 6 Macs, 4 Apple TVs, 7 iPhones, 5 iPods and 5 iPads.
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then don't get one?

i for one find use for the apple watch. all day heart rate tracking is worth the $350 imo. but definitely not the $5k watch.
 
farewelwilliams said:
then don't get one?

i for one find use for the apple watch. all day heart rate tracking is worth the $350 imo. but definitely not the $5k watch.
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By the time Apple Watch is released there will be plenty of other wearables that will take care of all day heart rate tracking at a much cheaper price. They already exist.
 
My First Post said:
You have to know, in your heart, that Apple will put a groove into the straps so they can only be used on the watch they want you to use it on.

You simply must know that.
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They won't do that, but they will likely only sell certain bands separately. Not a chance they'll let you buy the cheapest watch and buy an expensive band separately. You can dress down an expensive watch but not dress up a cheap one.
 
It's amazing to me that people are shocked that a solid gold watch is $4000... it's solid gold!

You can't compare a Tag Hauer stainless steel watch to a *solid gold watch.* It's SOLID GOLD.
 
levitynyc said:
I have a Tag watch I bought 5-6 years ago for around $2500. If I sold it, I could probably get roughly $1500 for it now as its in near mint condition. An Apple watch with a degenerating battery that will be obsolete within 2 years will lose 95% of its value in 5 years.

I seriously don't understand the purpose of the Apple Watch...and I've owned 6 Macs, 4 Apple TVs, 7 iPhones, 5 iPods and 5 iPads.
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This statement is incorrect.
 
All the watch bands are interchangeable with all versions. Apples already stated such.

My First Post said:
You have to know, in your heart, that Apple will put a groove into the straps so they can only be used on the watch they want you to use it on.

You simply must know that.
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