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Coach Apple Watch Bands Set to Launch on June 12
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We probably see different women. Although my wife comes from GA.
As a WIS, I notice watches. But I've only ever seen three Apple Watches outside this website.
i'm pretty sure the target audience for these bands isn't geeks that hangout on macrumours lol.
This thing of the Watch Bands has become a meme at this point.
Admit it, Apple, you're trolling us.
Admit it, Apple, you're trolling us.
What a bunch of morons on this site.
Those are *not* Apple products, they're made by a third party, and that's a great thing. It means the Apple Watch is the only wearable device with an hardware ecosystem, quite an achievement for a nascent sector.
If you're not interested, then don't comment. You look like elder people yelling at what they don't understand.
Those are *not* Apple products, they're made by a third party, and that's a great thing. It means the Apple Watch is the only wearable device with an hardware ecosystem, quite an achievement for a nascent sector.
If you're not interested, then don't comment. You look like elder people yelling at what they don't understand.
I say this every time, but it bears repeating: this aren't for us nerds who hang out on Apple rumor sites.
This is for the thousands (millions?) of fashionable women who buy Coach bags for very large sums of money as an accessory. As much as we'd like the watch to be a Nerd-Gizmo-Wrist-Mounted-Computer, there is a large swath of the population that will reject it entirely if it can't work within their personal style.
Even if they sell 10,000 total of these Coach bands (they'll sell at least that many), fashionable women wearing Apple Watches is some of the best advertising money can buy. (except they're actually going to make a profit on it, so really, incredible return on investment)
Hermes Apple Watch Bands Set to Launch on June 19
Cartier Apple Watch Bands Set to Launch on June 26
Tiffany Apple Watch Bands Set to Launch on July 3
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This is apparently future news loaded and scheduled into the system.
Call me when a watch band design is actually something unique and an improvement that is worth some attention.
Cartier Apple Watch Bands Set to Launch on June 26
Tiffany Apple Watch Bands Set to Launch on July 3
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This is apparently future news loaded and scheduled into the system.
Call me when a watch band design is actually something unique and an improvement that is worth some attention.
Apple is not making these, so it's not like they're diverting engineering talent that could be updating Mac hardware for making watch bands....and I don't think Coach is going to put out an updated MacBook...so no sense posting this request.
According to this news item Apple has nothing to do with these watch bands so what does their release have to do with WWDC or Macs or any other Apple product someone feels needs attention?
You obviously didn't take the time to actually read this news item...these watch bands are coming from Coach with apparently no involvement from Apple, will not be sold in Apple stores or on Apple's website. In short it appears Apple was not involved with this at all.
For the last several months, well-known luxury brand Coach has been quietly working on a set of designer Apple Watch bands created to match Coach handbags, and now those bands are set to debut on June 12.
Haute Écriture's David Boglin de Bautista has been sharing details on the design of the bands gleaned from sales representatives and over the weekend, he learned Coach retail stores will be receiving the bands starting next week.
Coach is planning to release the bands in three styles: Leather Strap with Charms, Wild Beast Camo, and Tea Rose Appliqué, with each style available in three colors for a total of nine bands. High-quality photos of each style were shared by de Bautista.
Coach salespeople are readily sharing information on the bands with customers, and a redditor was able to snap a photo of a product guide that depicts all of the new bands and their color options. Leather Strap comes in black, white, and saddle brown, while the Wild Beast Camo band is available in denim, military green, and saddle brown. The Tea Rose band will be available in black, white, and tawny orange. All bands are listed as women's bands and will be priced at $150.
Coach has reportedly made the Apple Watch bands in small quantities and one sales representative told de Bautista that she expects them to sell out quickly. The bands will be available in select stores in California, Nevada, and New York, and will not initially be available online.
It was originally unclear if Coach was teaming up with Apple on the bands or releasing them independently, but it appears the bands will not be sold by Apple. Apple offers its own line of Apple Watch models and luxury bands through a partnership with Hermès.
Article Link: Coach Apple Watch Bands Set to Launch on June 12
I've seen more Apple Watches around lately. The vast majority of the people I've seen them on locally have been women in what I would guesstimate to be in the early 30s to early 50s range. I've seen them on a few guys, as well; but I'd say the ratio of women to men that I've seen wearing the Apple Watch around Atlanta is roughly 3:1. Purely anecdotal evidence, though.
Seriously, who cares? I'm a huge Apple guy but ever since Steve Jobs died, I see multiple failures... no innovation (iPad Pro, stale iPhone, Apple Music (Disaster) and Apple Watch. Apple used to wow us, not it just plays catch up.
You obviously cared enough to comment.
In all screenshots this just looks like a modern day Casio digital watch with an expensive designer band, and I have seen better looking Casio's.
Sorry, but a year + later this watch looks dated and ugly and never lived up to the idea that it was a luxury fashion accessory. Apple oversold their marketing on the idea this was the thing that was going to disrupt the Swiss watch market and it is actually kind of sad to see Apple continue to want to try and promote this as high fashion by working with fashion brands to create overpriced leather and metal watch bands for it.
Sorry, but a year + later this watch looks dated and ugly and never lived up to the idea that it was a luxury fashion accessory. Apple oversold their marketing on the idea this was the thing that was going to disrupt the Swiss watch market and it is actually kind of sad to see Apple continue to want to try and promote this as high fashion by working with fashion brands to create overpriced leather and metal watch bands for it.
Only it's not because other OEMs have made smart watches that use standard watch bands. And that market is much larger. Now if you're saying Apple is the only OEM with it's OWN hardware ecosystem with designers creating specifically for them, I could agree to a point as long as you don't count Watch manufacturers that are adopting android wear into their watches.
Well, one would hope they won't obsolete the existing bands with version 2 of the Apple Watch. That would piss a whole lot of people off...and rightfully so, I think. That would be akin to having different sized charging ports on the iPhone/iPad every other year.
They didn't switch to Lightning connector until the iPhone became too thin to support the the old 30-pin connector. Likewise, the AW has a long way to go until it becomes too thin to use the current connector.
So go Android or give over complaining. Jeepers! Talk about annoying