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Coach Planning to Debut Designer Bands for Apple Watch Later This Year
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A century old watch is better for telling time. The friends I have with an Apple watch have repeatedly had to bring their arms up to even get it to display.
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Indeed, I hope so too. I'm always interested in new gadgets that make my life easier but the Apple Watch so far is a fail.
It's not "Apple Watch bands" (plural). It's "Apple Watch band accessories". Did no one read the other story today saying we shouldn't pluralize Apple names? 
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I never thought of Coach as being particularly innovative. But this apparently brings out strong emotions in you.
Useless because it accomplishes NOTHING that an iPhone cant already do which is required to be near the watch.
It's a gimmick, nothing more.
Apple really needs to stop with this crap and release the new and improved Apple Watch 2. No wonder their taking a crap in the market.
Hmm, maybe COACH can step in also design a Mac Pro replacement while they are at it.
I don't get the designer handbag thing and why women are willing to pay $1000+ for a pocketbook.
There will be a timeline which will be possible to be drawn, from the time of Steve Jobs' death, to the death of Apple. We are witnessing it. Tim Cook is, I have no doubt, a great guy. But he is what he is. Much of what made Apple different is long gone by this point. For me, personally, the Apple watch, and the endless luxury watch bands, was the beginning of the end, and is, even now, somewhat nauseating. There is no more constantly evoked trope on this forum than the "when Steve was alive vs the now that Steve is gone" one, and I think that I can see each position. But I think that there is some merit to the persistent belief that were Steve still with us, Apple would be fundamentally different than it is today. Again, I am not trying to denigrate Tim Cook. But, to me, with Macs becoming seemingly an afterthought, and iPhone and the other iDevices becoming almost obnoxiously paramount, there is a fundamental change. I sound like a Luddite, I know. And maybe, were Steve still here, it would be as is; i.e. he would approve. But I for one do not think so. The Apple Watch, the Apple Car, good christ. People once wanted to make computers. Some were jerks, some were genius's. But they changed the world in a very fundamental way. For the better, for the most part, I think. What is happening now with maybe the most revolutionary, forward-thinking company in the world makes me sad. Feel free to rip me, that's fine.
You're implying that Coach has 'sophisticated' taste?
High-end 'fashion' is purely for the fools and vain (although they quite often are on in the same).
The only thing sophisticated about these 'top brands' is their marketing.
I'd hoped to use my original SS Apple Watch for tracking my workouts, triathlons, cycling events and other competitions. However it's gross failure to record and report accurately sent me running back to my trusty SUUNTO setup.
Luckily I've enjoyed years of reliability and terrific experiences with my SUUNTO Sports Fitness Watches. My current Ambit 3 Peak puts AW to shame.
http://www.suunto.com/en-US/Product...it3-Peak/Suunto-Ambit3-Peak-Sapphire-Blue-HR/
A century old watch isn't as good at fitness tracking, getting notifications or paying at stores for my goods. So...useless? Nah.
The way people think is interesting to me...you see it all the time whenever a product is marketed and it just happens to not fit them. You see it when the newish retina MacBook was announced. People called it useless too simply for the fact that it wasn't a good fit for them. Despite the fact that it can be a very good computer for a lot of people, some people feel because it's not for them personally, it's a terrible computer overall. How do people think like this? How do people take their own experience and generalize it to apply to everyone AND entire product lines? Like because someone doesn't like the Apple Watch, then it's entirely useless...not just to them, but EVERYONE.
I'm having a lot of fun with mine. I remember when the first iPhone was also useless. And then it got built upon over time and it is the product we know and love today
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I can't actively track fitness with my iPhone the way I can with my Apple Watch. The entire experience with an Apple Watch is completely different. That's like saying an iPad is useless because it doesn't really do anything a laptop can't do. It replicates everything but on a more portable level. That's EXACTLY what the Apple Watch does. I'm able to be more passive with my watch and not have to look at my phone as much. Add on to that all the other crap it does and it's a fantastic product.
AND ITS ALSO A WATCH! I think we're holding a freaking watch to unrealistic standards here. If you're the type that didn't want to wear a watch to begin with, this isn't the product for you. If you're also the type whose fancy isn't tickled by the idea of notifications on your wrist, this product isn't for you. Why is it so hard to say "this product isn't for me, but I can see uses for it"? Wtf is so hard about that? I hate the game halo. I forced myself to like it and I just couldn't. Do I say it's a terrible game? No. It's just not for me.
Yeah I'm aware the connectors are the same, but surely they wouldn't be bluster around new coach bands if they were going to have a redesign? This is to give some authenticity to a gap ridden portfolio.
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Lolol
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ITS NOT A CHUFFING 'BAND' ITS A BL**DY WATCH STRAP. THATS ALL, DON'T GET EXCITED OVER A WATCH STRAP.
Why are you shouting over a bl**dy watch strap?
So will I. And then I'll wait longer, because leather watch bands don't appeal to me. I did get a black milanese loop band from Amazon (for under $25), and I've been happy with it.