Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 436 16.5%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 965 36.5%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 525 19.8%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 178 6.7%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 105 4.0%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 77 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 221 8.4%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 67 2.5%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 31 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,646
84DB0D83-C11F-443A-B9B5-974EF2A93C99.jpeg
 
I'm disappointed how little the purple shows through on the Hyper Grape band. I know it gets a lot of love on here, but unless the lighting is bright to me it isn't much different to Anthracite/Black.

I bought mine used but its in good condition and I gave it a clean just because eeew someone else I've never met wore it, but I don't think it has dulled, I just think the purple in the holes isn't prominent enough. Black/Pink Blast and (my least favourite band of all) Black/Volt both pop in a way I wish Hyper Grape did also.

Hope it’s not bad form to quote posts from 2 years ago. 😄

Anyway, i scored a Nike Hyper Grape / Black Sport band for $19 (with M/L strap only), but unfortunately it’s 44mm and not the 40mm as advertised. But I put it on anyway just to see how it looks. It really does seem to be quite dark unless its in direct light. Debating whether to try to find one in the correct size...

For those who have this band, I’m curious what your impressions are wearing it day to day.
 
Last edited:
Hope it’s not bad form to quote posts from 2 years ago. 😄

Anyway, i scored a Nike Hyper Grape / Black Sport band for $19 (with M/L strap only), but unfortunately it’s 44mm and not the 40mm as advertised. But I put it on anyway just to see how it looks. It really does seem to be quite dark unless its in direct light. Debating whether to try to find one in the correct size...

For those who have this band, I’m curious what your impressions are wearing it day to day.
I have it and it’s underwhelming in person. Up close it’s pretty and interesting but from an everyday distance it blends together and is drab to me.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Snide
I have it and it’s underwhelming in person. Up close it’s pretty and interesting but from an everyday distance it blends together and is drab to me.

Yeah I agree. The purple just doesn’t pop at all.

Thanks for the feedback. The seller offered a partial refund, so I will wear it a bit to determine whether or not it’s a worthy addition to the collection 😄

With the black 44mm lugs on the 40mm SBSS, it actually doesn’t look so bad; in low light it pretty much blends right in:

EE83D976-0E24-4456-9C96-BE45E084162B.jpeg


In brighter light the mismatch still isn’t glaring enough to be too offensive:

4C219AEE-1C4D-4832-B5CC-0C089A28C635.jpeg


It had a faint cologne smell which remained after washing, but a quick 1/2 mile swim in the bay took care of that rather nicely. 😄
 
Will new bands be announced Monday?

As @athousandbands has said, it’s very unlikely - Apple has followed the same pattern as last year and dropped Summer Bands (colours) already for this year in the Spring Release. There have also been no new colours found in the WatchOS.

What is very well possible as the iPhone 13 line is also following the same pattern as last year regarding accessories is, three new Silicone Case colours for summer (that will likely not be matched across the Watch Band line, also like last year). However, my gut says this is very sadly looking less likely as the event is pretty soon and that Twitter Guy hasn’t leaked any new cases like he normally does these days. If Apple doesn’t drop new cases for Summer, then it would be a first since 2017

EDIT - actually wait a sec. Some quick research says that WWDC 2021 keynote was on June 7th, and Apple released summer themed Silicone Cases for iPhone 12 the following week on the 14th, so it doesn’t need to be tied to the event
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: athousandbands
As @athousandbands has said, it’s very unlikely - Apple has followed the same pattern as last year and dropped Summer Bands (colours) already for this year in the Spring Release. There have also been no new colours found in the WatchOS.

What is very well possible as the iPhone 13 line is also following the same pattern as last year regarding accessories is, three new Silicone Case colours for summer (that will likely not be matched across the Watch Band line, also like last year). However, my gut says this is very sadly looking less likely as the event is pretty soon and that Twitter Guy hasn’t leaked any new cases like he normally does these days. If Apple doesn’t drop new cases for Summer, then it would be a first since 2017
I don’t follow cases. Did we get more colors than usual like the bands in fall and spring? I tried to look but I have no frame of reference.

Did all the “winter” cases also drop in September?

I consider the winter bands to be Mari, E Lav, Dark Cherry
 
Last edited:
I don’t follow cases. Did we get more colors than usual like the bands in fall and spring? I tried to look but I have no frame of reference.

Did all the “winter” cases also drop in September?

I consider the winter bands to be Mari, E Lav, Dark Cherry

For the iPhone cases,

Winter 2020 : no new cases

Last Spring: four new silicone cases, one new Leather case, one new Leather Wallet (iPhone 12)

Last Summer: three new silicone cases (iPhone 12)



This Winter: no new cases

This Spring: four new silicone cases, no new leather cases/wallets (iPhone 13)

This Summer: ?

For iPhone 12, there were in total 15 silicone case colours. For iPhone 13, there are currently 12 case colours - so they‘re looking well in line to get updated for summer but I wouldn’t get hopes up.
 
  • Like
Reactions: athousandbands
Thanks for the feedback. The seller offered a partial refund, so I will wear it a bit to determine whether or not it’s a worthy addition to the collection 😄

With the black 44mm lugs on the 40mm SBSS, it actually doesn’t look so bad; in low light it pretty much blends right in:

View attachment 2013523

In brighter light the mismatch still isn’t glaring enough to be too offensive:

View attachment 2013524

It had a faint cologne smell which remained after washing, but a quick 1/2 mile swim in the bay took care of that rather nicely. 😄
Yeah, it’s not an unattractive band, it’s just that if you don’t really like neutral bands and just bright ones, it’s a disappointment. I forget the name, but on the black and pink one, the pink pops, and I had hoped this would be like that.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Snide
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.