Gosh, I was really expecting Apple to announce you could replace the battery and cpu ~$xxx so you could keep them for a long time....but nothing.
$10k for a disposable watches Think they'll sell well at first as the true believers buy them, but unless they have a way they don't become obsolete in 2/3 years I don't see sustained big sales...
Gosh, I was really expecting Apple to announce you could replace the battery and cpu ~$xxx so you could keep them for a long time....but nothing.
$10k for a disposable watches Think they'll sell well at first as the true believers buy them, but unless they have a way they don't become obsolete in 2/3 years I don't see sustained big sales...
Well, compared to the stainless versions at least here you are guaranteed a certain payback by melting down the gold in the unit...
Atleast the price is unique.
price here is irrelevant, buyers have enough $$$ to do whatever... it's a fashion piece and something Apple wants celebrities and public figures to wear
I am SHOCKED that these gold watches will ONLY be available in LIMITED quantities!!!
Shocked!
Get a watch... or keep my soul... hmmm... not sure...
From the maker of the IAmRich iOS app, we bring you...
I'm somewhat baffled at the amount of people that are somehow incredulous at the cost of the gold one. It's just an option and aimed at the super wealthy - no need for anyone to get angry over it. Literally anyone else can just get the $349 Sport and have the same exact watch without the shiny gold color.
Tim Cook it's okay I will just go buy a nice Rolex.
The Edition version is for almost nobody,
I think this will be the end of Cooks reign at Apple.
Spring forward to unemployment.
The super wealthy won't be paying full price. Many will likely get their for free, to be seen with them.
Others will be subsidizing those given away. Suckers.
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do you also pretend to be making fun of people who have nicer cars than you?
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I understand it's in the range of premium analog gold watches.
I don't think it's really *worth* that, but it's not unprecedented. I think Apple should have held out another year to make it thinner. This thing is pretty thick as watches go too.
$10,000 watch with the guts of a $350 one. Don't think Rolex has anything to worry about.
Part of the problem is that it isn't a nicer watch, it is in fact exactly the same watch. The only difference is the materials the case is made from.
Sort of like how a diamond encrusted, solid platinum Rolex Datejust at $120,000 has the same innards as a steel Rolex Datejust at $6000? And they're both less accurate than a Casio quartz movement....
Nobody buys a luxury watch for its innards. And like all products, the pricing of a product has more to do with scarcity vs. demand and zilch to do with cost of goods sold.
My reaction whenever I see anyone wearing one of these will be:
Sort of like how a diamond encrusted, solid platinum Rolex Datejust at $120,000 has the same innards as a steel Rolex Datejust at $6000? And they're both less accurate than a Casio quartz movement....
Nobody buys a luxury watch for its innards. And like all products, the pricing of a product has more to do with scarcity vs. demand and zilch to do with cost of goods sold.