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How Much Would You Be Willing to Pay for an Apple Watch 'Pro'?
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Honestly, I think the regular watches are priced too high, so a pro model would be off the table for me.
Exactly my thoughts too! Market research funded by Apple? Perhaps MR is an apple web site, designed to spread exactly the info Apple want put out there, including missinformation to keep competitors of the track?
I understand “pro” for a Mac user to be someone using their Mac for professional-level things. What does a pro watch user do?
New Watch or New IPhone? A watch is not exactly the same as an iPhone, so they should not be priced similarly
Forget pro, I'm not sure I'm willing to pay anything for an Apple Watch. I've now had 2 of them (S2, and S4) and they're fine. It's pretty rare that I use an actual app, something like 90% of the time I use it to check the date and time. The rest is for checking, and dismissing, notifications. The only apps I use regularly are the timer (for cooking and covid tests) and messages. I think I might go back to mechanical watches.
Doesn't matter in the slightest; Apple have already set the prices. The event is next week, for goodness sake!
Around max $500 CAD, anything $1000 you can just buy some luxury watch made from gold/silver etc.
"I ain't flexin'"....while sittin' over here flexin'.
The price drop on a 2-3 year old Apple Watch is so drastic and they aren’t even worth selling on the used market at that point. They end up being hand me downs. $350-400 is the tech watch sweet spot. Basic Casio G-Shocks cost less and are very rugged.
I'm not paying any extra. Unless there is some compelling reason to move from my Nike AW7 with applecare, I am happy with what I have. I held the series 6 until just recently, and the upgrade to the 7 was just right. The fast charge is extremely nice for the way I use daily and sleeptrack with my watch.
I’m my opinion, $399 is already too much for what basically amounts to a disposable piece of tech. Apple watches are not Rolex, Movado, or Tag Heuer - no matter that materials you build it with after a few years an Apple Watch will be slow, old, outdated tech that probably doesn’t even support the newest software. No one will be handing these down to their children/grandchildren. Apple Watches are great for what they are… disposable biometric sensors that can receive texts messages and play music. My take: I’d pay $399 for a “Pro” version, and the non-Pro versions should be reduced In price.
Not much more. The reality with Apple Watch is that most people use it (anecdotally) for time, information glances, audio controls, messages, and the one or two complications they have set. Why pay a further premium if the watch doesn’t allow more or different use case
Honestly, Apple needs to stop with the ridiculous pricing model of the Apple Watch. We should be able to just buy the watch itself instead of having to pay the ridiculous markup for those bands when we already have plenty.
IF I upgrade from my SS series 6 then it will be to an aluminium model. I have an Omega Speedmaster and Omega Seamaster as my real watches. From the 'Pro' rumours this thing is more rugged with a larger screen and I just can't imagine that looking nice.
So it's an aluminium Series 8 with a velcro sports loop at most for me.
So it's an aluminium Series 8 with a velcro sports loop at most for me.
If Apple is going to price it like the Garmin sport watches which can run $1000, they need to match the battery life of them, which can run a week of typical use.
Seeing as how in about 4 years there really hasn't been a single significant update, I would probably pay what the one 3-4 years ago is worth now