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iWatch to Come in Two Sizes With 'Fashionable Appearance', Top End to Cost 'Several Thousand' Dollars
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you kidding me?
Even if I were filthy rich, I would NEVER pay several thousands for an iWatch...even if its the prettiest jewellery on the planet. WHy? Because if you buy a Breitling og Tag Hauer or whatever, it is just that, a jewellery. You can keep them for a lifetime. An iWatch is tech, it won´t have the lastbility, it will be outdated performance wise and battery wise within a short time. And even so, a product were you need to charge multiple times a week isn´t convenient at all as a watch.
Time for apple to invest more into making some groundbreaking inventions in batteries I think.
Time for apple to invest more into making some groundbreaking inventions in batteries I think.
There is absolutely no way Apple are going to release an iWatch which will cost "several thousand dollars." Apple are not a watch company and are equally not interested in making a product which would sell 5 units. Apple will make an affordable iWatch aimed at the masses. Where are these bizarre rumours coming from?
I have never heard such a load of baloney. Several thousand dollars? Wireless charging?
Nope.
Now... how do I get a job being an "analyst"? It seems pretty easy, you just need to make up total BS about stuff. Hell, I have a better understanding of Apple than is shown in most of these nonsensical reports, so maybe I'll have an edge?
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Don't you mean a flat circle?
Nope.
Now... how do I get a job being an "analyst"? It seems pretty easy, you just need to make up total BS about stuff. Hell, I have a better understanding of Apple than is shown in most of these nonsensical reports, so maybe I'll have an edge?
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Hell.....I don't own a watch because 1. I break everyone I ever owned and 2, I have no respect for time.
It's all a Illusion.
Don't you mean a flat circle?
Let's see what Swiss watches retail for, many mechanical timepieces start at four-digit price levels. To be fair, some are collector items and they last for decades, but these are often in the five-digits in USD depending on the materials.
Apple has the branding power to get the lower-end and mid-tier, up to $1000 is considered cheap for many watches.
The average Swiss watch costs around $ 700 (and that includes the millions of plastic Swatch models sold around $50-75, if you don't include these, the average price is well above $1k).
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1 day battery life is unlike Apple? My and my wife's iPhone barely last a working day and is usually dead by the time I am on the train home unless it was on airplane mode all day. I actually stopped bothering taken ng the iPhone with me, its my work phone, and forwarded all calls to my private <insert non-Apple product here> phone, which does last 1+ days.
An Apple 1 sells for $300 000 +
though that is missing the point , and does not justify a brand new digital watch selling for thousands
Everybody is talking about the price...well, Apple is expensive.
My main point is rather different. I personally don't need yet another device to be charged on a daily basis. First my laptop of course, than the introduction of the smartphones, later tablets and all this in a multiple persons home which all have different devices - we're running out of sockets....
My main point is rather different. I personally don't need yet another device to be charged on a daily basis. First my laptop of course, than the introduction of the smartphones, later tablets and all this in a multiple persons home which all have different devices - we're running out of sockets....
I really hope Apple will come up with something completely different then the look & feel of an average watch. In fact, I hope Apple will come up with a device that doesn't resembles a watch to begin with.
If it's going to be a iPod mini look a like with a cheap to very expensive band from plane plastic to titanium to name something it will be a silly thing to buy i.m.h.o.
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This I understand. But good news for you, in a decade, I think even less, new nano technology have found it's way to smaller devices. Devices will last for a week before they need to recharge and they can being recharge within seconds, not hours.
If it's going to be a iPod mini look a like with a cheap to very expensive band from plane plastic to titanium to name something it will be a silly thing to buy i.m.h.o.
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This I understand. But good news for you, in a decade, I think even less, new nano technology have found it's way to smaller devices. Devices will last for a week before they need to recharge and they can being recharge within seconds, not hours.
Same as everything. The internet.
I don't think Apple's even priced anything as of late, let alone watches.
Speaking of which, the person who did that mockup was clearly inspired by the Speedmaster...
No. I consider myself a well adjusted adult who doesn't require the approval of strangers for validation. Why would I care what a complete stranger thought about me? People I care about. Their opinion of me matters, but not superficially. Am I a good husband and father? Am I a good moral person? Have I affected those around me for the better? That stuff is important. Am I a saint? Hell no. Do I like nice stuff? Yup. But not because of some need of approval from the outside.
FWIW the reason I brush my teeth? My wife says I have to do it or no kisses. Can't live without those.
Yah, you, like every other adult, seeks validation from other people.
I'll never understand people that say the don't care about social status, but then do things for social status like dress when they go outside.
EVERYTHING you do in life is an statement about your social status, from the moment you wake up, to you job, to your personal relationships.
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Great, so you're going to marry a homeless person? Or invite them to your house for dinner or play games or watch tv? Or invite them to form a business with you?
The correct answer is you do not treat homeless people equally with other people.
You, like everyone, treat people differently based on their social status.
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NO watch is worth thousands of dollars. A $10 casio is a perfect time keeper Everything else is fashion/bling.
I can imagine Apple selling a mechanism to luxury manufacturers to put in expensive cases. I can also imagine them having a few choices of their own case/strap. Making their own luxury version seems unlikely, though. By definition, high-end luxury items sell only in small numbers, and that isn't Apple's usual strategy.
Weren't Apple the ones who convinced the world that they should expect to charge their phone every day?
Why is this different?
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Breitling are tacky and gaudy. Ugghh.
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Are you seriously comparing an iWatch to one of the most iconic watches of all time (Speedmaster)? It is probably second only to the Rolex Submariner.
That Mac Pro is a utility which someone could use to make a very good living off of before it becomes obsolete.
The iWatch will tell the time and do a few other trivial tasks before it soon becomes obsolete.
Not the same thing at all.
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You simply don't get watches then. Besides, a ten dollar Casio makes you look like you are 7.
That makes a lot of sense. There are iPad and iPhone cases available today that cost as much if not more than the device itself (from Louis Vuitton, Dior and other luxury brands).
As for the iPod Nano, third parties could make all sorts of bracelets and cases in various price ranges. An extreme example...
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zshock-diamond-lunatik
It looks more and more like that iPod nano was a small test run for the iWatch concept.
Apple will probably even encourage third parties with a program "made for iWatch" so there will be enough variants. Nobody would want to wear the same watch design without individual customizing options, especially if the iWatch is a success.
Current watch makers launch new models once or twice a year like fashion houses. In Apple's case third parties would provide these constant updates and Apple would just update the "core" watch housing (hardware/software).
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never is a long time. i don't see normal watches being worn much say in 50 years when there are tons of different kinds of wearable devices. As much as i like them i can see technology taking over on eyewear and wrist wear..... eventually
For several thousand dollars, this best cure both cancer and heart disease if Apple wants a lot of people to buy it.
It's definitely NOT going to cost several thousand dollars. The source of this article doesn't know Apple.
It might cost Apple several thousand dollars to produce them, but that won't be the selling price.
It might cost Apple several thousand dollars to produce them, but that won't be the selling price.
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This wearable tech is a trend at the moment.
Noone has actually come up with a decent solution, and I doubt, seeming as it's still early days, Apple will jump the shark and do something here.
The Samsung solution has failed.
The Pebl has also failed, in my opinion, as I have used one, and then gave up wearing it after a few weeks.
I've played with Google Glass, and it seems so limited.
What will be next, dermal and cochlea implants?
They are trying, but I still think the tech is not there yet.
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I'll wait til WWDC - Im usually proved wrong.
Noone has actually come up with a decent solution, and I doubt, seeming as it's still early days, Apple will jump the shark and do something here.
The Samsung solution has failed.
The Pebl has also failed, in my opinion, as I have used one, and then gave up wearing it after a few weeks.
I've played with Google Glass, and it seems so limited.
What will be next, dermal and cochlea implants?
They are trying, but I still think the tech is not there yet.
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I'll wait til WWDC - Im usually proved wrong.
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