They are getting a bunch of watches and very sure getting paid to wear it. All those celebrities have managers. Please people, can't believe you all are so naive.
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J.J. Abrams Wears Apple Watch During Star Wars Panel in Anaheim
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They are getting a bunch of watches and very sure getting paid to wear it. All those celebrities have managers. Please people, can't believe you all are so naive.
The system where the top 1% pay more tax dollars than the bottom 60% towards stuff everyone uses equally? I would thank those top 1%, without them our taxes would all be higher or our public services would suck even more than they do today. Might as well give them an apple watch as a thank you.
You must not know much about the USA tax system. The top 20% of earners pay more than 80% of the income taxes.
Personally, I only care if the display is on when *I* need/want to use it.
Otherwise, I don't care.
Just like I don't care if the light in the fridge is on when the door is closed.
I could care less about the apple watch, thank you for posting this because i just watched the live stream for 40 minutes with a new teaser trailer at the end. Star Wars fan first, apple fan second. And i've been an apple fan since 2000.
Ditto .... I was 6 when the first move came out.
Loving the new trailer.
Edit. I actually could care about the watch tho
I have mixed feelings about all these privileged people getting invited to the front of the line. It's a type of psychology that I find very offensive. I can sorta see what they are doing but radioing to everybody that the rich and elites get theirs early and in many cases for free...and top of the line models at that is just really tacky. Apple has a lot of good points. They need to can this strategy as soon as possible. It comes off like rich people who have lost touch with the average person.
When you wear the watch nobody cares
When jj Abrams wears the watch , it makes the news
OT but shouldn't we have another Force Awakens trailer by now
Check the Star Wars YouTube channel, teaser 2 is out today.
That's a statistic that's meant to give false impressions.
The top 20% make 52% of the money. So, they SHOULD pay a higher percentage BECAUSE they make a higher percentage.
If the top 20% only made 20% of the money, then it's a legit statistic, but it's not.
Honestly, if one is struggling to pay for an Apple watch, then they shouldn't be buying one. It's a luxury item, even on the low end.
Agreed. That's why I think it fails as a fashion accessory.
OT but shouldn't we have another Force Awakens trailer by now
I imagine we'll get one attached to one of the big summer movies.
That prop is a work of art. I want one of those just as much as I want an Apple Watch.
I don't know if they're spending more, but the watch is a fashion statement for many folks so that requires a different approach to marketing than anything Apple's made before.
They aren't getting them because they are rich. They are getting them because they are celebrities. As it is, most celebrities happen to have money.
What would the advertisement value of giving you a watch now? ZERO.
What would the advertisement value of giving you a watch now? ZERO.
Not to be that guy but I'm going to be that guy.
Why is it that rich people get the watch early for free and yet customers have to purchase it and then wait? It reminds me of the tax system of the USA.
I'm just saying I want the watch now too.
That it is, and it looks just as awful as the first trailer. I have lost all hope of the new films being anywhere near good. JJ doesn't have a clue how to make a good Star Wars film. Never send a fanboy to do a professional job, they'll ruin it every time.
Stephen Colbert always had iPads and iPhones well before launch. If that wasn't predict placement I don't know what was.
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Maybe Apple thinks that it works better than giving Watch for regular customers free and then making celebs to wait so that they can pay for theirs?
