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J.J. Abrams Wears Apple Watch During Star Wars Panel in Anaheim
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What did you read in my quote that lead you to believe I care what other people see on my watch? Was it the part where I said, "A watch with no face just looks bad to me." Confused.
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.
Because watches are accessories, accessories are fashion, and fashion runs off of celebrity endorsements.
Okay, I realize we're all stupid, but I didn't realize we were all so stupid we needed an explanation for this.
i was wondering the same thing. maybe they will start showing pictures of everyone ever seen wearing an apple watch. "joe nobody was seen wearing an apple watch during his shift as a bank teller at the local wells fargo branch in scranton, PA. he received his apple watch as a gift from apple in the mail 6 weeks after it was available on April 24 in exchange for $399 - it is unknown if he paid cash or credit"..
He didn't say he cared what other people saw on his watch. He cares what he sees on other people's watches.
He's right about it being a matter of opinion. No one who thinks the blank face detracts from the clean lines, or beautiful band is objectively wrong (or objectively right, either).
People got accustomed to seeing blank-faced watches in the 1970s when LED digital watches were fashionable, and some who were put off by them at first grew to like them (while others never did).
People who find the blank face of an Apple Watch (or other smart watch) at rest disturbing will in some cases come around.
I'm pretty sure it's actually a black band. The blue background is just playing games with the camera.
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You know what, I was just thinking exactly the same.
Am my feeling have ZERO to do with the fact they are probably getting a free watch, that's irrelevant, it's that it's just a really weak tactic to try and artificially promote a product.
And, personally, SHOUTS of a utter lack of confidence in your own product.
It's a kind of desperate tactic someone would try and use if they have a weak product that they know can't stand on it's own without gimmicky efforts like this to try and make something weak, seem the thing to have.
Personally I think Apple are better than this, and don't need to resort to this type of tactic to sell their products.
I feel they are strong enough to stand on their own.
In fact, I would feel insulted.
Hey, we don't have any watches ready yet to give to our long standing loyal Apple customers. But look at all the so called celebs with them we've handed out.
You know what, this actually pisses me off at Apple for treating loyal PAYING customers like this.
Yes. Until such posts stop generating pages and pages of comments. Your comments and clicks are what pay the bills.
It's called marketing and advertising. I think when you're practically creating a new category out of thin air (the only person I know who has a smartwatch has a free review unit for his publication), seeing cool people wear it is a good thing. It's not only exposure, but legitimizes it and even makes it aspirational. It's hardly desperate. They need to build awareness of it, and this is an awesome way of doing it.
Just approve the Star Wars watch face already! Lucas Arts is practically Apple's cousin by marriage!
Except for the sad part, I agree with this assessment. I just see it as Apple recognizing the target group they're trying to reach and using tried and true effective marketing that has worked on the target group.
Everyone seems to focus on the higher end of the product line. I guess because that's where the product placement seems to be. Advertising the halo is what drives the sales of the lesser products. Pretty much all companies with a diversified product line do the same thing. I guess it's strange at Apple because their product line has traditionally been pretty linear.
I'm betting this changes for the next refresh of the iPhone. Now that they've (Cook and especially Ive) tasted how good it feels to be "in", they'll keep it going as long as they can.
It costs Apple almost nothing to give even an Edition to someone in "high fashion" or "celeb status" given that less than 5-10 retail Apple Watch Sport sales easily cover the cost. So if a celeb has 100,000 followers and a 0.01% buy in of those followers covers your costs of giving them an Edition... Give them just a Watch and it probably just takes 2-3 retail sales to cover that cost...
...It's a kind of desperate tactic someone would try and use if they have a weak product that they know can't stand on it's own without gimmicky efforts like this to try and make something weak, seem the thing to have.
Personally I think Apple are better than this, and don't need to resort to this type of tactic to sell their products.
I feel they are strong enough to stand on their own.
In fact, I would feel insulted.
Hey, we don't have any watches ready yet to give to our long standing loyal Apple customers. But look at all the so called celebs with them we've handed out.
You know what, this actually pisses me off at Apple for treating loyal PAYING customers like this.
I feel much the same - before, everyone, no matter how famous or rich, had the same chance to get the first deliveries of Apple products, but that is not the way things are now (and probably going forward) - that other world for the ultra rich and famous lands in our faces.
As to why - Product placement advertising like this was SOP for Beats (whom they just bought), they did this alot, and the people from the fashion industry subsumed into the executive suite also use is constantly. Definitely not the Apple of old - but I'd expect this to SOP from here on out.
I'd bet your right...however the fly in the ointment is that the iPhone 6s will (if history is any guide) look identical to the 6 and placement will be almost worthless beyond being an iPhone. The iPhone 7 though...
But a blank face on a watch doesn't lessen its value as a piece of jewelry, it just looks like a cuff or bracelet with a stone in the center. Many men wear bracelets (or the more "manly" cuffs). That's why it's so nice that the AppleWatch has a clean, classic design. It is understated and not douchy "trying too hard to impress" like so many traditional men's watches. It's a thinking person's watch. A watch for people who value function over overtly trying to impress people.
It's good advertising. People see celebrities wearing the watch so they want one too. It gives Apple good exposure.
So all the people that could afford them were gifted one, or did they have to pay like all of us peons.
This could be the start of a 'Douche Bag Must Have' meme...
This could be the start of a 'Douche Bag Must Have' meme...
You could be right, but I don't think it will happen with iPhones. The iPhone 6S will look so much like the iPhone 6 that no one will notice. And Apple didn't need any help like this with the iPhone 6 sales.
If Apple makes a car in five or ten years, I think you'll see celebrities (both popular and automotive) invited to become early adopters.
so are u saying ur basic teenage boy wont be credited for a marathon during bathroom hours?
