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Live Coverage of Apple's March 2015 'Spring Forward' Event

KPOM said:
Have you ever priced a watch in a jewelry shop? $1099 for a stainless steel link band watch sounds about right.
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Those watches also last years if not a lifetime . My 4yr old Nano doesn't function anymore. How long will the battery in the Apple Watch last before needing to be replaced (for a low-low price of $100+ most likely).

The Gold Edition Apple Watch being $10k can buy (2) Omegas, Rolex, Tag, etc which not only will last, but typically APPRECIATE in value over time.
 
Psyfuzz said:
Fundamentally the iWatch is a peripheral.

Pricing it in the same price range as the main device (iPhone) is an awful idea. Nothing about today sold me on the watch, Instagram on a smaller more fiddly screen? nope. Sending my heartbeat to someone? Why would I want to do that?

Either this product makes it to 2/3 iterations before being canned or Apple is going to have to drop the prices significantly and develop an unbelievably new and fresh UPS for it.

I can only see the first one being a huge success due to Apple-halo effect, then sales drying up quickly as word of mouth spreads.
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The main watch will be the sport model which goes for about half the price of an iPhone. That makes sense. The more expensive ones are selling not functionality but fashion which has its own pricing models. You are essentially paying for jewelry.
 
iBug2 said:
The highlight of this keynote was research kit, at least for me. That more than anything else they featured today will going to shake things up.
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Agreed. I was yawning at first when they started with the lack of an Apple TV refresh and a review of Health, HomeKit, and CarPlay. But the ResearchKit announcement took me completely by surprise and actually got me up out of my chair. That is going to be huge, and it establishes that Apple is focused on improving the world (using technology as the vehicle for change).

The fact that it's open source really shows just how dedicated to it they are. Hopefully they will release more of these apps in short order. I'd love to see something that could apply to ALS research (something really personal to me). Stuff like this makes me proud to be an Apple "fanatic." Hopefully it does bring a massive positive change on the world!
 
So with only 1 USB-C connect, you can't watch movies with the charging cable plugged into the laptop at the same time? That forces all of us to make separate purchases of an Apple proprietary USB-C hub and cables, and that will add at least a couple of hundred dollars more to the base asking price.

Or one can make sure to have a fully charged laptop before watching movies on it first.
 
840quadra said:
It's not much different than when later keynotes on OS X, the iPhone, and iPad discussing additional details just, or right after they went on sale.
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I'd have to go back and watch the original iPhone presentation. I just didn't see the enthusiasm that I expected.
 
The mac updates were lame. I suppose I'm going to have to wait 6-12 months before they update the MBPs.
 
iBug2 said:
I think it's obvious that not many people in this forum, myself included, has any idea about watch prices.
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I have a few in the $500 range, and I can tell you with out a doubt, I wouldn't pay that much for something that uses tech that'll be out of date in less than a years time.
 
XCode 6.2 is out according to developer connection, but the app store link points to 6.1.1 still. Can anyone get the url for the download?
 
Where's the clowns who thought they would downgrade to ARM cpus? Lol.
Calling it now. iPhone 7 and new iOS will be run by next-gen Intel chips. Android porting will be a nightmare. Just as intended.
 
I wanted to want the watch... but I'm far more interested to see where the entire MacBook line goes with the new design. Very nice and I expect incremental updates to make it perfect.
 
RDStrong said:
The mac updates were lame. I suppose I'm going to have to wait 6-12 months before they update the MBPs.
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Really? I think they made an amazing macbook. It's fanless, it has enough power for the average user, it has enough ports for an average user, it has ****-ton of battery, a gorgeous screen.

But I REALLY hope they don't follow the same path with MBP machines. Really.
 
OMG I'm totally afraid of USB-C!!! I really don't want that in my MacBooks. I don't need a sick thin Laptop where I can't plug-in anything! That's insane – in Schiller's words! :eek:

God help us all that'll still have normal USB/HDMI/DP-ports in our "productivity" MacBooks until they really phase-out from the market.
 
DC Wallaby said:
Agreed. I was yawning at first when they started with the lack of an Apple TV refresh and a review of Health, HomeKit, and CarPlay. But the ResearchKit announcement took me completely by surprise and actually got me up out of my chair. That is going to be huge, and it establishes that Apple is focused on improving the world (using technology as the vehicle for change).

The fact that it's open source really shows just how dedicated to it they are. Hopefully they will release more of these apps in short order. I'd love to see something that could apply to ALS research (something really personal to me). Stuff like this makes me proud to be an Apple "fanatic." Hopefully it does bring a massive positive change on the world!
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Indeed. And that asthma research they are doing in NYC, I was jumping up and down when I heard that. And I don't even have asthma. :)
 
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