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Live Coverage of Apple's March 2015 'Spring Forward' Event
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You can't afford the $10K Apple Watch
And thats the point.
The reality is that there are plenty of people in this world who can - quite easily - afford to pay $10,000 plus for a watch that will be obsolete in eighteen months. There are plenty of people who can afford to drop $10,000 on bottle service at nightclubs, or lose ten times that playing blackjack or Hold 'em at a Casino.
The Ten Thousand Dollar Apple Watch isn't meant to be a mass-market item. Its designed to serve two purposes:
It lets absurdly rich people own something that very, very few other people will own.
But more importantly, it serves as a "placeholder". It basically says: Spending ten thousand dollars on a watch seems crazy. Look at how sensible I am (and what a great deal I got) spending $600 on this stainless steel one.
Whatever money Apple is paying Angela Ahrendts, you see her influence in things like the Apple Edition watch pricing.
And thats the point.
The reality is that there are plenty of people in this world who can - quite easily - afford to pay $10,000 plus for a watch that will be obsolete in eighteen months. There are plenty of people who can afford to drop $10,000 on bottle service at nightclubs, or lose ten times that playing blackjack or Hold 'em at a Casino.
The Ten Thousand Dollar Apple Watch isn't meant to be a mass-market item. Its designed to serve two purposes:
It lets absurdly rich people own something that very, very few other people will own.
But more importantly, it serves as a "placeholder". It basically says: Spending ten thousand dollars on a watch seems crazy. Look at how sensible I am (and what a great deal I got) spending $600 on this stainless steel one.
Whatever money Apple is paying Angela Ahrendts, you see her influence in things like the Apple Edition watch pricing.
I most certainly agree.
However I accomplished a personal record, I actually sat still for what seemed like an eternity. Almost switched it off halfway through the Watch snooze fest!
I'm going for a run immediately...
The way I look at it is, Apple had an entire event just to disclose price of the Watch - which was announced 6 months ago, which will be available for Pre-Order after 1 more month, and can get in our hands not before another fortnight from then. Why is Apple trying to create an artificial buzz about their latest category? I guess answer lies within the question.
They didn't. $350-399 for the Watch Sport is half of an iPhone. iPhone is also an accessory.
Apple dumped the Professionals years ago. This is main-stream mass produced Apple, and has been for a good 5 years.
Agreed, Other than for tryign out something new that'll be mostly unused after a few weeks or months, I don't see the draw to them.
I honestly expected this to be an all out keynote. First new product in the post Jobs era, etc. Where was the excitement? Personally I think the MB was the best part of today's presentation.
I think he means if the laptop was connected physically to his TV at the same time, via a hdmi adapter.
I'm sure there will be hub/adapter/etc solutions for this surely, well at least I hope so.
Already have a few Rolexes. In fact, I'm willing to bet that the people who are interested in this $16,000 first-generation Apple Watch already own a Rolex. I don't think this product is aimed towards the mass consumers. I don't see who Apple is going to sell 10 millions of these Special Editions. I love collecting watches, but there's no way in hell I'll be getting one of these.
This just gets more ridiculous - the rose gold strap is £4000 extra! Yes, I really did type that right, it's four thousand pounds more!
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Yup. Apple is moving into the fashion/high end industry with these watches, and they're distinctly aimed for prestige and to 'make a statement'. Most people on here cannot afford them and that's okay - and also the point.
The Core M scores just a bit below the i5 Haswell U's, doesn't it? Like, for instance, a Core i5 Haswell U might score 1600 in Passmark, while the M scores 1300. A difference, sure, but not a drastic one.
Though I'd be surprised if the up and coming SP4 goes with a Core M. It's geared towards graphic design first and foremost, so I'm willing to bet MS will sacrifice some battery life and go straight for the Broadwell U to get that extra oomph.
Not even 24h of battery life - after 2years probably around 12h? Useless and disappointing.
The best item on today's update was HBO now.
The best item on today's update was HBO now.
All the prices are now up and running on the Apple site.
According to the UK the stainless steel with the link bracelet will cost £819...not sure I can drop that on a SS when the Sport starts at £299...essentially they are charging £520 for the strap....REALLY
Don't forget the SS case. But yes, they're only really adding about £10 worth of value to the base model (my watch with a stainless steel strap cost about £30 in total, but I freely admit to being a cheapskate
). Of the aluminium ones, the black looks most plausible to me. It probably won't look too different in real life to the £819 model, and there should be third party straps in due course.I don't think you will ever get another original iPhone announcement. It was a revolutionary thing back then, nowadays it's much harder to surprise people that much in a single keynote. And it was Steve doing the presentation.
Also, sometimes people don't understand the significance of the product when they see it for the first time either. The original iPod announcement wasn't as big as it should have been, and iPod was as revolutionary as the iPhone if not more.
Watching movie while connecting it to a larger screen high definition TV via HDMI cable, charging it at the same time. Maybe?
That's a situation in which Apple clearly intends for you to be using Airplay. If you still want to watch movies with your laptop connected to your tv like it's 2005, then a device like the new MBA is clearly not targeted at you.
That's what I'm wondering. When people spend beaucoup bucks on a Rolex or equivalent, they're getting something that can be handed down to the grandchildren's grandchildren. You can expect an Apple Watch to last about 15 years on the high end.
Funny thing is a lot of people who have them swear by them. I don't know if that's just a need to justify their purchase or if it really is useful once used.
It's kinda disappointing that apple couldn't figure out the formula either because the industry doesn't really advance until apple does things for people to copy.
Samsung will definitely still announce Samsung watch though lol.
Maybe version 2 will have a killer feature. I can see celebrities buying the pricy one and some die hard fans buying the lesser tiers, but the average consumer, I dunno.
Apple offer one on their store (a three-way adaptor with charging, VGA/HDMI and USB). It's expensive but there will probably be third party ones soon.
Daft mark-ups on the UK prices too - cheaper to fly business class to the US and rent a limo to take you from the airport to the apple store and buy the Edition versions there than it is to buy in the UK.
Not impressed...sadly I have stock tanking a bit also! Also, I expected Touch ID at least on the new 12" MACBOOK! Even a lot of the new Windows junk is sporting Touch ID. Long summer it will be for investors.