Live Coverage of Apple's September 2014 iPhone and iWatch Event [Event Over]

[Raid]

So the watch does have NFC, and apple pay. Neat... but $350...ugh

 

[nixfu]

Starting at $349..... HAHAHA!

They really don't want to have to actually make many of these do they? This way they can only make a few hundredK of them, and yet still claim to wallstreet they have the product of the future.

 

[thelead]

This has to be priced right if they want it to fly off the shelf. Not that impressed.

Starting at $349? It will not be flying of the shelf.

I'll wait for V2.

 

[psac]

Next year will have Apple pay and NFC.

Whoa, this year!

 

[Jimrod]

So, it seems Apple left the phones to the interns this year with the brief from Jony being "make it thinner or something" and they put all their efforts into the watch, which still seems to miss the mark in both the fashion and function stakes. Well played Apple, well played...

 

[Brittany246]

$350 for a first gen apple watch. That is too damn high.

 

[ChazSch]

here comes the icing on the cake.....

 

[73b]

Ugh $349!!!!

 

[abshole765]

1.) Have you noticed that many people have stopped wearing their watches? 10 years ago, almost everyone in business wore one. Nowadays they're almost non-existent on people under 40.
2.) You mean those watches that you can leave on all day and not worry about recharging?

I have one for everyday of the week. And they all look 10x better than this thing.

 

[0098386]

The iPhone 4S is lethargic compared to the 5S, and the 6. I would upgrade in a second if I were you (or consider Android).

Runs great for me, still got an okay battery life too. I don't want a tall phone.

 

[KPOM]

Early 2015

Any chance that Apple will gauge the reaction in the fashion community and make any tweaks to the design?

 

[D.T.]

There it is, Apple Pay in the aWatch. Done. Release day purchase for me

 

[jimbobb24]

Give me an iPhone that somehow allows me to dock it into a monitor, keyboard, and mouse so that I can use it like a computer.
Let me choose to change the icons to circles instead of the squares.
Make the iPhone 'learn' what apps I use the most and move them to the first screen.
Let me resize my icons on my phone so that I can easily find them.
Give me a childproof feature that locks down everything and prevents any online purchases so that I can let my kid play with my iPhone.
Get rid of the headphone jack and give me bluetooth stereo headphones WITH the iPhone purchase.
Allow the ENTIRE screen to rotate to current point of view, regardless of where I am at in the phone.

that is all... too little, too late.

Those are weird features to be passionate about but to each their own. you can already lock your phone down - been able to for a few versions.

I might be moving to the xperia, because I don't want such a big phone. I am the minority but I don't need a big phone. iPhone 5S was borderline, bigger than that and phone no longer works way I want. So sad...

 

[chumpy34]

How does it blow you away? You don't need a fat brick on your wrist to communicate with your phone... just reach into your pocket.

The technology that is in this watch is amazing, did you sleep thorough the keynote?

 

[Medic311]

$349 starting....hmmmm

early next year. by that time people will have forgotten about it

 

[phinsup]

Honestly?

I think they added that little knob just because it looks like the winder on a old watch.

I do not see any other reason to add that except for nostalgia.

Yea kind of a throwback like the analog clock in the mercedes.

 

[xmichaelp]

Red and gold is absolutely hideous.

 

[RickInHouston]

Excellent price point. I bet it goes up FAST, though.

It is a bit odd to announce, at minimum, four months in advance. I wonder why?

 

[aberrero]

How much for the Gold?

 

[ChazSch]

Insert U2 Here

 

[macaddict06]

So what was under the big white box?

its a white herring.

wait. one more one more thing?

 

[Romy90210]

One more thing

 

[bushido]

please something has to flop to get apple off of their lazy asses and thats me using 4 iDevices right now lol it probably wont though

 

[aberrero]

Excellent price point. I bet it goes up FAST, though.

It is a bit odd to announce, at minimum, four months in advance. I wonder why?

Because it has already leaked, and there is no way they could keep it under wraps for another 4 months.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

With the Moto 360 at $250, the $350 Apple Watch is about what I expected. It's priced like a premium watch. Apple doesn't do budget pricing.

The Moto is a premium watch, too. The pebble is a lower end one that sells for $150.