wrong. More like QUALITY WHORES.
Sure you can buy 3rd party rubber Apple Watch bands for $10. But they are crap. Just read the reviews on Amazon. The adapters don't fit properly or get stuck. This caused damage to the Watch case. Others report the rubber turning stiff or fading in color. Or the connector is unsecure and people have damaged their watch from the band falling off.
I've been searching high and low for quality 3rd party bands. After MONTHS the conclusion is you won't find a band with equal quality and fit as the Apple bands for a cheaper price. There are cheaper 3rd party bands but the quality is just not their.
Trust me I don't like wasting money. But the quality in the Apple bands are unmatched at this point.
Don't trust me? Go find me a sport band for less than $50 that beats the Apple band.
Go find me a leather band and link band while you are at it also.
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Yes, I've never understood it either. You can go into any good quality non-discount jewelry store, the kind that isn't shy about charging full price and then some, and buy a nice leather watch band for $50.
But these plastic and nylon AW bands are more of a ladies fashion accessorizing thing than a replacement band which is why guys "don't get it." It's also why the new $50 bands are feminine or adolescent which is the target demos here. It's really no different from how guys might want the M sport trim upgrade on their new 3 series. A lot of women wouldn't understand why a guy would pay extra for a stiffer suspension, a more aggressive front air dam & and larger wheels.
You can't justify the price of the AW bands or BMW's M sport pkg. They are impulse buys -- rarely defendable except it makes the buyer happy, maybe for a moment, maybe something they enjoy a long time. If I'm not spending the money it's not my judgment to make.
Mars and Venus.
Show me a nice leather 3rd party Apple Watch band for $50 that matches Apple's leather band in quality and fit.....
I'll be waiting. There isn't one. I checked everywhere and all the 3rd party bands less than $100 are not the same quality.
By the way Rolex leather bands retail for $300.
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Yup, for sure cause enough. People fork over $4 for a cup of famous brand of coffee that contains maybe 3 cents worth of raw materials. Or $40 - $100 for a pair of jeans that cost less than $2 to make. Or spend $150+ for shoes that are made from $5 worth of materials. I could go on and on.
I could not care less about what other people do with their money.
But I do think it's amusing others get so visibly worked up about that.
If everyone only bought products that had RAZOR THIN PROFIT MARGINS than our economy would be total crap. You want to go back to life in 1890? Where people barely had anything beyond the BARE NECESSITIES?
[doublepost=1459179583][/doublepost]Here are some reviews from the top ranked 3rd Party Sport band from Amazon. It goes for $10.
"Horrible quality straps, I've only had them 2 days and they are peeling in patches and have spots of weird uneven texture. Like lots of the other reviews say, they attract dust like crazy. They are also a little hard to get on and off."
"I asked for a replacement for a smaller band and as soon as I started using it in a matter of minutes it started peeling off."
"Band is in great condition but the bottom band would not lock into place."
"Metal fastener arrived in pieces.... UNWEARABLE.

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"The band peels after just a few wears. (Had the band for less than a month)"
"within the first 24 hours the strap started to wear and the plastic top layer started peeling where it comes into contact with my desk. It also generates a lot of static. It's noticeably inferior to the apple one that came with the watch."
"terrible quality, everything sticks to it and its constantly needing to be cleaned. nothing like the apple original band"
"The quality of this band is what you would expect for $10. The comfort and smoothness of Apple's product is missing from this. Lint loves to attach itself so I spend the day making sure it's clean."
"Color don't look the same as actual item I received the band was a light Grey didn't seem like the fog color picture."
"This band would not lock into place and had to be returned the day it arrived. I also did not care for the embossing. Be careful, without the band locking, your watch could fall off and break or be lost."