New Watch with Phone every year? Or why I bought the Cheapest model.

[chrysee]

We're still waiting on ours and frankly I don't even know if I'll really love it. We almost didn't preorder (and didn't til that evening so now we're staring down that "June" ship date). We ordered Sports because gen 2 will be better in a lot of ways. Sure, gen 3 would be better than that so you'll always want to upgrade. But I think the jump in quality from first iPad to gen 2 was bigger than the jump from 2 to 3, in my opinion at least. If we love the watch, I'll do SS for gen 2. If I did SS now, I probably wouldn't feel like I could justify buying the new one when it was released. I don't feel as bad buying the Sport and then upgrading to SS in a year (or whenever the next would be released). I plan to sell the Sport then, but I bet a lot of people will too, so maybe the SS would have more resale value?

 

[southflguy]

My suspicion is that it will not be a yearly launch. I think that maybe it will be 1.5-2 years with new bands in between. It really depends if Apple is treating this more like a jewelry item or more like a tech item.

So my friend asked me why I bought the SG Sport model and not a nice SS model, and my reason was, that these watches are "disposable". I'm assuming the Apple model for the watch will follow the phone/ipad route. New updated model every year, and more than likely most of us will, just like we do with the phone, be getting a new one.

Why pay a couple hundred more for an item that has the same internal specs, when I know in less than 365 days, I'm going to be getting a new one. The reason I don't get the cheapest iPhone is because of storage, but if they made an aluminum and SS iPhone and the only difference was the case material and price, I would buy the cheapest iPhone.

Was this anyone else's reasoning?

 

[Sphyrna]

I don't see myself upgrading every year. I don't even do that for my iPhone, I upgrade every 2 years. I see it more like my iPad. I had the iPad 2 and didn't upgrade until just now with the iPad Air 2. Unless they do something super incredible I'll probably hang on to this one for 2 or 3 years.

Even if I do decide to upgrade sooner since I'm wearing it every day I decided to get what I like.

 

[edlex]

I change my phone every 2 years (never go for the "S" models). So will probably do the same with the watch. I bought the stainless steel. My thinking is if I put aside £1 a day for 2 years that's £730 for a new watch in 2 years time. I can also sell my SS one on eBay and get something back for it (probably not that much though). Or I can do what I do with all my old phones and give them to my mum. She's currently using my old iPhone 5

That's exactly my plan and why I'm getting AC+. This year getting the 42mm SS Link watch and next year I'll upgrade to the iPhone 7. Then repeat, one year watch following year phone.

 

[mantan]

I think it'll be a lot like the iPad. V1 seems pretty lacking. V2 will likely be a lot more polished/capable product and will have a longer shelf life (similar to the iPad 2) than the original.

I would have definitely gone for a lower tier model on a V1 product.

 

[sterl320]

The complete opposite actually

I personally thought the stainless steel, sapphire watch face, and ceramic back was worth it. If I'm going to buy a pricey watch, I didn't want it to look like a tech gadget on my wrist. Which the sg aluminum looks like IMO.

I never buy merchandise thinking of the resale value

But that's me, other users will vary

what is the ceramic back doing for you?

 

[craigo14]

Interesting points in this thread. I have recieved both and not sure which one to keep

 

[Chupa Chupa]

There's only so much they can do in regard to sensors before the FCC/FDA gets involved. At some point it will cross the line into being a "medical device" and would be regulated.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Medica...ivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

FCC is already involved and had to certify the AW since it has WiFi and BT.

FDA being involved is no big deal either as long as the sensors do what they are advertised to do. Honesty, I believe getting the AW certified as a medical device is one of Apple's goals because it's another big revenue stream. But aside from that are fitness sensors Apple has been testing that have nothing to do with formal medical devices and don't need FDA approval anymore than vitamins do.