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No New Apple Watch For 5 Years?

Davidchicago said:
Well I know enough to know when I don't know enough so I take the experience of more experience Apple watchers here on the forum and thanks for your replies. I guess only time will tell. Not sure if this situation falls in this category, but I am surprised at the amount of speculating Apple permits or enables from their store people. As tightly run as they are, allowing and even creating the situation where in-store people are left to "wing it" seems odd. Or could there be a method to that madness?
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Sadly they do not inform thier staff , so the staff that work in the stores are forced to "wing it" no doubt apple fans give them more the theories than Apple HQ themselves . I always took what staff said in the store in the pinch of salt

The battery will need to improve in the watch , I'd say as early as next year.
 
It would make complete sense for them to do that, or to have some kind of internal upgrade. A watch that has the price of the Edition version is an investment, not something that is discarded in 2 years time. While there will be some value in the gold if a special process is required to extract it and it only can be done by apple it is even less attractive if it becomes useless in a couple of years time.
 
edlex said:
I can't see them updating millions of devices being feasible. They'll probably do what that've always done, they'll come out with a version 2 and keep supporting version 1 until they stop supporting it. The edition is probably the only one that will have some kind of exchange program due to the value of the gold.
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That's what I was talking about. Why I said not worth it for the sport.
 
I think they will just keep the current the design and just come out with new cases, to me it dose not make sense if you brought a$17,000 watch and then next year they update the watch, then you will have to pay another $17,000 for the watch - that is for the top of line watch. I say we won't see a update until 5 or 6 years
 
Davidchicago said:
In the store this week I was told Apple is planning on working with this current version for several years and won't be treating this device as others in the past with frequent new models. I asked if that was from his training updates and he said it was part of a recent training update to reassure potential buyers of the Edition models that Apple won't ask them to spend $10K+ and re-issue another in a year or two. I take it with a grain of salt, but does make sense that Apple would get that this would be a serious issue. The bad press alone...
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 Store employees are rarely privy to info that we aren't
 
Typically some watchmakers make new models yearly, every two years...etc. As far as a smartwatch is concerned I don't see updates as often. Software updates, adding new features yes. The only negative about the Apple Watch would be the 18hr battery life if complaints are high. New Bands.
 
MacDawg said:
Apple employees in the store didn't even know the band was 3 parts, not 4 and kept insisting there were 2 complete bands coming... so I don't put much stock in their inside information ;)

Only time will tell what happens with watch updates
(see what I did there...)
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Well I guess us customers are not the only people Apple is keeping in the dark, they don't seem to be giving their own employees enough information to do their job. Pretty bad when we know more about the product than they do :rolleyes:
 
I stole this idea from someone on this forum. But since some people who ordered one day one won't get their watch until June, does it make sense that Apple would update the watch less than a year after keen purchasers have owned theirs?

Unless it's an iPad 3-4 situation, I just can't see it happening. I feel like watch accessories may keep rolling out, but not a new watch for a couple of years. As it's a fashion piece, we'll probably get a couple of other case designs in the future.
 
It could very well just be a brain-storming session during training.
When the group was asked 'how we can assure buyers'.

And OP's specialist dozed off further in the training.
 
My Apple Store helper said she understood there would be another Watch model released just before Christmas. Of course, we all know that Apple tells its Apple Store employees next to nothing about future products.
 
Although the lady who helped me out during my Watch try-on was very nice and helpful overall, I told her I wanted to try a medium leather loop because I was worried that my wrist might be too small for it. She spent about a minute looking through the drawer for a small leather loop before I had to politely remind her that they only come in medium and large.

So yeah, even though they generally want to help, don't trust them with things like that :p
 
PBF said:
5 years? That's just malarkey!
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How many are still rocking an iPhone 3GS?:D Could you imagine how an Android Wear or Pebble will look in 5 years compared to the original :apple:Watch?:eek: The S1 will be past ancient in 5 years and Apple will be out of the :apple:Watch without updates.
 
This is pure speculation.

Personally, I think they'll upgrade the hardware every 2 years and the software every year.

Because to spend $17,000 on a Watch to have it become "no longer cool" or "old" in only a year..... you might lose fans.
 
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Davidchicago said:
In the store this week I was told Apple is planning on working with this current version for several years and won't be treating this device as others in the past with frequent new models. I asked if that was from his training updates and he said it was part of a recent training update to reassure potential buyers of the Edition models that Apple won't ask them to spend $10K+ and re-issue another in a year or two. I take it with a grain of salt, but does make sense that Apple would get that this would be a serious issue. The bad press alone...
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I would imagine Apple implementing a trade in program but keeping the same style for years.

The metal is the only thing making the editions so pricey. They can recycle the gold and trade in edition models for the new processor/hardware version.
 
Store employees know very little about Apple. They know how much an item costs and they can check to see if it is in stock. Sometimes they don't even know this...
 
5 years... maybe thats how many years it will still pair with your newest gen iphone. I could see them maybe doing something every 18 months but now that competitors can see what the watch can do they will start matching and beating it. Once apple has a product that is better than the current one they will release it.

5 years is way too long. I'd be surprised if they weren't working on a model that can work independent of the iphone to try and get the non iphone customers on board.
 
Davidchicago said:
In the store this week I was told Apple is planning on working with this current version for several years and won't be treating this device as others in the past with frequent new models.
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BS. They have no idea. And there was no training model on this. They are NOT worried about Edition buyers being upset about drop 10G for a watch every year. Those that are doing it can typically afford to it without blinking

will they keep the same basic form, sure. they might. but not improve the internals, that's far fetched
 
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