Apple's being clever here. The celebs are giving the software one final test before general availability.
Who better to ensure it's idiot-proof?
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Not a fan of all the celebrity endorsements
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Apple's being clever here. The celebs are giving the software one final test before general availability.
Who better to ensure it's idiot-proof?
I don't think that's far fetched; I think it's accurate.
Besides that, people look at images of celebrities. We tend to mentally filter out overt advertisements these days, but a large portion of the population spends considerable time actively looking at images of celebrities in magazines and social media sites.
Product awareness is the first step to a purchase. You can't want what you aren't aware of.
I agree with you a 100%. Apple maybe giving it to celebrities to wear and such....but who has noticed it besides people that follow apple watch like the members of this community? They are just taunting / belittling the people that were going to buy it anyway! I hope their celebrity campaign works, but from the looks of it, no one has picked up those stories.
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Apple's being clever here. The celebs are giving the software one final test before general availability.
Who better to ensure it's idiot-proof?
Apparently they need to change the band replacement design since some idiots aren't able to get it right still....
It seems kinda pointless to me. Their fans won't be able to get one on launch since they didn't preorder. And the average person isn't going to drop $350+ on an iPhone assessory.
I don't know anyone who actually wants one. Anecdotal, sure, but it doesn't seem popular with the public.
IMHO, Apple has an uphill battle. This isn't a phone, MP3 player, or tablet.
I don't know anyone who actually wants one. Anecdotal, sure, but it doesn't seem popular with the public.
IMHO, Apple has an uphill battle. This isn't a phone, MP3 player, or tablet.
I'm not talking about wanting a
a Watch now. You've misinterpreted my words and intent. That's why I stated to not read into it too much. Of all the duplicate threads, I thought I post what was on my mind. I cancelled my preorder and I'm totally fine with waiting to see if they'll be available in Apple stores. I may just settle and get a SG sport but that's not what I'm talking about. I enjoyed the strategy that was used when celebrities had to wait like everyone else. I do understand why that's not the case.
Apple is thinking differently than all the other makers of Smart watches before it.
Except you listed reasons why I would buy it. To me being an mp3 player is a HUGE plus as Id rather control my music from the watch.Lol, I know that! Just saying that isn't why people would buy it
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I'm 28 so my friends and I'm sure those out get hold a stigma against smart watches..."Oh that's so geeky/nerdy". "That's not cool". Oh like that Casio calculator watch...and on and on.
I personally think it's a smart decision by apple to try to widen appeal and add a cool factor to category that's not...it's a category that's not a phone or a computer...not something that's necessary. So why not try to broaden appeal to fashion and the youngsters
Pretty sure Jimmy Iovine has his hands on that just like he did with Beats and put them on celebs and athletes and made expensive headphones a category
I personally think it's a smart decision by apple to try to widen appeal and add a cool factor to category that's not...it's a category that's not a phone or a computer...not something that's necessary. So why not try to broaden appeal to fashion and the youngsters
Pretty sure Jimmy Iovine has his hands on that just like he did with Beats and put them on celebs and athletes and made expensive headphones a category
Just gotta understand nobody reading this forum is the target audience for that move. I couldn't care less what a celebrity is wearing, wrist or otherwise. To some people out there, far away from the MR forums- it matters to them a WHOLE lot more. Think about co-workers who request time off when the royals get married, yeah, I don't get THAT either...
Being a celebrity is all about style, sophistication and looking cool in public
Wearing an Apple watch is about looking nerdy and I can't imagine a single A class celebrity wearing an Apple watch in public if they weren't getting paid lots of money for wearing it!
Wearing an Apple watch is about looking nerdy and I can't imagine a single A class celebrity wearing an Apple watch in public if they weren't getting paid lots of money for wearing it!
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I'm fine with them getting it early, but getting custom bands does annoy me... Why can't I get a red sport band?
Im buying it because it looks good tbqh and to better interact with my other Apple products. It tells time yes. But if all it did was tell time I wouldnt buy one.
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Beyonce and Katy Perry are wearing Apple Watches. They are as A class as you can get celebrity wise.
I dislike seeing these endorsements for a different reason; Apple is feeling less and less like a tech company and more like any other "popular brand" selling "fashionable" trinkets.
Especially growing up as a nerdy kid I was rejected by the "popular crowd". One of my escapes was playing with computers, particularly Apple ones.
Now as an adult I see the company selling out to the same sort of "popular crowd" that rejected me growing up. It hurts a bit.
Maybe I'm too sentimental. But I despise the whole celebrity culture and obsession. There's very few celebrities who truly deserve their fame.
Especially growing up as a nerdy kid I was rejected by the "popular crowd". One of my escapes was playing with computers, particularly Apple ones.
Now as an adult I see the company selling out to the same sort of "popular crowd" that rejected me growing up. It hurts a bit.
Maybe I'm too sentimental. But I despise the whole celebrity culture and obsession. There's very few celebrities who truly deserve their fame.
This is exactly what I was getting at. I applaud you for explaining it in a way that strikes at the heart of my topic.
So were the U2 and Madonna branded iPods a mistake? Apple's been using celebrity endorsements since forever.