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Price Drop a sign??

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C7 POWER

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Apple does not drop prices on any product unless a new updated one comes out, so with Apple dropping the price of the watch to start at $299 makes me think sales must not be nearly as good as they try to make us believe.

The lack of any innovations or faces in the new update as well, lame. I wear my Huawai Android Wear watch more than my Apple Watch these days.
 
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Brett1203 said:
Apple does not drop prices on any product unless a new updated one comes out, so with Apple dropping the price of the watch to start at $299 makes me think sales must not be nearly as good as they try to make us believe.
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I think Apple was just believing its own bullets and mis-priced the watch originally. They probably saw that the initial wave of sales was likely to Apple fans, but the watch was priced-out of the general market. It is still high relative to competition, but optically a lot closer than it was.
 
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Brett1203 said:
Apple does not drop prices on any product unless a new updated one comes out, so with Apple dropping the price of the watch to start at $299 makes me think sales must not be nearly as good as they try to make us believe.
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Apple does drop prices of products without having a new model. They did it with the original iPhone, and I really think that's a good comparison.
 
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Brett1203 said:
Apple does not drop prices on any product unless a new updated one comes out, so with Apple dropping the price of the watch to start at $299 makes me think sales must not be nearly as good as they try to make us believe.

The lack of any innovations or faces in the new update as well, lame. I wear my Huawai Android Wear watch more than my Apple Watch these days.
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Compared with most Apple products, there are a ton of skus, so maybe they're trying to clear stock a little, but it doesn't worry me (only the Sport is discounted.)

It seems odd to me that you'd choose wearing your Huawai over the Apple Watch and complain about innovations, when the Hauwai watch is already quite limited on iOS compared to the Apple Watch. What exactly are you waiting for?
 
The new one is coming but it's not just around the corner. End of September is six months away.
 
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fabio.lordelo said:
Apple does drop prices of products without having a new model. They did it with the original iPhone, and I really think that's a good comparison.
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And that was even MORE significant. It was a large drop in price and removal of a low tier - on what is essentially the best product ever produced, ever.
 
douglasf13 said:
Compared with most Apple products, there are a ton of skus, so maybe they're trying to clear stock a little, but it doesn't worry me (only the Sport is discounted.)

It seems odd to me that you'd choose wearing your Huawai over the Apple Watch and complain about innovations, when the Hauwai watch is already quite limited on iOS compared to the Apple Watch. What exactly are you waiting for?
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Maybe it is to clear out some SKUs, just not very typical of Apple to lower prices lol
 
I think they did overprice it to begin with. A lot of us on MacRumors are fanatics and so it's normal for us to spend $400 on a phone accessory and not bat an eye. Average consumers don't want to spend $400 on a Watch, and them lowering the price of the 38mm and 42mm Sport was a good idea. More people will be open to buying them at that price.
 
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Maybe it is to clear out some SKUs, just not very typical of Apple to lower prices lol
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This really isn't a typical Apple product. I can't think of an Apple product ever made with this many skus, and they still only discounted the least expensive model.
 
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Yeah, I definitely think that Apple hit the price target too high in the beginning also - it's at a much friendly price point now and aligned with iPod prices to some degree.

I wonder if they were hoping to keep it high for when they loop this generation under the next? Maybe just valued it highly enough to begin with.
 
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Mascots said:
Yeah, I definitely think that Apple hit the price target too high in the beginning also - it's at a much friendly price point now and aligned with iPod prices to some degree.

I wonder if they were hoping to keep it high for when they loop this generation under the next? Maybe just valued it highly enough to begin with.
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I'd hope they would discontinue the 1st gen completely after the 2nd gen comes out. The product line with all the SKUs is already messy enough, having 2 generations at the same time would be a little ridiculous IMO.
 
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fabio.lordelo said:
Apple does drop prices of products without having a new model. They did it with the original iPhone, and I really think that's a good comparison.
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Nope. Not even in the same category. There was already a well defined smartwatch market when Apple entered into it, so they knew exactly how to price it. No such market pre-existed the touch-screen iPhone. Totally unknown territory for both Apple and the industry.
 
I'm thinking its a sign that watch 2.0 is coming. Isn't that what they just did with the Apple TV? Put a price cut on the outgoing generation before the new came out. Could be either I guess.
 
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Nope. Not even in the same category. There was already a well defined smartwatch market when Apple entered into it, so they knew exactly how to price it. No such market pre-existed the touch-screen iPhone. Totally unknown territory for both Apple and the industry.
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I think the "touch screen" qualifier is a bit dubious. Just like pre-Apple Watch smartwatches, there were several smartphones on the market quite a while before the iPhone that gave a little bit of indication as to what people were willing to pay.
 
I wouldn't say the Apple Watch is overpriced, at least not in the US, the comparison with other smartwaches is a little unfair if you take into consideration the finish, etc. Of course, it's a little sluggish, but I think the reasoning behind the drop is making it more accessible to people in doubt.
 
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I think the real reasoning behind the price drop is making more people buy the entry version so they can try it out and, hopefully, upgrade to the more expensive models once they introduce the next generation.
But, of course, to accomplish that they have to focus on optimizing and improving watchOS.
 
fabio.lordelo said:
I think the real reasoning behind the price drop is making more people buy the entry version so they can try it out and, hopefully, upgrade to the more expensive models once they introduce the next generation.
But, of course, to accomplish that they have to focus on optimizing and improving watchOS.
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Thats my plan...ish.. I actually plan on buying a used AW and if I like it I'll buy the Apple Watch 2 when it comes.
 
fabio.lordelo said:
I think the real reasoning behind the price drop is making more people buy the entry version so they can try it out and, hopefully, upgrade to the more expensive models once they introduce the next generation.
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That's the most likely reason. Clearing out inventory or poor sales doesn't make too much sense with their introducing a bunch of new bands today.
 
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