And I was planning to get one too... but now I have to settle for an M340i so I can cover this Hermes.
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Some Customers Unhappy With Apple Watch Series 7 Color Options
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Reading this thread reminds me of The Dress 😄
Yes, Apple’s research showed them that the two most popular colors were so hated that they had to go…
Just so you know, this was the first time I ever inserted an emoji in a MR post. Your comment was that ridiculously condescending.
Whoa! It was just informational. Certainly not intended to be condescending. Perhaps you can explain how it was.
In any event, I'm sorry I hurt your feelings.
LOL, I'm pretty sure you could lead literally any article about Apple (or anything, frankly) with "Some Customers Unhappy With _______"
No Space Gray - so no Apple Watch 7 for me.
Thanks to Apple for making the decision so easy to me.
Thanks to Apple for making the decision so easy to me.
Before you make your decision, I suggest going to an Apple store, if you have one close enough. Then you can see the colors yourself. I would caution against basing your decision on images posted online or on people's hot takes on what they think the colors look like. Color can be a subtle thing and environment and your own expectations can make a huge difference.
You can pick whatever watch and whatever band you want. It just isn't obvious. You have to pick a watch first (doesn't matter which one) and then click on the Create Your Style button on the order page. You can pick whatever watch and whatever band you want from that page.
They’re so hit or miss, though. I bought what looked and felt like a great quality knockoff nylon band...on the 3rd or 4th wear, I looked at my watch and the band was hanging into the watch connector by like a thread. Almost a disaster, and I threw down for an Apple band same day.
That said, I do have a great brown leather one from Amazon. 🤷🏻♂️
This is a website dedicated to first world issues, no?
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but in reality, Apple made the choice easy. I am buying my wife an SE instead. Hadn’t considered this option until Apple forced my hand. Was going to order a 7. So saved $120 plus tax.
Would be interesting to get to know Apple‘s real motivation for the color choices.
With all the conspiracy theories about Apple‘s intentional and [insert favourite adjective here] behaviour being in full effect here, it‘d be more than funny if the root cause would simply have been pandemic-induced shortages of required materials for certain colours for the number of products Apple usually calculates …
Too bad we‘ll probably never know for sure.
With all the conspiracy theories about Apple‘s intentional and [insert favourite adjective here] behaviour being in full effect here, it‘d be more than funny if the root cause would simply have been pandemic-induced shortages of required materials for certain colours for the number of products Apple usually calculates …
Too bad we‘ll probably never know for sure.
ha I’ve got Green eyes so there is that (doesn’t help). Oh well it’s not like it’ll be a watch used for 10+ years…
I'm imagining that the real reasons for the color choices sound like meryl streep in "the devil wears prada" describing "cerulean". lol.
Only Apple would kill its best selling colour...... Space Grey. What a #fail
Thanks for putting it in a “reasonable” manner. I'm still sticking to my emotional rant because, as of late, Apple really seems to have been taken over by arrogant people.
That's the thing that gets me: they've been so successful (and rightly so, they are still the most innovative company around) that it seems they are now convinced they cannot fail, no matter what, and end up making some really, REALLY questionable (and sometimes outright dumb) decisions.
I, for one, am voting with my wallet, because the silver Stainless Steel version is expensive as hell (and, as far as I could tell, not even available for purchase in my country… so nice of them! [not]) and there's no way I'm getting a watch that doesn't match any of my already purchased band adapters, my other Apple products or, more importantly, ANY OF MY CLOTHES (I just don't do pastel, and there's enough of shades there to make any colour matching with high-tech gadgets a veritable – and expensive! – nightmare).
Besides, as I said before, scratches and nicks on dark colour casings objectively and undeniably show more, and I like the contrast between the black screen and light casing, which would look extra cool with the new screen; a dark Apple Watch just looks like a generic, black blob on the wrist, and the only thing that might make me reconsider would be if the always-on watch faces could make up for it (I'm saving definitive judgement until I see them in person, of course), but I highly doubt it.
Apple likely just lost €469 (from a very loyal customer who's bought a crap ton of products from them over the years, including a Series 0 Watch way back when, mind you).
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I'm a Space Gray fan, but honestly if you can't find a AW S7 color that you like, then you're overly picky. I chose the blue one this time around. Midnight is also nice, and while obviously not Space Gray, it has the same subdued vibe.
I'm sure they'll be filing for bankruptcy tomorrow.
I also bought the Series 0 along with the 4 and 6 - all aluminum Space Gray. Space Gray is not an option for S7 in aluminum. Not a big deal. However, if I felt that passionately about it, I would have sprung for the Graphite stainless one. Apparently silver can't be all that important to you if it's not worth the price tag of the stainless model to you. Sorry they didn't make the color you want at the price point you want, but your self-entitlement here is off the charts! I guess you'll just have to suffer with your current AW. Hang in there, it's going to be rough 🙄
Okay, I was on the fence because of the colours and decided to go to the local Apple Store to check out the new Nike 45mm variants. The Starlight is a warmer silver colour, but it is definitely silver. It actually looks better and more classy than the original silver. It is definitely not as yellow as the photos make it look. Nevertheless, it’s too bright for me and more feminine than I’d like it to be. Now, the Midnight.
Based on the photos, I expected Midnight to be distinctly blue, dark, but still visibly blue. Boy was I wrong. While you can tell that there is “blue” there when you look carefully under 3000k or whiter light, the new finish actually looks much closer to black. At a glance, it indeed looks black. It is actually a really nice, very, very deep and dark blue colour that makes the watch look unusually classy. I went from being staunchly anti new colours, to now genuinely thinking that this is the best aluminum colour Apple has released to date. This is the first aluminum watch that can actually decently dress up. Before this I had the Space Gray versions, including Series 6, and even owned the Black DLC original stainless steel watch. This is my favourite colour so far and the best replacement for the jet black original.
The first photo shows how the watch looks when you see it more “casually” (though I’m still trying to make the blue come through). The second is a conscious effort to bring out the blue. I photographed this under 3000k light.
Based on the photos, I expected Midnight to be distinctly blue, dark, but still visibly blue. Boy was I wrong. While you can tell that there is “blue” there when you look carefully under 3000k or whiter light, the new finish actually looks much closer to black. At a glance, it indeed looks black. It is actually a really nice, very, very deep and dark blue colour that makes the watch look unusually classy. I went from being staunchly anti new colours, to now genuinely thinking that this is the best aluminum colour Apple has released to date. This is the first aluminum watch that can actually decently dress up. Before this I had the Space Gray versions, including Series 6, and even owned the Black DLC original stainless steel watch. This is my favourite colour so far and the best replacement for the jet black original.
The first photo shows how the watch looks when you see it more “casually” (though I’m still trying to make the blue come through). The second is a conscious effort to bring out the blue. I photographed this under 3000k light.
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Looks nice with the white band! When I tried it on in the store I paired it with my black solo loop and that unfortunately didn‘t quite match in my opinion. But you‘re completely right, the color is so different to what you would expect it to be from the press photos. Everyone considering it should go and see it in person before making the decision!
