Hahha!! I love chipotle. I am getting the SS, after trying the SG yesterday. I just did like the way the SG Sport look on my arm. Does the sport look cheap? I don't believe so. If I like the way the sport SG look on my arm, that would be the one I would get for sure. Look enjoy your watch simple. That's your money. and u do what it is that u want it period. All the AW is beautiful in there own way.
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Sports edition looks cheap and like a knockoff
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Hahha!! I love chipotle. I am getting the SS, after trying the SG yesterday. I just did like the way the SG Sport look on my arm. Does the sport look cheap? I don't believe so. If I like the way the sport SG look on my arm, that would be the one I would get for sure. Look enjoy your watch simple. That's your money. and u do what it is that u want it period. All the AW is beautiful in there own way.
I believe someone else said it also but on your dark arms the SS does look better then SG Sport. The SS makes it pop more.
This is BETTER than Rolex.
Rolex is doomed in 5 years if Apple Watch takes off and comes the prefer piece for people's wrists.
This is the problem with online forums. We all sound so one-dimensional. Here's where I stand...
I don't agree that the Sport Watch looks like a knockoff. I can, however, understand how someone might make that comparison after seeing it side by side with SS.
I DO think the backside of my iPhone 6 looks and feels cheap(ish). But it's not the aluminum that I dislike. It's the antenna bands and the texture. The antenna bands are ugly and the phone is just too damn slippery (note: it's the first and only iPhone I've ever dropped...it slipped out of my hands). I also tend to associate weight with quality. Intellectually, I know that to be false. But that's how I feel. And the iPhone 6 is very lightweight. With that said, the face of the iPhone feels VERY premium to me. I love the polished edges of the glass and the perfect texture beneath my finger when tapping and swiping.
The iPhone 4s, on the other hand, was a stunner (in my eyes). The glass face and backside + polished band of metal running around the outside edge of the phone was awesome. Not only that, but that polished band of metal brilliantly concealed the antennas (vs. the iPhone 6 with what I would call a "lazy" solution to the antenna problem). Check out the backside of an HTC One M8. They took a comparable approach to antenna design, but they blended those antenna bands more seamlessly with the overall industrial design. The Galaxy S6 may be my new favorite when talking industrial design...but I'm an Apple guy.
MacBooks, by the way, are bad ass. But the aluminum on a MacBook feels NOTHING like the aluminum on an iPhone 6 or Sport Watch (or is it Watch Sport). It just feels different. I don't know why. But that's my experience.
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Hahaha!
Oh. You're serious.
My bad.
Did someone say something about Chipotle?
I don't agree that the Sport Watch looks like a knockoff. I can, however, understand how someone might make that comparison after seeing it side by side with SS.
I DO think the backside of my iPhone 6 looks and feels cheap(ish). But it's not the aluminum that I dislike. It's the antenna bands and the texture. The antenna bands are ugly and the phone is just too damn slippery (note: it's the first and only iPhone I've ever dropped...it slipped out of my hands). I also tend to associate weight with quality. Intellectually, I know that to be false. But that's how I feel. And the iPhone 6 is very lightweight. With that said, the face of the iPhone feels VERY premium to me. I love the polished edges of the glass and the perfect texture beneath my finger when tapping and swiping.
The iPhone 4s, on the other hand, was a stunner (in my eyes). The glass face and backside + polished band of metal running around the outside edge of the phone was awesome. Not only that, but that polished band of metal brilliantly concealed the antennas (vs. the iPhone 6 with what I would call a "lazy" solution to the antenna problem). Check out the backside of an HTC One M8. They took a comparable approach to antenna design, but they blended those antenna bands more seamlessly with the overall industrial design. The Galaxy S6 may be my new favorite when talking industrial design...but I'm an Apple guy.
MacBooks, by the way, are bad ass. But the aluminum on a MacBook feels NOTHING like the aluminum on an iPhone 6 or Sport Watch (or is it Watch Sport). It just feels different. I don't know why. But that's my experience.
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Hahaha!
Oh. You're serious.
My bad.
Did someone say something about Chipotle?
For real rich people, all Apple Watches are pocket change - Edition included. FWIW, Edition is sold out in China in minutes and the queue is long.
Poor people (who may or may not be foolish) do not have the luxury to buy any model of the Apple Watch, they are already priced out.
It's the people who are more in the middle, neither rich nor poor, that are more foolish with the money and care about a few hundred dollar difference (in reality, for the upper middle class, even hundred dollars is not that important - not pocket change, but not that much either).
At the end of the day a watch traditionally is a status symbol, or a tool that tells time. As you move up the social echelon you buy nicer and nicer watch to reflect where you are in life.
Apple Watch SS and Edition conveys that message and Apple is both kind and smart to keep innards identify to give user experience from the usability perspective the same, and leave material and price point to serve what a watch traditionally conveys - the social status and sophistication. Ingenious.
I do not believe next watch will be thinner, or design any differently. If Apple does that it would be one of the biggest marketing/design mistake if the are interested in the luxury market. Luxury brands keep their design for years if not decades to make it timeless.
I think it is safe to invest a little more in this "1st generation". Chances are over the next year or year and half, software and application would be improved drastically. Design would likely stay the same. There may be more watch bands. Hardware upgrades probably won't be available until late 2016 or 2017 at the earliest.
Just my thoughts. Thanks for reading.
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I am just offering a different point of view. What I think could happen if Apple executes this correctly... is pushing Rolex and co. into the "niche" market. Those premium traditional watch makers will still exist, but the message for wearer of those jewelries conveys "old world" luxury and to some point "resisting change" - which can be very negative in today's fast moving economy.
Apple could capture a good chunk of 21st century luxury that not only sends the message of sophistication and wealth, also conveys innovation, ahead of technology curve, progressive, a person who can adapt to change, and "no a fossil" and all that good stuff
I think it's a good signal to prospective employer for the new generation.EDIT: In addition, imagine in 10 years time and people who wears a Rolex to a job interview: "Did you wear your grandpa's watch? How versatile are you, as a job candidate, if you do not keep up with the time (ironic isn't it?) Are you really that "wealthy" since you probably have afforded the same watch for decades and can't afford anything modern?
Just food for thoughts.
I hear you. Just joking around. It's certainly interesting to ponder.
I think the smart watch market might disrupt the luxury watch market for a different reason:
If we become as dependent on smart watches as we are our phones, then we'll choose to wear that device all 365 days of the year. And if we do, we'll leave no "real estate" on the body for a traditional/luxury watch. Watch makers already compete for that one area of the body. To date, however, it's been perfectly acceptable for a customer to own multiple watches and switch between them throughout those 365 days of the year. But tech is different. There are closed ecosystems and the consumer must often choose between one company or another (this is particularly true of the Apple ecosystem). This could get tricky for the luxury watchmakers. If I were them, I'd begin courting Apple in search of opportunities to collaborate.
IMO the sport still looks like a fake knock off version from China. It reminds me of walking into a shop off time Square and them saying yes this is a SS version when really the sport LOL....
The sport is less money, but in the long run the SS will prove to hold its value on resale I bet. So spending slightly more for the SS is no big deal to me.
If going with the sport I would have definitly gone with the black version.
The sport is less money, but in the long run the SS will prove to hold its value on resale I bet. So spending slightly more for the SS is no big deal to me.
If going with the sport I would have definitly gone with the black version.
No, it is neither black nor coated. It is anodized Space Gray like the iPhone, iPad and MacBook. The 'silver' colored aluminum is also anodized.
Well, the arrival of quartz watches did wreak havoc on the Swiss watch industry until they repositioned themselves to the high end. Until the 1970s, the Swiss dominated the industry at all price ranges.
Taste is subjective; I personally find the SS to be too reflective and shiny. I actually like the look of my Mac and iOS devices; is it really such a big leap that I might like the Aluminum Watches too?
Disparaging the model you don't prefer is pretty deep into trolling territory; one might begin to suspect that you're trying to justify spending more for looks to yourself.
You now seem desperate to make everyone think the same as you do. Some people will love the sport, whilst some may not. I'm not sure why it matters either way. Everyone is entitled to their opinion......just let it go
Also......I really like the finish on my iPhone 6+. Again......to each their own
Also......I really like the finish on my iPhone 6+. Again......to each their own
Not quite sure I understand the point of this thread. Of course cheaper materials will probably look cheaper! But they cost less too, so people can choose what model suits them. Plenty of people will be more than happy with the Sports as it fits what they feel the watch is worth, and vice versa. What's the controversy?
We all have our opinions and preferences. As one who normally wears ultra high quality, obscenely priced hand made original Swiss watches, I was pleasantly surprised with the aluminum. While I don't care for it, I don't see it as "cheap" it's just different. Apple makes every effort to protect their image therefore they stay away from cheap.
Personally I chose an SS model of 42mm. Mainly because I prefer a watch that's heavier than it's lighter counterparts. In addition I find that no matter how it's finished SS appeals to me.
The Space Gray Sport is MUCH darker than the iPhone/iPad of the same name. Just an FYI if you haven't already seen it in person.