Again we are talking Apples and oranges
No we're not, you were talking about how people would get alienated because there's a really expensive option on the table which they can't afford, even though there's quite frankly plenty of other, actually affordable* choices available to them. The principle is the same wether we're talking 5k iMacs or Apple Watch Editions.
*Most people would not spend even $350 on a WATCH no matter how bloody fancy or great, so calling it "affordable" is a bit of a misnomer, but you know what I mean, right?
What I am saying is if you alienate costumers they will go some where else.
And what I'm saying is, why would they be alienated just because there's an expensive option which not everyone can afford? You're not forced to buy it, quite the opposite. There's other options available to you, if you have disposable income at all to dedicate towards an Apple smartwatch that is. Sure, not in solid gold, but well,
duh!
and lets face it some of the andriod watches from some of the heavy hitting companies have more options and are less expensive.
More options? Maybe. There's a couple watches with cellular modems, and one here or there with maybe a feature which hasn't been announced for the
Watch. Remember, we don't even have all the details of it yet, while a number of Android smartwatches have been for sale for months or a year, meaning we know what these products offer and don't offer.
However, can you name one heavy-hitting company watch which has taken as holistic and far-reaching an approach to smartwatch making, including not just which features to include, but user interface, materials, design, build quality and 'feel'? I am pretty sure you can't.
Most, if not all smartwatches except the friggin PEBBLE, have been thrown together slapdash in a hurry to have something to offer as an alternative to
Watch, or even just to get a foothold in the market before Apple gets there. Well, Apple hasn't been first before, and that hasn't stopped them. Look at Samsung's rapid-fire throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks. So far, that turns out to be "nothing".
That said, there's no guarantee the Watch will be any kind of a runaway success either. It's expensive, and it's fundamentally just a companion device. It doesn't work (very well) as a stand-alone device, you could go for a run with it without bringing your phone along but you'd immediately lose GPS and internet access. So the future is fluid. We'll have to see how it plays out. However, Apple's absolutely pulling out all the stops here, they intend to conquer this market - however big it turns out to be in the end. (I've sure they've done plenty research, but is obviously not sharing any of it publically - yet anyway.)
Most people will buy from Apple because they trust them and their product. if that trust is broken, then they will move away from Apple.
That's kind of redundant, because that's the same with every company. However, nothing you've posted so far would give any reasonable person reason to feel their 'trust' with a multinational corporation has been broken... (PS: don't
ever trust multinational corporations! They'll just turn around to bite you; the hand which feeds them. Heh.)
