This Apple Watch Ultra Ripoff Will Cost Less Than $50

[LeeW]

They're ripping off poor gullible people, doesn't that concern you?

At $48 for this vs $799 min for the real thing, they are ripping off nobody. If anyone is that gullible to believe it is the real thing then they deserve what they get.

 

[dwaite]

Can they copy the cloth for $3

Available in both 200 and 800 grit

 

[ndouglas]

I have to say, I am pretty impressed by their zero F’s given attitude…. I mean they didn’t even try to change the colors, nothing…. Just went for it

My thoughts exactly, amazing they can do that. I guess that’s what sells and there’s no enforceable copyright laws outside US, at least for whoever used these pics.

This watch ripoff is more blatant, perhaps, but it reminds me of how for 10+ years now, many laptops have come to resemble the aluminum Macbook Air or similar from 2008 or around then.

 

[VampyricGentleman]

Very interesting - Thank you. I kind of like the printed screws on the backside 🤣
It reminds me of fake Patek Philippe or Rolex watches with sub-dial hands printed on the main dial...

But - the looks is quite good in general. Although, I do not want one...

I can see what you say and frankly nah not my thing either, also gods knows where the data from the app would end up 😵‍💫

 

[Bazza1]

I rather have this than an apple watch (use to have a lot of fun turning off everyone's tv and in school driving the teacher crazy everytime we use to watch a movie) , but Casio doesn't make this at all

I have a wrist watch from the early 50s. It tells the time. I bought it from a watch maker about 15 years ago for $80. Still does what it was intended to do. No battery. No fear that its OS made it obsolete 5 years after it was made, making it less than what it was built for. Something I might be able to gift to somebody someday, and it would still do what it was built for.

😉

 

[Danfango]

Scenes at Apple after Tim presses the big red "lawyers" button.

 

[TwistedGleam]

I have a wrist watch from the early 50s. It tells the time. I bought it from a watch maker about 15 years ago for $80. Still does what it was intended to do. No battery. No fear that its OS made it obsolete 5 years after it was made, making it less than what it was built for. Something I might be able to gift to somebody someday, and it would still do what it was built for.

😉

This is like me buying a MacBook Pro to produce music and somebody saying “I have an upright piano from 1923 that I got for $40 on Craigslist. Still does what it was intended to do. No battery. No fear that its OS made it obsolete 5 years after it was made, making it less than what it was built for. Something I might be able to gift to somebody someday, and it would still do what it was built for.”

 

[Skeptical.me]

I see, a bit of competition for Apple … 😵

 

[macman01101]

Been wanting one! Great price! Thanks!

 

[Someyoungguy]

This is terrible! Um, what’s the battery life?

 

[Kwikyy]

I find it very funny that it's not just a blatant rip off, but they're using actual Apple Watch promotional images on the site. The image with the four Ultra watches even shows the Apple Watch Ultra name on the back of one of the watches.

Apple lawsuit incoming

 

[Kwikyy]

They didn’t even try to hide it …

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You don’t need the ceramic back to ensure it’s an Apple Watch ultra

 

[Bazza1]

Scenes at Apple after Tim presses the big red "lawyers" button.

Dip them in yellow paint, give them blue overalls and goggles - and there they are...

 

[dashinstine]

I bought one of these watches, it's defiantly a "CLONE' its not perfect but for the $91 I paid, it's not to bad. It goes have issues, mine woulden't charge past the first time, so they had to send me a new one. It also looks like the app alls home with all your data too :O

 

[Someyoungguy]

Before all the Apple fanfolk completely hyperventilate at this 'blatant ripoff', let's take a moment to consider that the company is clearly not aiming at the 'more money than brains' crowd that the Apple Watch aims for. And probably at the market where $48 is a big deal.
Let's take another moment to consider that Apple is far clear of their own blatant ripoffs (sorry....'reverse engineering') going as far back as the mouse and windows GUI as created by IBM PARC, or, say, more recently, arguably the original Touch / iPhone vs the Palm TX.

I was with you until you trotted out “IBM PARC”. Do yourself a favor and spend a little time learning the history of that era and the details of the..ehem ..Xerox GUI before your next comment.

 

[Wokis]

Before all the Apple fanfolk completely hyperventilate at this 'blatant ripoff', let's take a moment to consider that the company is clearly not aiming at the 'more money than brains' crowd that the Apple Watch aims for. And probably at the market where $48 is a big deal.
Let's take another moment to consider that Apple is far clear of their own blatant ripoffs (sorry....'reverse engineering') going as far back as the mouse and windows GUI as created by IBM PARC, or, say, more recently, arguably the original Touch / iPhone vs the Palm TX.

First paragraph, fine. Though maybe they could find one creative bone in their bodies regarding making their own product design. It's absolutely fine and needed that there are other smart watch options.

I looked up the Palm TX and found a phone with a big PDA-style resistive touch screen in color. I wonder what real similarities you see between this and the original iPhone other than "big screen"?

Watch suggestions: the original iphone reveal and rundown by Steve Jobs, and also any video on youtube that does the rundown of the Palm.

 

[Bazza1]

This is like me buying a MacBook Pro to produce music...

Just so long as your MacBook Pro wasn't built before 2017 and the software you want to use is still available for that vintage of OS...

😏

Meanwhile, let's face it - unless your doctor recommends one to monitor your health, or you are doing some serious sports (remembering to not wear it while skiing lest it calls in 911 or a emergency tracking request via satellite), there are very few who actually need (versus 'want') a smartwatch.

I have one only because it was a gift when it was new (and at an Apple Watch Series 3, its like, sooooo obsolete).
I've tried to take advantage of / justify its 'features', and really, its just a spectacular piece of PT Barnum-worthy gimmickry that generates beer money for Apple. And when this device eventually packs it in (the OS already no longer update'able) in a little puff of smouldering battery smoke, that'll be it. No great loss.

 

[mattopotamus]

Is this the same Pebble who made the low-cost Kickstarter watch, and was bought out by Fitbit, which was acquired by Google? Or just the same name?

Would be even more hilarious if they ripped off the pebble name. This is some level of inception.

 

[Randel.D]

This is wild 🤯

 

[Bazza1]

I was with you until you trotted out “IBM PARC”. Do yourself a favor and spend a little time learning the history of that era and the details of the..ehem ..Xerox GUI before your next comment.

I stand corrected. Apple 'borrowed' from Xerox, not IBM.

 

[Macintosh Quadra 840av]

At $48 for this vs $799 min for the real thing, they are ripping off nobody. If anyone is that gullible to believe it is the real thing then they deserve what they get.

They're not trying to rip off Americans. They're taking advantage of people in India and other countries where most can't afford the Apple Original.

It's like any knockoff. The original buyer doesn't ever believe that the Rolex they paid $50 for is real, they know it's fake. But the next person they sell it to for $5000 doesn't know that. Then when it isn't of high-quality or breaks, they believe Rolex is crappy and tell others such.

Brands spend billions to build they reputation and these knockoffs are a threat to it.

 

[Reggaenald]

I hope the actual products are better than the marketing although it „should“ be the other way around.
Is this a feature? Display shift?

 

[slplss]

Wait, it's that Pebble? I had the og Pebble watch from Kicstarter, my first smart watch.

 

[aheze]

Got to say though, $50 is impressive. Might buy for the laughs

 

[aheze]

Wait, it's that Pebble? I had the og Pebble watch from Kicstarter, my first smart watch.

Nah, it's a knockoff pebble. OG pebble got acquired by Fitbit