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What is the max you will spend on the Apple Watch.

MAX $500 after tax. I'm planning on getting an Apple Watch Sport 42mm Space Gray with the Black Sport Band. I would also like to get a more classy band, like the Stainless Steel Link Bracelet (the one on the standard Apple Watch) if it is less than $75. I'm planning on $400 for the 42mm Sport, so hopefully an extra band won't cost too much more.
 
Flow39 said:
MAX $500 after tax. I'm planning on getting an Apple Watch Sport 42mm Space Gray with the Black Sport Band. I would also like to get a more classy band, like the Stainless Steel Link Bracelet (the one on the standard Apple Watch) if it is less than $75. I'm planning on $400 for the 42mm Sport, so hopefully an extra band won't cost too much more.
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I hope i'm wrong, but I think the Link Bracelet alone will cost more than the Apple Watch Sport.

Not long till we find out for sure! :)
 
I really think the price differential between the Sport and SS should be no more than $200. If the 42mm SS with Black sports band is $599 I will get it. If not I will be quite happy with the Sport. (Expecting $399 for 42 mm). I have huge hands so the little one is not a consideration.
 
I've got my eye on the standard Apple Watch 42mm with the blue leather strap with the magnetic enclosure.

Not sure how much I'd actually want to pay for it though. If it comes somewhere between £300-400 then great. Any more then that, then I'll pass.
 
jabingla2810 said:
I hope i'm wrong, but I think the Link Bracelet alone will cost more than the Apple Watch Sport.

Not long till we find out for sure! :)
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Ouch! Looks like I won't be getting the link bracelet then. On launch day I'll have to take a look at some of the other bands then and see if I want to buy another. :)
 
Flow39 said:
Ouch! Looks like I won't be getting the link bracelet then. On launch day I'll have to take a look at some of the other bands then and see if I want to buy another. :)
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Please don't take my word as final.

I hope I'm wrong, because I too would like a link bracelet! :)
 
Honestly, I was fully expecting to pay up to $1,500 for the regular :apple: Watch, simply because Australian prices are always ridiculous. I pay $1,250 for my iPhone, so that's sort of the budget I've set aside. I'll definitely be happy if it's less though, which from the prices I've seen most predicting I'm assuming it will be.
 
I still can't believe the crazy prices some of you are coming up with.

At least we only have a week left to deal with these price guesses.
 
When considering how much these things are going to cost its worth remembering that they are going to be mass produced. If you make 100 items they are going to be expensive if you make 100,000 the cost is going to come down. High end watches are made In relatively small production runs and are hand finished, this ain't gonna apply to the :apple: watch. This doesn't mean the quality has to suffer modern manufacturing techniques are pretty awesome and no doubt the :apple: watch and all the bands/bracelets are going to be really nice. I just can't see some of the prices being thrown around here are realistic for items that are made in huge quantities
 
Mikes1 said:
What are you basing that on?
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If Apple is truthful on how long it takes to make the link bracelet I bet it's going to be very expensive.

About half way down the page.

https://www.apple.com/uk/watch/apple-watch

Link Bracelet

Crafted from the same 316L stainless steel alloy as the case, the Link Bracelet has more than 100 components. The machining process is so precise, it takes nearly nine hours to cut the links for a single strap. In part that’s because they aren’t simply a uniform size, but subtly increase in width as they approach the case
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I guess Apple may make most of their money from the straps instead of the watches (excluding the gold one).
 
Mikes1 said:
What are you basing that on?
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Comparable bands from competing watch makers and the way they are being described by Apple.

As the above user suggests, the way Apple is marketing the leather and metal bands is clear that these are not going to be cheap accessories. These aren't going to be priced like leather iPad cases.
 
Radeon12345 said:
If Apple is truthful on how long it takes to make the link bracelet I bet it's going to be very expensive.

About half way down the page.

https://www.apple.com/uk/watch/apple-watch



I guess Apple may make most of their money from the straps instead of the watches (excluding the gold one).
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It takes a long time to mine the ore and smelt the iron too. It will be expensive but people are reading way too much into this I think.
 
Radeon12345 said:
If Apple is truthful on how long it takes to make the link bracelet I bet it's going to be very expensive.

About half way down the page.

https://www.apple.com/uk/watch/apple-watch



I guess Apple may make most of their money from the straps instead of the watches (excluding the gold one).
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That nine hours thing is a great indication of (if it's accurate) what is actually going on. Nine hours equals less than three SS bracelets a day? Not lightly there will be hundreds of machines making these this is how mass production works. And they are expecting to sell a lot of them to make the sums add up
Let's also not forget no one has held one in their hand to see how good they really are
 
Mikes1 said:
That nine hours thing is a great indication of (if it's accurate) what is actually going on. Nine hours equals less than three SS bracelets a day? Not lightly there will be hundreds of machines making these this is how mass production works. And they are expecting to sell a lot of them to make the sums add up
Let's also not forget no one has held one in their hand to see how good they really are
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Remember, it could be one machine, cutting the links in 9 hours, but for 100 bands.
 
Remember how people predicted the 5c would be Apple's CHEAP phone (less expensive) to appeal to the folks that wouldn't pay the higher prices for the metal versions? Well it was not cheap at all and these watches will not be either!!!!!!!

This is Apple people!!!! Now I'm not in agreement with the 10K gold version price, but anyone thinking your gonna walk in get the 42mm SS version with a leather band for under $500 you are sorely mistaken.

As others have said, time will tell.
 
Just to be clear I'm 110% sure the :apple:watch will be a fantastic thing and will not disappoint in the quality department
 
I want the SS 42mm with black leather band. Add tax and Apple Care and I will be AMAZED if its not $900-$1000 out the door price.
 
Sodner said:
I want the SS 42mm with black leather band. Add tax and Apple Care and I will be AMAZED if its not $900-$1000 out the door price.
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hmm, I wonder if AC+ is going to cost more than $100 if offered. I would think it would since it is more likely to get damaged.
 
Mikes1 said:
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Let's also not forget no one has held one in their hand to see how good they really are
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Well that's certainly not true. For example, here's a respected watch guy, who was at the Apple announcement in September, describing the link bracelet:

"And that leads me to my next point. Apple absolutely, positively, indisputably NAILED its straps and bracelets. In addition to offering a bevy of options from leather to fluoroelastomer to link bracelets to Milanese, it is here that you really see how much attention Apple was paying to the way people wear watches, and the how bad existing options were.
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Then you have the link bracelet. Did you know that the entire thing is sizable with just your own hands, no tools required? All you have to do it press on the center link from the rear of the bracelet and a link pops right out. It reminds me a little bit of how IWC's Aquatimer straps attach to the case, with a center release button, but here it's for every single link. Additionally, the deployant (did you notice Jony Ive called it a "deployment" buckle in the video? Cute.) is again so slick, where it actually folds over itself to be far thinner than a traditional bracelet clasp."

Source: http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/hodinkee-apple-watch-review


Cheap link bracelets are made by stamping shapes out of sheet metal, folding them into little hollow link pieces, and pressing pins into the holes to keep the links together. Then a lackluster pass over a buffing wheel, if you're lucky. The edges are sloppy; the clasp is thick, loose, insecure, and far from durable.

Quality link bracelets have pieces machined from solid metal stock, hinge pins welded into the links where possible, better overall precision and finishing. The clasp is thin, rugged, and reliable.

Apple's link bracelet looks (in pictures) like it will be on the higher end of the scale, though not in the hand-made, hand-polished, ultra-luxury range. I've only seen very favorable reviews of the bracelet, the deployant clasp, and the easy size adjustment mechanism.
 
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