Never. They are too scared about the lawsuits when someone steals a face from a major watch manufacturer. Think Rolex.
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When do you think Apple will allow us to completely design our own watch faces?
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Probably a wise decision to not constantly be related to stealing design ideas when your reputation is to design stuff well yourself.
Full customized and supported watch faces I'd say never.
I would argue that there are a lot of things they could do, between where they are now, and those fully customizable faces that would be vast improvements over the awful looking ones they have now.
There is no reason no to have 3d faces with depth and high resolution looking hands, dials, whatever. Apple could have very cool looking brand loyal looking faces that celebrate apples minimalist design but they don't. All the apple faces look like customized faces created by people that use microsoft paint.
I would argue that there are a lot of things they could do, between where they are now, and those fully customizable faces that would be vast improvements over the awful looking ones they have now.
There is no reason no to have 3d faces with depth and high resolution looking hands, dials, whatever. Apple could have very cool looking brand loyal looking faces that celebrate apples minimalist design but they don't. All the apple faces look like customized faces created by people that use microsoft paint.
I’m amazed they don’t have a store for watch faces…the possibilities are endless and they could make some money from this also.
I’d happily pay £5.99 maybe for a set of 3 or £1-£2.99 for one on its own if I liked the design.
I’d happily pay £5.99 maybe for a set of 3 or £1-£2.99 for one on its own if I liked the design.
Not having more faces we could buy is also baffling. I don't care about Toy Story watch faces. But Disney also owns Star Wars? Do they not like money? How many people would buy one of those?
I’m sure ultimately this affect sales of the watch itself…I’m sure there a many people who have had an Apple Watch and haven’t bothered to upgrade because of the lack of decent watch faces.