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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 435 16.7%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 947 36.3%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 524 20.1%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 177 6.8%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 99 3.8%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 76 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 217 8.3%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 67 2.6%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 28 1.1%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,611
How many of us are ordering the 2023 Pride Sport Band?
Already ordered for pickup in a town that I will be in on Friday…seems it will NOT be in stores by tomorrow, or maybe it will and I’ll try for it there. Wish it were a LOOP band, but I can make a Sport Band work fine
 
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Not sure yet.

FYI, this is the first Sport Band they sell in Europe where you have to choose between the S/M and M/L parts (like in the US since last fall). Bummer.

Better known as ‘shrinkflation’… instead of raising the price of the product, they give you less band for the same price 😉
 
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Better known as ‘shrinkflation’… instead of raising the price of the product, they give you less band for the same price 😉

Yeah, the „test run“ in the U.S. must have gone well, I guess 😲

I mean, if you keep the band it‘s kinda fine because you only ever use one of the two parts anyway, but it kinda splits the number of potential buyers for a re-sale in half … 😕
 
Yeah, the „test run“ in the U.S. must have gone well, I guess 😲

I mean, if you keep the band it‘s kinda fine because you only ever use one of the two parts anyway, but it kinda splits the number of potential buyers for a re-sale in half … 😕
makes deal hunting harder, but i digress.
 
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Disappointed we won't be getting a Nike pride this year! Another sign Apple is killing off their softgoods team I feel like.

The Pride sport Band looks good, though. I love an engraved pin.

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Oh, finally. A pride band for a Sport Band fanatic like myself. And it's SO pretty too. I'm ordering it. RIGHT NOW.
😍😍😍
 
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The new band looks really nice! I like it!
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The new Pride band is a lot more fun than I had expected. After putting it on my watch, I was impressed by how intense the band's design can be - it definitely lives up to its "Pride Celebration" name.

One thing which struck me as odd was the decision not to intersperse the flag's colors through the entire band and instead have the colors go from top to bottom of the band. Because of how the sport band works, I'm mostly only seeing blue, yellow, and green confetti unless I rotate my wrist.
 
Thank you everybody for sharing and providing inspiration!
My small collection, all the bands are genuine Apple bands. The AW Sport band colors are: red, abyss blue, clover, khaki, black. Green alpine loop and Ocean midnight blue band.
 

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Thank you everybody for sharing and providing inspiration!
My small collection, all the bands are genuine Apple bands. The AW Sport band colors are: red, abyss blue, clover, khaki, black. Green alpine loop and Ocean midnight blue band.
I'd definitely look for some brighter colors to add to your collection if you plan on growing it! The lighter casing color will play on them well.
 
I'd definitely look for some brighter colors to add to your collection if you plan on growing it! The lighter casing color will play on them well.
In my opinion it ultimately depends on the clothes you have to match... indeed I am looking for a starlight sport band (and an orange alpine loop for the summer).
 
But beware! Before you know you’ve become a bandaholic 😩.
I've been addicted to mechanical watches for a long time (and still am) and that is a quite more expensive addiction. But since several years, for sport/medical reasons, I wear an Apple Watch 24/7. So bands are my only way to trick myself into thinking "OK today I'm wearing a different watch".
 
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The Verge has an amazing write-up of the Apple Watch's band-swapping mechanism. Who knew it would be that intricate? And probably thanks to everyone in this thread, the Apple Watch has a $1 billion accessory ecosystem!

 
The Verge has an amazing write-up of the Apple Watch's band-swapping mechanism. Who knew it would be that intricate? And probably thanks to everyone in this thread, the Apple Watch has a $1 billion accessory ecosystem!


„Apple’s band release button beats the hell out of fiddling with little spring bars and jeweler’s tools.“

Truer words have never been spoken 😂
 
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