International release date

[rossy100]

Just something I noticed.......

On the Apple US website the Watch section says "Coming early 2015", whereas on the UK website it says "Available in 2015".

I'm guessing therefore the release cycle is likely to be similar to the iPad in that the US will come first, followed by the large International markets (UK, Australia etc), followed by the rest of the world.

My predictions would be March, April, May/June.

 

[Dan70]

I really hope those in the UK get it in at least March. I don't know why they've revealed it in September 2014 yet don't plan to release it until 2015 considering that Tim had one on for the keynote. I bet they have fully stable release units already. I've no idea why they're hanging on to them for another 6 of so months.

 

[bounou]

I really hope those in the UK get it in at least March. I don't know why they've revealed it in September 2014 yet don't plan to release it until 2015 considering that Tim had one on for the keynote. I bet they have fully stable release units already. I've no idea why they're hanging on to them for another 6 of so months.

The software is not ready for the release would be my guess. And you have to remember all the units we saw where made by Apple's design studio, they have to work out all the kinks for mass production.

 

[virginblue4]

I hope they aren't release in the UK too much longer than in the US

 

[Julien]

The software is not ready for the release would be my guess. And you have to remember all the units we saw where made by Apple's design studio, they have to work out all the kinks for mass production.

Most of the aWatches were probably just playing a demo. The ones that demoed Apps were limited to just a few showing a SMALL feature set. Hit the wrong button in the wrong order and you would likely get a CRASH. Apple controlled and no one was allow full access to play with.

...and I bet the S1 is not in production yet. Prototypes likely running an A7 (or something else packed in) and probably have only an hour or so of batt life with limited hardware functionality. Also no supply chain or assembly line or .......

When Jobs showed the original iPhone the engineers begged him not to use it. It was so cobbled together they could not get the prototypes to work through many complete demos without crashing.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Most of the aWatches were probably just playing a demo. The ones that demoed Apps were limited to just a few showing a SMALL feature set. Hit the wrong button in the wrong order and you would likely get a CRASH. Apple controlled and no one was allow full access to play with.

Yep, Kevin Lynch (the VP with the salad bowl haircut on stage during keynote) looked almost too scared to raise his wrist lest the the screen won't wake up when demoing it.