I doubt.
These Edition Watches will cost a fortune in a decade! Very few have them, and Apple is a big brand!
Everyone has a Rolex theses days! The King is naked.
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Original Apple Watch is Now Obsolete, Including $17,000 Gold Model
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These Edition Watches will cost a fortune in a decade! Very few have them, and Apple is a big brand!
Everyone has a Rolex theses days! The King is naked.
Yes, an investment in my health and well-being. But a gold version of the first generation was a mistake. Even if they didn’t intend to sell many, the optics of it were bad. This had to have been a Jony Ive decision — made no sense from a business stand point.Did anyone ever consider the AW an investment?
Right right, this was already mentioned — the investment in our health has no resell value, but is indeed important!
Still using my Series 0. Cashiers still regularly oooh and aaah when I pay with my obsolete watch, but I'm not in the big city anymore.
After my brand new Series 1 died and chucked out a rubber crown gasket, I've only bought used which have had a longer lifespan than my original. It's disposable technology, I don't see spending more than $200 for something that will last for like 5 years max before being obsolete.
I got a dumb watch at a mall for $50, and that's been used quite extensively! Keeps me from having to whip out my phone to check the time!
Considering these devices have a "useful" life of a handful of years (one hand only in practical terms) it doesn't seem to make sense to splurge the amount of money you would for a classic Swiss made watch. Not much of a heirloom device, unless perhaps that gold watch was the first one produced, kept in its original box and can sell in auction in the future as a collectible. Anyway, I am sure there is enough people in this world for whom 17,000 dollars is pocket change and they don't care if this watch is no longer useful, they got to show it off for a while.
The "poor" saps that bought these....the $17,000 price was a rounding error to them.
1. How much does that Rolex cost?
2. Some people don’t care about wearing expensive watches.
3. Can your Rolex make phone calls, tell you the weather, track your heart rate, etc?
4. What is a “real” watch?
Tim Cook did some dumb stuff years ago. Green lighting that product, buying Beats for $ billions, buying an unwanted U2 album that stealth loads onto iPhones, and putting Angela Ahrends in charge of retail were a few of his blunders.
I disagree — you can profit greatly from a healthy lifestyle.Right right, this was already mentioned — the investment in our health has no resell value, but is indeed important!
When I bought a "Series 0", I really thought the Watch would last a really really long time. In some ways it seemed like another Bluetooth accessory, like a pair of headphones that you could take care of and keep using with newer and newer phones.
The marketing and in-store try-on demos made the software seem really fluid and useful. Once I'd actually got it set up and started using it, many things were indeed that way. "Glances" -- which are sort of like watchOS 10's Smart Stacks -- were slick ways to control music on the iPhone or see upcoming Calendar events. But third-party apps were so slow and buggy. I thought it would be cool if they could run faster, but again, I viewed the Watch as an iPhone accessory and didn't really care. But so many people wanted apps, and so Apple killed Glances with watchOS 3 to optimize for apps; watchOS 4 slowed down the "Series 0" quite a bit. Apple Pay finally came to Japan on the Series 2; the original Apple Watch surprisingly lacked a required NFC chip. So I caved and upgraded. Now I still have my Series 2 to use at home as an Apple TV remote, HomeKit controller, and alarm clock, and I got an Ultra for its battery life and cellular capability. It's very cool not really needing to carry my iPhone everywhere anymore, and I hope I can keep my Series 2 and Ultra for a LONG time.
That'll depend on Apple not refusing to replace batteries (and right to repair being protected), or breaking capability through software updates aging hardware doesn't support.
The marketing and in-store try-on demos made the software seem really fluid and useful. Once I'd actually got it set up and started using it, many things were indeed that way. "Glances" -- which are sort of like watchOS 10's Smart Stacks -- were slick ways to control music on the iPhone or see upcoming Calendar events. But third-party apps were so slow and buggy. I thought it would be cool if they could run faster, but again, I viewed the Watch as an iPhone accessory and didn't really care. But so many people wanted apps, and so Apple killed Glances with watchOS 3 to optimize for apps; watchOS 4 slowed down the "Series 0" quite a bit. Apple Pay finally came to Japan on the Series 2; the original Apple Watch surprisingly lacked a required NFC chip. So I caved and upgraded. Now I still have my Series 2 to use at home as an Apple TV remote, HomeKit controller, and alarm clock, and I got an Ultra for its battery life and cellular capability. It's very cool not really needing to carry my iPhone everywhere anymore, and I hope I can keep my Series 2 and Ultra for a LONG time.
That'll depend on Apple not refusing to replace batteries (and right to repair being protected), or breaking capability through software updates aging hardware doesn't support.
I didn't say you couldn't... I said that your heart means anything only to you and, maybe to your family, especially if they are waiting to inherit your property.
The point was clearly to create buzz, which it did. You’re not deep.
Anyone know of any accurate sales figures for how many of these 18k gold watches were sold? They may actually be worth some serious coin if a few enough were sold especially if they were owned by a celebrity or royalty. In 30 years they may just be rare enough and people pay stupid amounts of money for garbage owned by the famous.
Realistically though for most of these gold watches they will never be worth much more than their weight in gold. I am assuming at least 10-20 thousand + were produced. That is too many to become exceedingly rare.
Realistically though for most of these gold watches they will never be worth much more than their weight in gold. I am assuming at least 10-20 thousand + were produced. That is too many to become exceedingly rare.
Suddenly reminds me a certain Chinese rich kid bought 2 for his dog, one on each of its leg. And showed off on social media, creating an uproar in the community.
How is the money making auctioneer or the art collecting billionaire who buys it and uses his art to write off taxes the joker?
Not sure why, but the Apple Watch Edition has not been a thing for the past few Series. First was the 18-karat gold original model, then the ceramic Series 2 and then Series 3 then the ceramic and titanium Series 5 with the titanium carrying on to Series 6 and Series 7 and since Series 8 there has only been aluminum and stainless steel. Also, not sure why as of Series 3 Apple has promoted the Watch more as a health and fitness device than anything else. That's not what Apple had originally promoted with the Watch. Watch the event and videos from 2014-2015 to see what I'm talking about.
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