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Apple Watch

anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:12:11 GMT

According the BBC News and probably Reuters....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31794823

The Apple Watch will range from £260 to over £10,000 depending on the materials used for the construction. I for one, as some people might know like to or would like to own expensive watches which are a worthy investments.

There's been a kerfuffle on G+ about it and I noticed some random insanity quotes in the Cult of Mac groupee section. If someone earns enough money to buy such luxury then fair enough although Joe Bloggs in the street shouldn't even consider getting themselves in debt for such a little reward if you ask me.

OK lets put it another way, would you pay £1,000 for an Android smartwatch with steel bracelet, sapphire crystal glass and full functionality in line with your Google account. Or would your life feel complete if you had a 18 ct. gold solid bracelet and no other benefits than the usual Apple Watch? I would feel cheated for one although I would buy one and bid it up for a higher price if I thought if was a wise investment.

Thoughts? Analogies? Conspiracies? Pringles?

Re: Apple Watch

MI5 — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:16:05 GMT

Potato

Re: Apple Watch

anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:17:09 GMT

Ready Salted?!

But to be serious, any real thoughts....

Re: Apple Watch

Cleoriff — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:17:42 GMT

I will stick with my Gucci watch. I have no need for anything else on my wrist other than something that looks classy....and tells the time

I have no time for anything that 'monitors your heath' ....I doubt many people know how to interpret the results of anything medical anyway. ....Not being facetious....just stating facts...

Re: Apple Watch

anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:23:12 GMT

That's an interesting point...

I could partially tell you what a 3d graphic driver does but a gamer just wants to frag something off the screen.

Re: Apple Watch

anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:21:46 GMT

By the way, I'll be the one in Tag Huerer foyer drooling uncontrolably.

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Cleoriff — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:28:44 GMT

@anticpated wrote:
That's an interesting point...

I would expect anyone with an athletic background or interest to be able to monitor heart rate with some level of understanding. Anyone else though? Not so much.....

Yes they could read it of course.....but interpret unusual results...I don't think so.

(In the same way I have no idea about a '3D graphic driver fragging something off the screen' )

Re: Apple Watch

anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:38:58 GMT

3D Graphics is just clever mathematical routines being processed by a dedicated math processor called a GPU/VPU. These days the processors have many separate cores which make up a symmetrical process by dividing the tasks between the various units upon the GPU/VPU unit such as Vectors, Tesselation, Shading, Texture and Lighting, Pixel Shaders and various other tasks being carried out isosynchronously.

But apart from that it's pretty basic stuff.

Re: Apple Watch

Cleoriff — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:41:54 GMT

@anticpated wrote:
3D Graphics is just clever mathematical routines being processed by a dedicated math processor called a GPU/VPU. These days the processors have many separate cores which make up a symmetrical process by dividing the tasks between the various units upon the GPU/VPU unit such as Vectors, Tesselation, Shading, Texture and Lighting, Pixel Shaders and various other tasks being carried out isosynchronously.

But apart from that it's pretty basic stuff.

Oh good....

Re: Apple Watch

viridis — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:43:50 GMT

Spent £400 on a 8800GTX
Bang for buck back then, they were a steal.

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MI5 — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:56:28 GMT

It's an outrageously ridiculous price for something that will do nothing different to a £100 pebble watch and in many cases the pebble will be a better proposition.
However, the old saying about "a fool and his money", will no doubt ring true again.

Re: Apple Watch

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:01:54 GMT

Isn't that the same with most Apple products. ......

Re: Apple Watch

MI5 — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:04:29 GMT

It sure is....
As cleoriff said before, "over priced, over hyped and over here"

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anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:05:00 GMT

I know i used is in place of are in my abive spiel.

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anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:05:45 GMT

I know i used is in place of are in my above spiel.

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Cleoriff — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:06:25 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Isn't that the same with most Apple products. ......

It certainly is...and when you have people who will queue up to pay their ridiculous prices for anything with the Apple logo on...then I despair....Madness in true form...:smileywink:

Re: Apple Watch

anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:10:04 GMT

I want platinum plated drunk stability support beams now !

Re: Apple Watch

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:10:10 GMT

Well if people choose to spend their hard earned and boost the profits of a company that has $billions in cash in the bank which could get heaven knows how many more into work
.....

Re: Apple Watch

anticpated — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:41:12 GMT

The premise of my post was nit to ridicule Apple or its' consumers rather to ask whether your honest opinion of, the value and personal worth from buying sonething so lavish.

Everybody buys brands based on a personal opinion of worth and satisfaction. Not because they are expensive or otherwise cheap.

Re: Apple Watch

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:46:13 GMT

My response to this post is and this is my own honest opinion. I purchased in my opinion an expensive watch over xmas for myself it was a michael Kors watch cost me £200 odd. As soon as I heard about the apple watch I was already sucked in and is just from being a young consumer I want the here and now I want was is brand new and cool. So for people like me indeed I'm a marketers dream