Will you buy the new $10,000 Apple Watch?
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It isn't gold. (Score:5, Funny)
It looks blue and black to me.
Re:It isn't gold. (Score:4, Funny)
The watch is not in fact black and blue. Your wallet, however, will be after you buy one.
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apple watch (Score:1)
if i did buy one, i'd put it on a tickle-me-elmo
and set it on fire.
Obligatory missing option (Score:3, Funny)
I -am- a $10,000 apple watch, you insensitive clod!
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The poll results are missing two answers:
Hell No!
F*** No!
Missing option. (Score:1)
FUCK no.
("Goodness me" just isn't strong enough.)
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FUCK no.
("Goodness me" just isn't strong enough.)
HELL NO!
WTF? NO!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NO!
just wait (Score:5, Funny)
As soon as it launches Blendtec will answer the question: Will It Blend?
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No "Yes" option? (Score:1)
Hell YES!
If for some unforeseen stroke of luck I'd become a biljionaire overnight, then SURE! I'd buy one, and toss it into a drawer until some friends come over that I could show it to.
Meanwhile, in the Real World, fat chance I'll spend money on Apple hardware when products with better price/performance ratio are out there. Especially products with questionable utility where customers serve as beta testers.
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my brother has a smartwatch which has a SIM in it. Don't even need a cellphone nearby of any description to make a call, it's right there in his wrist adornment!
Fuck this iWatch shit, it's not even that smart if it requires another devide (a specific device, no less) nearby to even FUNCTION!
Apple: parting idiots from their money since 1976.
Fuck you, Slashdot. (Score:1)
I am offended as a wealthy Apple customer. I am going to buy Dice Holdings and turn Slashdot into an Apple fan site.
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Buy /. a staging server, obviously Dice took them all away.
Great stocking stuffers in certain circles (Score:2)
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"for the express purpose of posturing to prove their wealth"
Likely the entire production run is pre-sold in China.
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People pay thousands for clothing in exclusive locales such as Rodeo Drive for the express purpose of posturing to prove their wealth.
Now we see the real reason why Apple pulled the infamous "I Am Rich" [wikipedia.org] app from the App Store. They didn't want anyone competing with their hardware implementation of that functionality. ;)
Re:Great stocking stuffers in certain circles (Score:4, Insightful)
There are several $1000 US apps you can purchase, some of which require proof of assets in excess of one million$ to download. People pay thousands for clothing in exclusive locales such as Rodeo Drive for the express purpose of posturing to prove their wealth. So yeah, there's a niche market for this.
Rich people, in my observation, are secure enough in their wealth that they don't need to buy fancy cars, boats, clothes, and watches. It is upper middle class people, new rich (Kardashians) and temporarily rich (lottery winners) who buy all that garbage. Rich people get and stay rich by being wise with their money. They may buy one or two toys but they have a budget for toys and make sure they don't blow it.
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Old money, OTOH, are tight in the main; It's just that they don't blink if the price is â10 or â100,000. They still want to know if they are getting good value. Everything is viewed as a business investment.
What sort of an object is a Kardashian?
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What sort of an object is a Kardashian?
They're the ones that invaded Bajor. Part of the Dominion.
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What sort of an object is a Kardashian?
They're the ones that invaded Bajor. Part of the Dominion.
LOL, the first time I heard someone say "Kardashian" I thought they were a) slurring their words and b) not the kind of person that I thought would have been watching DS9.
Wow, Slashdot. (Score:1)
I think that's the first time you've ever covered all the bases in a poll.
Missing Option: No (Score:1)
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so was 'Stick it where the sun does not shine!'
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No, but I will punch the owner of one in the cock.
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Missing Option: Cowboy Neal
Finally (Score:5, Funny)
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No, I believe they forgot the CowboyNeal option.
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I won't buy one for CowboyNeal either.
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Nope. (Score:2)
I want a stand alone smartwatch that don't require a mobile phone. I will stick with Casio Data Bank 150 calculator watch.
Missing joke option (Score:5, Funny)
This poll is missing the joke option: yes.
Mechanical Watch (Score:2)
I like watches, but I'm pretty old school.
# Modern mechanical wrist watch for when I dress up
# 100-year-old mechanical pocket watch in a safe deposit box
Watch-like Apple devices do not interest me at all.
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I ended up being the one in the family who got the watches from r
A few uber-rich uber-geeks will get it. (Score:3)
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Rolex is a common poor man's brand, rich people wouldn't touch that shit.
If it's mass manufactured, not designed by one of the exclusive designers of the fashion year, and not either confirming to classic established timeless fashions nor breaking ground in new fashion trends - no, just no.
Go back to your pitiful four walls.
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unless it says 'Rolex'
ITYM Breitling or Tag Heuer.
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see that thing hanging off my wrist, they're short of rolling out a carpet.
Perhaps if you adjusted the strap, it wouldn't be hanging off your wrist.
Maybe then they'd actually roll out a carpet for you.
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fuck Rolex, I get treated like royalty when I go to London because I wear my Breitling. Bar staff and restaurant owners see that thing hanging off my wrist, they're short of rolling out a carpet.
Your 'Breitling'.....that you got from a street vendor in Bali?
Rolex would be better (Score:3)
I am not a conspicuous consumer, don't give a crap about fashion, making 'statements' with my clothes, whatever, BUT if I was going to drop 10k on a watch I'd get a Rolex -- simply because they hold their value. [Do I think they're worth it, absolutely not, but they do resell well regardless]
In 10 years a Rolex bought today will still be worth a lot, an apple watch will be a paperweight, maybe a quaint conversation piece, because the tech will be utterly useless more or less in that time.
I realize there are people with money to burn, but honestly, if I had 10k to casually throw around, there are SO many more fun toys to buy.
It'll hold value just fine (Score:2)
I think what many seem to have missed is that the Edition watches are going to be limited in production.
That alone ensures that if you get one, you'd be able to sell it for a long time well above what you paid for it...
But even 20 years from now you could probably get about asking price, from collectors who just like looking at it. That happens with real watches also...
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Buy one, keep it in its original box, hope the product flops and barely sells, hope the next iterations of the product sell like hotcakes, offer your original as collectors item.
Just look at the return on investment for those that did the exact same with the Apple I computer!
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I am not a conspicuous consumer, don't give a crap about fashion, making 'statements' with my clothes, whatever
The target market for this watch is the people who want to tell the world "I am so rich that I drop $17K every other year on an ugly watch". The comparisons with Rolex, et al, are off the mark as well. Those target people who want to spend an outrageous sum on a beautiful piece of jewelry that will last for decades, if not generations. Apple has recognized that those brands are missing an opportunity, because they build devices that are good for a long time and so don't truly address the market which has a
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If you are so rich that you want to show off with a special watch, why don't you buy a Roger Dubuis Excalibur Quatuor at about $1M? That one is for sure beautiful and will show off your wealth much better than that cheap Apple watch.
Obvioulsy, you should also get a Richard Mille RM 56 to switch from time to time.
If you buy an Apple watch, then you are probably not rich enough.
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hate to tell you this, but Rolex watches don't hold their value at all. Like a car, they lose half their value the second you put it on. Unlike Breitlings (yeah I'm crapping on about these again), which not only hold their value, but because they're all individually numbered, they become instant collectors items, hence their value only goes up. Example: my watch has an initial value of £12,800. Not long after I received it, it needed to go in for repair. Four days after it was sent off, it came back with £200 worth of repair done on it (needed a new hairspring). I actually had an offer by a member of staff at Beaverbrook's (an upmarket jewellery chain in England) for the initial retail price of the watch plus a bit after I took it in there first for a repair estimate: "We don't repair them in house, we send them off, but I'll give you 13 grand for it right now!". Tempting, but it was a gift from someone who is no longer with us.
Not being funny, but for thirteen fucking grand that watch had better be perfect and never ever break, especially not need a new spring for £200! That's just expensive for the sake of expense. Also, even less amount of people give a shit about your breitling than would a rolex, only other people with breitlings or upmarket jewellery shop staff. A watch is a watch and Johnny public will not give a shit what's 'hanging off your wrist' as they say. If you have a really nice watch that you love then that'
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There are some proposed for sale at much less. Why wouldn't you just buy one at $2000 and propose it for sale at $10000 or a better marketing price of $9999? That will bring you some money because you are, of course, sure it will sell.
Poll needs a joke option (Score:3)
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I picked the first answer (Score:2)
HOW could anyone choose "No"? (Score:2)
Now I will grant you, the "Goodness me, no" camp is the more vocal, and to be sure the most numerous, but simple numbers does not make an opinion right. Consider the option of "No": Simple, to the point, leaving little room for confusion, even when compared to "No". I'm going to guess that many reading this poll are fans of "House, MD", and
you forgot Fuck No! (Score:2)
not only No! but Fuck No!
Missing option (Score:2)
Time changes... (Score:2)
http://imgur.com/LN4fiKo [imgur.com]
Missing Option (Score:2)
You left out "Heavens to Betsy, No!!!".
Red Herring (Score:2)
The $10k Apple watch is a red herring. It will be purchased by people for whom dropping $10k on a watch is akin to the average person buying an impulse candy bar in the grocery store checkout line.
For me, the real gouging is the straps of the non-sport edition watch. The "sport" watch bands really don't work in a professional setting or with any sort of formal clothing. The low end non-sport come with the sport wristband which also does not look very professional. So, for something acceptable at the offic
incensitive clods (Score:2)
I can only choose "no" once.
$10k for a digital watch?! (Score:2)
I don't care what it does, 10K for a non-mechanical watch is highway robbery. Hell even 10k for a mechanical is highway robbery.
I'd much rather get Spring Drive from Seiko. [seikowatches.com] That way I'd have some truly freaky-deaky nerdy machinery on my wrist. Something go crazy a spark like
Something like this Grand Seiko [seiyajapan.com] but with a di-modell sharkskin band. 4k $US at current exchange.
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This is what I get for hitting submit after getting derailed by a coworker.
What I meant was "Something a crazy spark like Agatha would make."
Missing option (Score:3)
Missing option: iWon't
"No", but for a different reason (Score:3)
And for some real irony, what killed the watch? Ubiquitous cell phones. My phone has a clock. My phone has a calculator. My phone has a fitness tracker (dozens of them, potentially). My phone can play MP3s. My phone can make phone calls. My phone can issue reminders. My phone can wake me up. My phone can also take pictures and help me navigate by GPS and check my email (really check it, not just show me the subject line) and watch Youtube videos and play cheesy games and a whole host of other features that a watch cannot.
Now... If the Apple watch could do all of those things (except that last sentence) by itself, hey, I might consider that a more convenient form-factor than a 2.5x5" rectangular slab. Really, 90% of the time, I just need a clock/phone/tracker, and a watch has the advantage of not requiring pockets or a purse. But the Apple Watch doesn't even work without slaving it to an iPhone! So you gain... nothing!
Apple has made a huge mistake with this one. As in, "time to short AAPL" huge.
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"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public"
or any public for that matter.
Pebble (Score:2)
So, comments here work. (Score:2)
I'm not seeing any stories, not even any posts in the blog. Down for everyone or just me?
Watch how many people get mugged (Score:2)
A $10k Apple Watch is going to attract thieves. Unlike a phone, which for some is a fashion accessory while out, but usually stays in the pocket/purse, this thing will be on your wrist continuously. It doesn't need to work to be valuable to someone just wanting to be seen with it. For someone with a stolen Apple Watch, saying it is out of batteries will be enough to explain away questions about why it isn't working.
Just saying.
Missing option: Yes (Score:2)
The target market (Score:2)
However, thinking back to the internet, I can tell you exactly who this thing is targeted at. The people who post pictures of their bar tab on twitter, to brag how they spent 125,000$ on Cristal champagne and Cavalli vodka la
Best Poll Ever (Score:2)
Thank you for the laugh.
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Not everyone who comes to slashdot is a freetard. Some of us have taste and the disposable income to buy quality. You poor morons stick to your casio's.
Who pissed in your caviar?
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Don't even ask about his clam chowder.
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Shows what you know. That's not piss, you uncivilized clod, that's soupe pisse.
Re:Hell *YES*. (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Hell *YES*. (Score:5, Insightful)
And if you have money, you probably don't have it through squandering it buying massively overpriced electronics that go obsolete within only a few years. If you're spending premium money on electronics you're investing in your home theatre or in a whole-house control system integrated into your appliances and security system, things that will function for more than a decade and can be added on to or serviced as needs arise.
I've known a few people that are truly wealthy, and none of them have been the type to flaunt their wealth or to spend it frivolously. Many have been 'in' to something in particular, like crystal glass, or automobiles, or jewelry, but they buy things that last, not things that go obsolete quickly.
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I know several that DO buy things that become obsolete quickly and buy each and every iPhone that comes out. I am sure they would buy this.
Others that bought very expensive tv's that are now dirt cheap.
Sometimes just 'wasting' money on trinkets is fun and if you have the money to waste, why not?
Mostly because, unless they are careful, those who waste money wont have money to waste.
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If you're spending premium money on electronics you're investing in your home theatre or in a whole-house control system integrated into your appliances and security system, things that will function for more than a decade and can be added on to or serviced as needs arise.
lol wut? neither of those things are an investment. Your house will not increase in value, and you will not be able to resell them at a profit. Spending money on that stuff is just as moronic as spending money on an iWatch, from a purely capital-building standpoint. While your personal choices about how you blow your money are interesting, they shouldn't really serve as an alternative to the type of person who wants an iWatch.
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not sure if you're a native english speaker.
investing is often used less formally to describe sinking resources into. In this sense it doesn't require any desire for financial return. You invest your time heavily into your hobby for example. The return can often be in enjoyment and value of a non-financial nature.
i believe that the parent was saying that a techie wouldn't blow their money on such crap tech, they'd blow their money on higher quality crap tech. Even though neither the home system nor the
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If the OP instead intended the "return" to be more qualitative in nature, you'd have a hard time proving that the iWatch produced inferior returns. It would depend on what the buyer enjoyed more. (Watching movies vs. controlling their appliances vs. showing off th
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i'd imagine that he thought "investing into electronics" was enough of a giveaway that there was no goal of financial gain... or the "spending premium money" which implies that it is over top of what is normally spent.
but i don't care, i'm not terribly invested in this argument, i don't imagine investing more time will change your mind. i'll invest in a good set of earplugs instead.
"you'd have a hard time proving that the iWatch produced inferior returns." - you
"massively overpriced electronics that go obs
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obsolescence is a pretty good indication of what kind of "investing" he was talking about.
This is exactly the crux of the issue with the iWatch - the type of "investing" is totally subjective. So it's not clear. I have no idea what type of return, subjective or not, overpriced electronics that go obsolete within only a few years provide. I'm not being pedantic - It's absolutely not clear. For example, some people buy audio gear as more of a fashion statement than for audio quality (Beats; I'd venture Bose to some extent, too, and others.)
To argue that two things will be better or worse invest
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i think a lot of people understand that... on the other hand it appears that a lot of the people on here can't imagine what kind of person would want a 10k phone-watch.
into tech? probably go with something that's got more utility than an overpriced, miniaturized extension for your phone...
into flaunting your wealth and fashion? buy a really nice car or a yacht... or a really nice watch, not some ugly as sin inbred monstrosity.
think about it this way, what would your thoughts be if you saw someone, dressed
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And if you have money, you probably don't have it through squandering it buying massively overpriced electronics that go obsolete within only a few years. If you're spending premium money on electronics you're investing in your home theatre or in a whole-house control system integrated into your appliances and security system, things that will function for more than a decade and can be added on to or serviced as needs arise. I've known a few people that are truly wealthy, and none of them have been the type to flaunt their wealth or to spend it frivolously. Many have been 'in' to something in particular, like crystal glass, or automobiles, or jewelry, but they buy things that last, not things that go obsolete quickly.
Tut now.. Please don't feed the trolls.
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casio?? DIAF, I was gifted with a Breitling.
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Not everyone who comes to slashdot is a freetard. Some of us have taste and the disposable income to buy quality. You poor morons stick to your casio's.
I bet you can't wait to strut your stuff down the beach, in your gold Gucci budgie smugglers with a podgy hairy belly sticking out, solid platinum flip flops and ten grand gold iwatch (don't forget to tell people the time, all the time, so they know you have one). Real cock of the town all classy and quality while everyone around instead of being amazed by your style, quality and wealth will be stunned by how much of a cunt you look. All the money in the world can't buy not being a dick, and you sir, are a
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If you have the taste to buy quality, why would you buy an Apple watch?
Because the apple reality distortion field makes them think apple products are the epitome of class and style. Any who disagrees is an uncultured philistine.
Re:apple reality distortion field (Score:2)
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Yes, because it is more emphatic, and more importantly, *different* from the other options.
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latinum is liquid, hence why it has to be pressed in gold - which is a: basically inert and b: practically valueless to a Ferengi, who probably have it bleeding out of cracks in the pavement on Ferenginar (ref: "Little Green Men" and "The Way Of The Warrior, Part I", DS9).
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"he first and last results in a poll will get the most votes, with a curve between them and a small spike in the middle"
Years ago, slashdot had a poll like that. It didn't look like that at all.
http://m.slashdot.org/poll/119... [slashdot.org]
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Of the equal options, I see 7 3 5 9 9 6 (in %). The last and first ones are not the highest values. The peak is just before the end. With your desctiption I'd expect 9 3 6 7 5 9: highest on the outer options and a minor peak half-way.
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