• Carpenterdon@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Even more so, why can’t I buy just the watch without a band. By now anyone with an Apple watch has a favorite band they use full time or a drawer full for different uses.

      • ItIsShrek@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Apple’s philosophy with primary products at least (aka, not accessories like headphones and chargers), is that the device is ready to use out of the box for 99% of people. That’s why most Mac desktops come with keyboards and mice, the mac mini is the one exception to this philosophy.

        With the watch you can instantly wear and charge it out of the box, and it eliminates any strange non-techy gift givers buying the cheapest (bandless) one and giving it to someone only for them to be disappointed they have to buy a band separately - and it guarantees a baseline level of quality for that band so a crappy chinesium 50 cent aliexpress band doesn’t snap and break the watch within the first week.

        The band value is a minimum $50 from Apple, it’s very, very easy to find them on sale for substantially less than that, or even cheaper used. After the S8 came out I bought a 45mm S7 Stainless steel, with box, charger, sport band, and 93% battery health for $290.

    • epicfighter10@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Was on the fence as well but I just snagged a eBay refurbished gen 1 for $480 before taxes by using a coupon that gave me $120 off. Comes with a year of eBay warranty as well so check it out if the deals still active

      • Lanky-Association952@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I bought this green one from Best Buy and an ultra 2 from Amazon for $740. Sounds like keeping the ultra for $650 is worth it. I don’t plan on upgrading for years and years so that’s the only thing making me want to keep the ultra 2.

        • Teddyruxx@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Dunno why on earth u got downvoted?!? Have an upvote. Best deal I saw for an Ultra was on eBay, but they’re refurbs… still, from a company that sells a lot of them, and they’re guaranteed to have at least 85% battery. Can also always return if it’s not what you expected. For $485, fyi. I found it on slickdeals, if you need to find the specific link (you need to use a coupon code iirc) most folks there seem to think it’s a good deal.

  • NekoLu@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Why do you buy official bands? It’s a genuine question, no offense… I just bought apple watch a month ago, and when I wanted to buy metallic band like I had on my old smart watch, I was SO startled by these prices. Like Jesus freaking Christ, how can a band cost 1/4 of an expensive smart watch. Got a few different ones from AliExpress for like 9$ total, picked one that was the most comfortable, and wearing it for two weeks now

    • slonaslona@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Likely irrelevant to most people, but a friend of mine had an aftermarket Nike band knockoff on his watch that wouldn’t come off. Bands got stuck to the watch somehow and when he went to Apple to get it fixed they refused the warranty work since it wasn’t an official Apple band.

  • GMickstery@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Based on my experience in products and how much you can sell them talking about factors the color is valued in tech (more in iPhone products)some colors do not have a wide market, some group of people may prefer the white one and the green one is left behind when choosing one based on that the market adjust the price and make the white one more expensive because probably they have a long list of green ones and less units in White so they are saying to the people “Hey buy one in green better we have a better price for it”. Its all about marketing