Watch Out for the Watch

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If you are a fan of Apple like me, you are probably anticipating the release of Apple Watch sometimes in April 2015. And if you are waiting for the highest end version that comes in 18k gold, then be prepare as it is rumoured to price around $3,000 to $4,000 USD. ( Contains 2 Troy ounces ,which is 62.2 grams of gold ) [Source: Josh Centers, from TidBits]. I recall Steve Jobs once said "We are selling an iPad every 3 seconds", i doubt that will not happen to Apple Watch in the long run. But more importantly, how much influence Apple potentially has on the future price of gold?
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It doesn't look like the kind of watch that you would camp outside of an Apple store laying in a pile of your on urine and faeces for a week but each to their own.
 
Won't be getting one, don't think it will have an effect on the price of gold either.

Are we sure it is 2 troy oz?

Last I heard it was going to be about half that but with 25% low density filler to bulk the volume up.
 
Caput Lupinum said:
It doesn't look like the kind of watch that you would camp outside of an Apple store laying in a pile of your on urine and faeces for a week but each to their own.
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So are you Australian too are do they just got you spelling like them now, a little Aussie influence rubbing off on the ole yank? They like to rub off yanks ya know.
 
Sonic said:
Caput Lupinum said:
It doesn't look like the kind of watch that you would camp outside of an Apple store laying in a pile of your on urine and faeces for a week but each to their own.
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So are you Australian too are do they just got you spelling like them now, a little Aussie influence rubbing off on the ole yank? They like to rub off yanks ya know.
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This explains all

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqYUVOHqTns[/youtube]
 
And then there's the tertiary form of the Watchthe $10,000 and up Watch Edition.

"It begins at the molecular level," says Ive, clearly kicking it into high gear, "where precise adjustments in the amount of silver, copper, and palladium in the alloy result in very specific hues of yellow and rose gold."

The Crazy Metallurgy Apple Is Using to Sell Its Watch

But that's not all: The gold is the result of a proprietary process developed by metallurgists and patented by Apple, which involves adding ceramic powder to the mix and compressed "to a fraction of its original size" it to a point where it is more durable than normal gold.

Here's the real kicker: Ive explains that each gold watch is milled out of a solid Apple Gold ingot (a fancier word for bar), each of which has been inspected for defects using an ultrasonic scanner. As my colleagues Annalee Newitz and Esther Inglis-Arkell explained after talking to scientists about Apple Gold, there may even be a kind of Apple Diamond, eventually: A 2014 patent for Apple Gold also describes a process of combining gold with diamond power that would create a new hybrid between the two materials. As my co-workers put it this morning, Apple Gold is about "selling something that symbolizes both cutting-edge science and wealth at the same time."

http://gizmodo.com/the-crazy-metall...source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
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One hopes that it's 18k gold by weight and not 18k gold plated ceramic. I can see that seriously denting the prestige of the watch.

In the other hand though if it isn't mostly gold it isn't likely to be recycled and so you might see a lot of gold consumed Rather than recycled as is normal.
 
I remember how I used to balk at the idea of carrying around a smartphone during the Nokia era, but Apple changed all that.

I have a bad feeling that they might pull off the same thing with their smartwatches, but it would depend on ease of use and how they can make it seem indispensable.

Not that it matters to me cos I don't even wear a watch!
 
Altima said:
I remember how I used to balk at the idea of carrying around a smartphone during the Nokia era, but Apple changed all that.

I have a bad feeling that they might pull off the same thing with their smartwatches, but it would depend on ease of use and how they can make it seem indispensable.

Not that it matters to me cos I don't even wear a watch!
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The problem is it doesn't really do anything that helpful. It's a great curiosity and I'm no apple fan but even i have to admit it is pretty good looking but it just doesn't do anything exciting. The health stuff has mostly fallen flat when released elsewhere and it's not that much more convenient for most things than reaching for your phone and it has heaps less functionality.


It's not terrible but it is not the next iPhone.


One day they will have watches with decent voice recognition, motion capture and some method for a larger screen like projection (possibly with highly directional mics and speakers) and then it will be something new. At he moment though it's just a crappy version of your phone that's one more thing you have to charge and is going to seriously piss you off the first time you forgot.


every great apple product in it's first iteration at launch did something where you were like oh wow, this is the future. This watch is a slightly polished ios version of samsungs 2 year old watch which didn't do that well. They will sell some but unless it does something cool besides taking your pulse like a $40 fitness tracker it isn't a winner.
 
People are going to realize eventually that with Steve Jobs dead, Apple is dead. And people still think Apple is the company to buy shares in? They're only going to fall from where they are now and it won't take that long. They're just another greedy tech company with a hell of an image and reputation to try to uphold and they know that losing Jobs was like the Macedonian empire losing Alexander the Great.
 
Sonic said:
People are going to realize eventually that with Steve Jobs dead, Apple is dead. And people still think Apple is the company to buy shares in? They're only going to fall from where they are now and it won't take that long. They're just another greedy tech company with a hell of an image and reputation to try to uphold and they know that losing Jobs was like the Macedonian empire losing Alexander the Great.
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Really? Wow, better let the second largest company in the world know that they are dead.
 
Sonic said:
People are going to realize eventually that with Steve Jobs dead, Apple is dead. And people still think Apple is the company to buy shares in? They're only going to fall from where they are now and it won't take that long. They're just another greedy tech company with a hell of an image and reputation to try to uphold and they know that losing Jobs was like the Macedonian empire losing Alexander the Great.
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Apple's market cap hits $700B, doubles under Cook
 
Results not typical said:
Sonic said:
People are going to realize eventually that with Steve Jobs dead, Apple is dead. And people still think Apple is the company to buy shares in? They're only going to fall from where they are now and it won't take that long. They're just another greedy tech company with a hell of an image and reputation to try to uphold and they know that losing Jobs was like the Macedonian empire losing Alexander the Great.
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Really? Wow, better let the second largest company in the world know that they are dead.
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Exactly, they're huge, which means they've only got one way to go from here. Wouldn't be the first time the company crumbled due to the absence of Steve Jobs. That's what I believe. If you believe something else then by all means buy some of their shares and prove me wrong. See how it works out for you a few years down the road. I for one will not be taking that chance. So many people think they're gonna make a killing by investing in an already huge company that's clearly past its prime. Backwards logic of the masses at work. Apple is the titanic. "Too big to fail" is a terrible investment strategy.
 
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