Quite a few shops in the UK started discounting it a few weeks ago, so I suspect they were aware of the price drop.
Target and Best Buy had $100 price drops already. Which puts them at a better more reasonable price point! It doesn't mean Apple is coming out with a new one any time soon. I don't expect a new Apple Watch until around this time next year!!! It's a watch. I expected a every other year upgrade cycle.
God this is so boring zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz wake me up once the stock price has hit $90 again so I can buy back in
ain't going to happen son. Sorry, you missed the train.
Did you hold onto your stock? It's starting to slowly but surely make it's way back up.
I bought at $129 and sold at $94, so took a big hit. Fortunately I bought TSLA at $164 at it's now at $238, so I'm just over break-even between the two transactions.
Not saying your point is invalid but Apple often quickly deprecates support for Gen 1 products such as this. Look at how long the first iPad was supported (iOS 6 I believe) compared to the iPad 2 which runs iOS 9. There is often a feature set improvement between gen 1 and 2, look at the differences between iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS.
How long will Gen 1 be supported? No one but Apple knows. I was expecting a 1 year refresh and I was wrong. Sources now appear to say 18 months. Had I known then what I know now I might have taken that leap but being we are 12 months in to the cycle a small price reduction probably won't be enough to get us to purchase one so late in the game.
my point isn't that you should buy one now. my point is that even at the get-go people were saying "first gen sucks, i'll get second gen" etc. i dont think that makes sense -- when you buy second gen, you'll be outpaced by the feature set of the third, and so forth. (and yes, there were big diffs between iPhone 3GS and 3G -- video, speed, etc).
that the orig iPad made it to iOS 6 is proof that they aren't depreciated very quickly. in fact, iOS are known for their long lives. I've given each of my older devices to family & friends and theyre used.
as for when the second gen AW will be, no one knows. there are no sources than can confirm it at 18 mos or 24.
I do think we'll see a new watch sooner rather than later. FYI, I ended up buying one yesterday when I saw that Best Buy has them on sale an additional $50 below Apple's price. For me that is the right value. I'm willing to spend that money on current functionality that I know will probably be replaced come September. I just hope Apple makes the bands backwards compatible or you are going to have a lot of upset people out there.
Not saying your point is invalid but Apple often quickly deprecates support for Gen 1 products such as this. Look at how long the first iPad was supported (iOS 6 I believe) compared to the iPad 2 which runs iOS 9. There is often a feature set improvement between gen 1 and 2, look at the differences between iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS.
How long will Gen 1 be supported? No one but Apple knows. I was expecting a 1 year refresh and I was wrong. Sources now appear to say 18 months. Had I known then what I know now I might have taken that leap but being we are 12 months in to the cycle a small price reduction probably won't be enough to get us to purchase one so late in the game.
my point isn't that you should buy one now. my point is that even at the get-go people were saying "first gen sucks, i'll get second gen" etc. i dont think that makes sense -- when you buy second gen, you'll be outpaced by the feature set of the third, and so forth. (and yes, there were big diffs between iPhone 3GS and 3G -- video, speed, etc).
that the orig iPad made it to iOS 6 is proof that they aren't depreciated very quickly. in fact, iOS are known for their long lives. I've given each of my older devices to family & friends and theyre used.
as for when the second gen AW will be, no one knows. there are no sources than can confirm it at 18 mos or 24.
From Wikipedia: "The iPad originally shipped with iOS 3.2. On September 1, 2010" "On June 11, 2012 it was announced that iOS 6 would not be released for the first generation iPad, with no explanation as to why, making iOS 5.1.1 the final operating system officially available for the device"
iPad 1 is 100% the reason I have stayed away from the first gen apple watch. They supported iPad 1 for less than 2 years and the iPad 2 is still supported . I'm not sure how they got away with that.
They dropped the original Iphone price this way in 2007; so it's kind of similar. New product, price adjustment after launch.
The adjustment is kinda small which means they probably were pretty much on target with their pricing.
The original iPhone was totally different. Not to mention the price of the iPhone was subsidized by a two year carrier contract.
No, it wasn't "totally different". It was priced to make money on the low end of expected sales. Sales far exceeded the worst-case projection, so they we able to drop the price accordingly due to economies of scale.
I'm pretty sure we're seeing the same phenomenon here.
The subsidy is irrelevant, since the phone is bought off Apple at full price. Apple dropped the price. Full stop.
The original iPhone was totally different. Not to mention the price of the iPhone was subsidized by a two year carrier contract.
No, it wasn't "totally different". It was priced to make money on the low end of expected sales. Sales far exceeded the worst-case projection, so they we able to drop the price accordingly due to economies of scale.
I'm pretty sure we're seeing the same phenomenon here.
The subsidy is irrelevant, since the phone is bought off Apple at full price. Apple dropped the price. Full stop.
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I bought at $129 and sold at $94, so took a big hit. Fortunately I bought TSLA at $164 at it's now at $238, so I'm just over break-even between the two transactions.
The adjustment is kinda small which means they probably were pretty much on target with their pricing.
"On June 11, 2012 it was announced that iOS 6 would not be released for the first generation iPad, with no explanation as to why, making iOS 5.1.1 the final operating system officially available for the device"
iPad 1 is 100% the reason I have stayed away from the first gen apple watch. They supported iPad 1 for less than 2 years and the iPad 2 is still supported . I'm not sure how they got away with that.
I'm pretty sure we're seeing the same phenomenon here.
The subsidy is irrelevant, since the phone is bought off Apple at full price. Apple dropped the price. Full stop.