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  • Hands on with the ceramic Apple Watch Edition Series 5

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    AppleExposed said:
    Wish the $10,000 18K Gold Edition still existed. Even in limited quantities there's people who would buy it. Profit for Apple. Remember these same people will opt for a Rolex instead since Apple's watches are too "cheap".
    The gold edition must have been a commercial failure. Why else would Apple drop it? The problem is having a watch taking up retail space, where the customer base is very niche.
    chemengin1

  • Hands on with the ceramic Apple Watch Edition Series 5

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    disneylandman said:
    Looks like cheap plastic and ridiculous to spend that kind of money on something that will be outdated in 2 years. Even the series 4 is cut from having features in OS 6 due to hardware limitations.  Buy the cheapest Apple Watch case material because the expensive case materials offer no benefit as far as functionality.  All it shows is that you overpaid for a watch.  

    People that still use an iPhone 6 cannot even update any Apple Watch to OS 6 unless they buy a new phone because the watch requires iOS 13, which has nothing to do with the WatchOS.  I have a Series 2 that is pretty much zero value these days and it is just over two years old.  At least it was only $349, not $1,299.  
    Agreed, residuals for the ceramic are poor. Here would be £1000 price fall in 2 years. It’s still fairly affordable compared to a lot of luxury watches.
    caladanian

  • Hands on with the ceramic Apple Watch Edition Series 5

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    sirozha said:
    If Apple could guarantee that the ceramic and titanium watches can have their internals upgraded for $500 for the next X number of years, there would be many times more people buying these ceramic and titanium watches. Their internals should be able to be upgraded to newer internals for at least three years following their release to justify their higher price. 
    Problem with that is you cannot guarantee future internals will get worthy upgrades e.g this years CPU did not get a boost
    watto_cobra

  • Study: Apple Pay at 9% adoption in US, lags far behind PayPal and traditional payment meth...

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    Apple needs to educate people that you can use Apple devices for "contactless" payments, normally done by credit cards. Here in the UK, most payments done are contactless (with a £30 transaction limit), and you dont even need to engage the full Apple pay.

    I used to think that Apple devices required a special reader to work period, but that is not the case with contactless. You only need the full Apple pay on transactions over £30.
    watto_cobra

  • Study: Apple Pay at 9% adoption in US, lags far behind PayPal and traditional payment meth...

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    payeco said:
    blastdoor said:
    Apple Watch plus Apple Pay is killer — nothing to pull out of a wallet, faster than a chip reader, and no need to sign. Once you use it, it’s all you want to use. 
    Can’t wait to upgrade from my Series 2 to a Series 5 in the fall. Double tapping the side button to bring up Apple Pay is dreadfully slow sometimes. If I’m at a place I know accepts it I’ll bring it up ahead of time while they’re ringing up my items. But if it’s a place where I’m unsure and I don’t know until I ask or I see that little contactless logo appear on the screen it can sometimes take 10 seconds or more for it it come up. With just one card in there it’s a little quicker but when I’ve got my 7 credit cards plus my wife’s 3 credit cards, plus loyalty cards for different stores, it is painful. The Series 5 should be much quicker.
    Interesting . The series 4 is also very quick.
    watto_cobra