Ask HN: Are you planning on purchasing an Apple Watch?

Re:Ask HN: Are you planning on purchasing an Apple Watch? by downandout on Monday March 09, 2015 @05:23PM (#9174195)

I'll probably grab a sport for development purposes. I don't get the purpose of the Edition version...$10K-$17K for a watch that will be worthless when the next version comes out. They don't seem to understand that high-end watches hold their value over time, and that is why people are willing to pay such outrageous prices for them. It's similar to putting money in a bank.

When the next version comes out, the people wanting to buy an Edition version will just buy a new one.....if you can afford $5K to buy a used watch, you have $10K to buy a new one. Accordingly, old versions will be worthless. Everyone knows that, so the only people that will buy the Edition version will be a few production companies for use in rap videos.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you planning on purchasing an Apple Watch? by rowofpixels on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:45PM (#9174583)

I've been wondering if they're just having the expensive version so they can look more like a legitimate high-end watch maker. Maybe more of a marketing thing than a "we're going to make a ton of money on the expensive version". We'll see though.

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