VIDEO: Is $17K for an Apple Watch Ridiculous... or VERY Ridiculous?
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At its recent event, Apple formally introduced us to the Apple Watch, revealing pricing and availability specifics. The biggest bombshell wasn't the fact that the timepieces start at $349 — but that they go as high as $17,000!
In this brief — yet lively — video, our experts try and rationalize a $17K watch.
What about you, readers? Is $17,000 reasonable to pay for a watch? Furthermore, what did you think of the Apple Watch's features? Will you buy one? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
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This makes me think of the episode of 30 Rock when Jack admits his safe contains his will, and some Beanie Babies he thought would be worth more.
Will this appreciate?
I agree with you that a 17K Rolex (or similar) would be potentially an heirloom & expected to last for many years. The Apple Watch will be obsolete within 12-24 months. Some watches for $17K could potentially be reasonable investments (although not one I'd be willing to make). The author of the Millionaire Next Door recently died, but I'm sure he would have thought that most people wearing an $17K watch are "All hat & no cattle."
I enjoyed the video link. It got me thinking that anyone buying one of these watches should be automatically bumped up a tax bracket.
"Hey, buddy.. wanna buy a watch?"
I can easily see a $400 rubber band 'apple watch 2' being thinner, faster, better screen, more memory and sensors than the eventually outdated twenty thousand dollar gold apple watch 1.
Will you even be able to put the new computer section in the old, gold watch "case" - probably not. Apple doesn't even let you update the memory in most of it's computers these days.
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