I'd be expecting one of those eventually, once the initial fervor dies down. They know how popular their product red items are. No reason to release it while launch buzz is still in the air.
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The Great "Third Party Band/Strap" Thread
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I'd be expecting one of those eventually, once the initial fervor dies down. They know how popular their product red items are. No reason to release it while launch buzz is still in the air.
Yeah, my guess is that Amazon seller will end up being a total scam. Stealing Apple's official images and then promising it will look and function exactly the same? Dubious. Looks like there may be some fake reviews in there too.
This needs to happen... I don't wear a vest that often but I would throw my money at the person who sell this.
I'm not usually one to complain about prices but the $is asking for some of these bands is really way too expensive. The link bracelets are $450! That's more than the watch itself!
Bring on the third party bands!
That's absolutely ridiculous (the price of the steel band). That's more than most watches, including some Apple Watches. Just a joke, certainly not worth it. I can get tons of 22" straps and bracelets that are beautiful for well under $100.
Already have several, for under $100 total.. well add about $60 for 3 sets of Adapters..
Apple bands are where the true profit margin is.. probably higher margin than the Gold watches!
Yeah, it's crazy. Love the idea of swapping straps/bracelets so easily, gonna be fun.
these straps on alibaba looks pretty darn impressive... real images still remains to be seen though...
http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.184.5LB7e8&id=44968624248&ns=1&abbucket=6
http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.184.5LB7e8&id=44968624248&ns=1&abbucket=6
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Yeah, just turn off wrist detection. That turns of the raise to activate function and removes the requirement to enter a passcode every time you open it. You have to touch the display to activate it, but I guess that's not much different than having to open the hunter case (the flip open cover) on many pocket watches.
Unfortunately so am I. Every Kickstarter/Indiegogo I've supported (and there's been a few) has had it's delivery date pushed back at least once, and usually multiple times.
The german shop Arktis has also an adaptor. It is shipping in 10 days
Too bad shipping to the U.S. Is $36
Monowear just posted some new pics
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1843570774/monowear-a-band-for-every-occasion/posts/1210752
I think they'll look pretty good.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1843570774/monowear-a-band-for-every-occasion/posts/1210752
I think they'll look pretty good.
Been keeping an eye on these for the link bands....but honestly from those pictures, the quality doesn't look all that great to me.
Hey everybody,
sorry if this is an extremely dumb question, but will all third party bands have to rely on some kind of adapter?
From what I can see so far, all third party straps seem to come with an adapter, for example the ones produced by Monowear.
Their link bracelet for example is first fitted into an adapter which is then put into the Apple Watch (which you can see on these pictures: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1843570774/monowear-a-band-for-every-occasion/posts/1210752 ).
However, the real link bracelet made by Apple seems to work in a different way, it sort of just "slides" into the Watch from the side, just like the Sports bands do.
So what do you think, will 3rd party bands ever (legally) be able to imitate this mechanism, or will all bands necessarily come with a small adapter? I'm really waiting for awesome third party bands to arrive since I strongly believe that the Apple bands are massively overpriced; however, if every 3rd party band will come with a somewhat bulky looking adapter, this would be kind of a deal-breaker for me.
sorry if this is an extremely dumb question, but will all third party bands have to rely on some kind of adapter?
From what I can see so far, all third party straps seem to come with an adapter, for example the ones produced by Monowear.
Their link bracelet for example is first fitted into an adapter which is then put into the Apple Watch (which you can see on these pictures: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1843570774/monowear-a-band-for-every-occasion/posts/1210752 ).
However, the real link bracelet made by Apple seems to work in a different way, it sort of just "slides" into the Watch from the side, just like the Sports bands do.
So what do you think, will 3rd party bands ever (legally) be able to imitate this mechanism, or will all bands necessarily come with a small adapter? I'm really waiting for awesome third party bands to arrive since I strongly believe that the Apple bands are massively overpriced; however, if every 3rd party band will come with a somewhat bulky looking adapter, this would be kind of a deal-breaker for me.
Click posted an update today.
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ch-band-adapter-for-apple-watch/posts/1212266
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ch-band-adapter-for-apple-watch/posts/1212266
Using the images ripped from the Apple Store pages AND selling for the exact same amount?!?
