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Why do you buy official bands? It’s a genuine question, no offense… I just bought apple watch a month ago, and when I wanted to buy metallic band like I had on my old smart watch, I was SO startled by these prices. Like Jesus freaking Christ, how can a band cost 1/4 of an expensive smart watch. Got a few different ones from AliExpress for like 9$ total, picked one that was the most comfortable, and wearing it for two weeks now
Likely irrelevant to most people, but a friend of mine had an aftermarket Nike band knockoff on his watch that wouldn’t come off. Bands got stuck to the watch somehow and when he went to Apple to get it fixed they refused the warranty work since it wasn’t an official Apple band.
I’ve never bought an official band on its own, but these come with the watch.
I have sensitive skin, so for me I don’t wanna risk that.
The green band looks great with the ultra
Supply and de band.
take my upvote
The best answer, lol
Your nose be stuffy bro
The green model is older, starlight is new release!
Nope both came out 2022
Green is not a creative color
But white is?
Well the singing notepad said only green aint creative soooo
I bought it Day 1 over a year now. Glad to see that it is Holding its value. I do need a new Band though. I have been using the same Orange since Day 1. I do wash it regularly, but I am in need of something new Color wise.
I usually buy a Brand New Band every year since I do like getting the Official Bands.
Buy the green one and just change the straps (band).
They’re trying to offload more of the green one as they have more of it than starlight I guess. I’d definitely go for the green as it’s nicer IMO and in this case cheaper too.
Less demand
Probably because it have less demand than the others
Supply and demand
More importantly, why is any band for this watch more than $40?
Even more so, why can’t I buy just the watch without a band. By now anyone with an Apple watch has a favorite band they use full time or a drawer full for different uses.
Knowing Apple, it won’t make it any cheaper.
Done in the name of being environmentally friendly.
Apple’s philosophy with primary products at least (aka, not accessories like headphones and chargers), is that the device is ready to use out of the box for 99% of people. That’s why most Mac desktops come with keyboards and mice, the mac mini is the one exception to this philosophy.
With the watch you can instantly wear and charge it out of the box, and it eliminates any strange non-techy gift givers buying the cheapest (bandless) one and giving it to someone only for them to be disappointed they have to buy a band separately - and it guarantees a baseline level of quality for that band so a crappy chinesium 50 cent aliexpress band doesn’t snap and break the watch within the first week.
The band value is a minimum $50 from Apple, it’s very, very easy to find them on sale for substantially less than that, or even cheaper used. After the S8 came out I bought a 45mm S7 Stainless steel, with box, charger, sport band, and 93% battery health for $290.
I would also like the option to just be able to purchase the Watch separately.
If it’s based on less demand that tells you the prices are not based on cost of material, but how much the user base is willing to pay.
What a rip off
Bcoz Nobody buys it