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Because it’s cheaper
Cuz it’s ugly!
Probably because Green band looks not good. Green is always the least expensive color for lots of things. No luxury brand uses Green.
I have the green Alpine Loop that came with my Ultra. Looks fantastic. Millions of other people agree with me. Most secure Ultra band. Ultra comfy.
I have a green iPhone too. And a green iMac. Apple clearly disagrees with you.
Some people never experienced grey market where a phone of a popular color costs $300 more lol
Green band was how I got a good deal on an S7 a year ago. Green seems to be consistently cheaper and I never see any out in public. Probably related.
Maybe the color is not as popular 🤷♂️
The white one gets really dirty and is very noticeable
Green is dumb
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.
Bcoz Nobody buys it
Because nobody likes it
Same reason I bought the blue series 7. Everyone goes for black or silver, saved me 50 bucks though.
Same reason on Amazon the inventory levels dictate price on a over stocked variant
Follow up question: is buying a gen-1 Ultra a bad idea with the 2 out?
Not at all.
Was on the fence as well but I just snagged a eBay refurbished gen 1 for $480 before taxes by using a coupon that gave me $120 off. Comes with a year of eBay warranty as well so check it out if the deals still active
Just don’t pay full price for it, maybe $150 or more discounted
Gen 1 Ultra is perfectly fine. The updates on the 2 are incremental.
I bought this green one from Best Buy and an ultra 2 from Amazon for $740. Sounds like keeping the ultra for $650 is worth it. I don’t plan on upgrading for years and years so that’s the only thing making me want to keep the ultra 2.
Dunno why on earth u got downvoted?!? Have an upvote. Best deal I saw for an Ultra was on eBay, but they’re refurbs… still, from a company that sells a lot of them, and they’re guaranteed to have at least 85% battery. Can also always return if it’s not what you expected. For $485, fyi. I found it on slickdeals, if you need to find the specific link (you need to use a coupon code iirc) most folks there seem to think it’s a good deal.
Supply and demand deal maybe?