The announcement yesterday that the iPhone 6 event would indeed be held on September 9th was preceded by numerous reports that the iWatch
would also be making an appearance on the very same date. But while it
was initially suggested that the company’s very first smartwatch would
be released in October, it is now being reported that we’ll only be
getting a mere preview of the device, and that it won’t, in fact, hit
retail outlets until next year.
This is a significant blow not only to those who were hoping to see
the iWatch this side of the holiday, but also to Apple, since it will
allow the impressive-looking efforts from LG, Motorola and others to
beat the Apple device to the draw. This updated information arrives
courtesy of the folks Re/code, who were first to pin a definite date on the iPhone 6 event in the first place.
It was also Re/code that first suggested that the iWatch
would be a topic of discussion at said keynote, with most insiders
suggesting that we wouldn’t see it until the fall, so with Re/code now coming back and clarifying that the wearable won’t ship until next year, we’re more than inclined to believe it.
The idea of the iPhone 6 and iWatch releasing alongside each other
was certainly plausible, although it did also throw up one or two
concerns from a retail point of view. After all, the iPhone 6 looks set
for a dramatic price hike over the current flagship model, and with the
iWatch poised for a share of the sapphire glass display upgrades, it’s
not exactly going to be cheap, either. So while it will certainly dismay
certain quarters of the on-looking tech world to see but not touch the
iWatch – or iBand as some are also dubbing it – spreading the shipment
periods out does give consumers time to save.
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