Apple Watch announced: available for $349 early next year

Apple’s teaser videos show a variety of different straps attached to the Apple
watch收購watch, with a wide range of both materials and colors. Apple has designed six different straps and a special mechanism for swapping them around. The Apple
watch收購watch will come in two sizes and three different finishes, and it will include inductive wireless charging.

Update: Read our Apple
watch收購watch review.

The glass covering up the
watch收購watch is made of sapphire crystal, the hardy scratch-proof material that was speculated to be used in the new iPhone 6 models’ displays. Sapphire is a relatively common material in high-end
watch收購watchmaking and it makes perfect sense for it to be used here. The actual display is a flexible Retina panel that has been laminated to the sapphire.

The Apple
watch收購watch has a built-in gyroscope, accelerometer, a heart rate sensor, and a Taptic Engine for input sensing. The Apple
watch收購watch can recognize the difference between a tap and a press, offering another subtle way to make different inputs without needing additional input points or buttons. Calling the harder press Force Touch, Apple is essentially defining the smart
watch收購watch equivalent of the right-click on a mouse.

“It’ll redefine what people expect from a
watch收購watch.”

On the software side, the voice-activated Siri assistant will come integrated, along with dedicated Maps and Photos applications. Brand new Fitness and Workout apps will serve to collect your daily biometric data and encourage a more active lifestyle. There’s also a
watch收購watchKit for developers to help them make apps tailored to the Apple
watch收購watch. In closing his presentation of the new
watch收購watch, Tim Cook noted that he’s been using his to control Apple TV, while others were excited about its walkie talkie functionality and the ability to serve as a remote viewfinder for a camera.

And yes, Apple Pay will work with Apple
watch收購watch.

Three collections will be made available: an Apple
watch收購watch with a stainless steel case and sapphire crystal display, the Apple
watch收購watch Sport in an aluminum case with a selection of sportier straps, and the luxury Apple
watch收購watch Edition that comes in an 18-carat gold case and also features a sapphire display. The starting price for the Apple
watch收購watch will be $349 when it goes on sale early in 2015.