Blame it on the sapphire: slow Apple Watch turnaround rumored again

Unsurprisingly, it’s Apple’s very own perfectionism and desire to enter every new market with a bang that could lead to the perdition of its rookie smartwatch effort.

Between battery life concerns, mostly unremarkable tech specs on the whole and extravagant pricing, the hotly anticipated but ult…

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Apple Watch to enter production in January, February launch now unlikely

You can forget about getting your special someone an Apple Watch for Valentine’s Day next year, or at least easily procuring an “iWatch” in time, as the wearable piece will barely start mass production in January, according to speculation out of Taiwan.

Rumors may be a dime a dozen nowadays in r…

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Functional Apple Watches seen in the wild as specs rumors start cropping up

There’s an outside chance certain Apple Watch versions will launch commercially earlier than expected, although so far, speculation vis-à-vis the wearable’s specifications isn’t particularly encouraging.

As if Cupertino’s notorious greed and an uncharacteristically slow turnaround time weren’t e…

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Latest estimates peg gold Apple Watch Edition price at $5,000

Forget Swiss watch territory, this is luxury Swiss watch territory and then some.

It’s not like Apple to take the wraps off an unfinished, unpolished piece of technology, leave its hordes of fans and prospective buyers hanging for months, and on top of it all, reveal little of substance in r…

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Apple Watch 2 starts making the rumor rounds, Tim Cook teases new product categories

The ink is yet to dry on all the Apple Watch preview articles floating around, and the product will only be available to end users next year, but apparently it’s never too early to begin talking about a follow-up.

Need more evidence Apple’s hotly anticipated rookie wearable effort overpromised a…

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Apple mockfest continues with hilarious iPhone 6 and Watch parodies and jabs

It took longer than expected (because the new iPhones and Apple Watch are so awesome?), but Samsung followed up on its first shy Apple attacks, joined by Asus, OnePlus and a YouTube comedy show star that’s probably not affiliated with anyone in the tech scene.

A pear for an apple? A tweet b…

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It’s time: Apple Watch breaks cover, coming ‘early next year’ for $350 and up

For the first time since the death of Steve Jobs, Apple used the iconic “one more thing” line during a keynote/iPhone presentation, thus introducing the next step in the company’s evolution: its inaugural wearable effort.

It’s not called the iWatch or iTime, but it can pair with an iPhone 5, 5c,…

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Apple iWatch again rumored in two sizes, with NFC support and flexible display

We really can’t be certain of anything in relation to Apple’s hotly anticipated iWatch until Cupertino actually reveals the timepiece, but we’re making great progress as far as rumored features are concerned.

Filled to the brim with the most complex sensors, deeply connected to Apple services an…

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Jony Ive reportedly thinks iWatch will sink Swiss watchmakers

A new report today carries a remark allegedly made by Apple design chief Jony Ive to his colleagues.

For the past few months it has been incessantly rumored that Apple is working on a smartwatch. Word on the street is that this device is going to be called the iWatch. Recent reports suggest…

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First Asus smartwatch headed for market in September with Android Wear on board

Unlike Sony, which stubbornly wagers on a proprietary smartwatch OS, Asus reportedly plans to keep its wearable efforts simple and adopt the growing Android Wear platform.

It was pretty much set in stone when we first heard about it, via “sources in the know”, but now you can deem it official t…

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