Apple has been pretty quiet about the pricing for its more upscale Apple Watch Edition options. So far, the company’s only said that the entry-level smartwatch will cost $350. Many have guessed that the high-end version of the watch could cost thousands of dollars — just like a premium Rolex. The 18K gold option is sure to cost a lot — especially given the price of gold these days.
Now, Greg Koenig, co-founder of Luma Labs, has estimated just how much gold may be in the Apple Watch Edition. Based on his calculations and a model he built of the Apple Watch, Koenig believes that it’ll pack 29.16g of 18K gold, which amounts to around $850 on its own. Once you add the high-end specs, sapphire glass face, leather strap, and other customizations to that number, you’re looking at a very, very expensive Apple Watch.
After all, a gold Rolex Submariner costs around $38,000 — even though the gold in it only amounts to $4,000.
For fun, I took my Apple Watch models and used SW and some basic assumptions to figure the gold content. 29.16g: pic.twitter.com/WGEnjtj1Yh
— Greg Koenig (@gak_pdx) February 19, 2015
Of course, Koenig’s estimates are inexact, and there’s no telling how much Apple will jack up the price of its gold Edition watches. Still, they’re expected to cost in the thousands of dollars. An earlier Wall Street Journal report hinted that the fancier versions of the Apple Watch may just become the most expensive items the Apple Store has ever sold. More than that super pricey, $4,000 Mac Pro? you ask. Well, yes — probably.
The OnePlus Buds Clip are a new pair of open-ear earbuds built around a simple convenience. They join Sony’s LinkBuds Clip in the growing ear-cuff category, but either OnePlus bud can go on either ear.
Sensors recognize how the earbuds are being worn and route the audio channels accordingly. There’s no label to check before putting them on, and the feature also works when only one bud is used.
We buy fitness bands and activity trackers to keep tabs on our exercise, but it is easy to forget to start tracking or switch modes when moving between different activities. For Fitbit and Pixel Watch users, that could soon become a lot less annoying, as Google is rolling out a major upgrade to automatic activity tracking that can recognize more than 100 types of exercise, up from just 10 before.
Google first showed off the improved tracking earlier this month alongside the Fitbit Edge. It is now coming to Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5, and Google claims the added context behind the system makes workout detection nearly twice as accurate while cutting missed activities by more than half. Fitbit Edge will support it too.