You'll be able to rent an Apple Watch -- but should you?

CNN Money ^ | 04/14/2015

[SeekAndFind]

Everything from jewelry and watches, to toys and clothing can now be rented.

It's a growing service model catered to people who want to keep up with trends, and those who love an automated buy-and-return shopping process.

Come June or July, these consumers will be able to add another just-want-it-for-a-little-while product to their lists -- the Apple (AAPL, Tech30) Watch.

[WayneS]

No. No you shouldn’t.

[freedumb2003]

Coming next year: The iWatch 6

[Flick Lives]

iWatch 6. It’s bigger, yo!

[UCANSEE2]

I’ll just be sitting back and waiting for all the faddies to buy the Apple Watch, and simultaneously complain about the ‘loss of privacy’ in our nation.

[Swordmaker]

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Apple Watch for Rent Ping!

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[Star Traveler]

That disappeared last century ... LOL ...

[Star Traveler]

Only rent products in very special circumstances ... and not as the normal course of business for yourself.

[Vendome]

Still trying to justify why Apple Watch is important and why I would want another friggin device.

I understand that it now works independent of your phone for SMS/txt but, who cares?

That said, a friend receives his on the 24th and I’m sure I’ll hear about it ad nauseum...

[Gator113]

Make it $150 for 12 months and FIRE TIM COOK, then I might think about it.

I don’t need a watch, but I like tech gadgets. I retired at age 53 and took my watch off on that very day....that was 13 years ago. ;>)

....and FIRE TIM COOK

....and FIRE TIM COOK

[hinckley buzzard]

Should you?

Why would you?

[WKUHilltopper]

Rent one? Why in the hell would you even buy one?

[Yossarian]

I found myself in a place with an Apple Store, with some time to kill, so I tried on a couple different 42mm AppleWatches: From the middle-of the pack price line I tried the silver metal link one ($1100) and the blue leather strap one ($700), and from the lowest-cost versions I tried the space-grey with black strap one ($400).

Yossarian finds the Apple Watch not bulky. Note: I have skinny wrists

While the metal link bank in person looks far better than it does in pictures (each link is precisely shaped, edged, and polished), the blue leather band felt very comfortable to wear. It certainly has some kind of premium over the $400 Apple Sport watch, but I don't think it is a $300 premium. More like $125 to $160.

I might pick up one for development purposes. If Tim Cook wasn't such a political @$$h013, it would be far easier to spring for the blue leather.

[SunkenCiv]

in the interest of disclosure, I use a 20 year old Mac every day, along with the stuff I *have* to use at work, but BTW, I have no interest in owning a so-called smart phone (possibly in the same way I used to have no interest in owning a cell phone), and the Apple Watch appears to me to be a solution in search of a problem, appealing to the Koolaid drinkers. The incoherent, inchoate animus directed to Apple -- allegedly for reasons that apply at least as strongly to all other brands -- remains both distasteful and a puzzle.

• The Apple Watch Launch is a Brand-damaging Botch Job
• Lots of Apple Watch Listings on eBay Are Attracting Zero Bids

big glass of reality:

• The Apple Watch is Already Wiping the Floor with the Entire Smartwatch Market
• Apple sells nearly 1 million Apple Watches on first day: report
• Product Reviews are Broken (referring to Apple Watch reviews)
• The Apple Watch was 'largely sold out' in just 10 minutes
• The $20,000 gold Apple Watch Edition sold out in China in less than an hour
• Strong turnout for world's first glimpse at Apple Watch
• Live Thread on Apple Watch: Apple Watch Pre-sales sell out in under ten minutes
• Apple Watch Review: The Smartwatch Finally Makes Sense. The future on your wrist, even with flaws.
• I've been using a smartwatch for months and the Apple Watch makes mine look like garbage
• Apple exec Eddy Cue explains Apple Pay on the Apple Watch
• Apple Watch will replace your car keys, says Tim Cook
• Tim Cook Says Apple Watch Could Replace Your Car Keys, And That's Just The Start

Samsung circling the drain:

• Samsung Galaxy S6 Review: The iPhone 6 Has Met Its Match
• [and yet...] Apple beats Samsung to become world's No. 1 smartphone maker
• iOS grows to 73% enterprise share in Q4 2014, Android drops to 25%, and Windows Phone stays flat
• [iPhone 6 profitably sold at $249, and yet...] Apple Took 89% Of Q4 Smartphone Profits With Android OEMs In A Race To The Bottom

haters gonna hate:

• Apple Products are Inferior to Android.
• Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings [illegal immigration topic]

this was the most intriguing announcment in the recent big reveal from Apple (when I work, I work in health care):

• IBM Announces Deals With Apple, Johnson And Johnson, And Medtronic In Bid To Transform Health Care
• Apple announces ResearchKit for medical researchers, tapping into iPhone & HealthKit

and here's some good news for all you LINOs (Libertarians in Name Only) out there:

• [Vermont Socialist Bernie] Sanders blasts U.S Corporations for Dodging Taxes

and bravo!

• Forget the Apple Watch -- here's the Apple II Watch