Apple has unveiled its new watch device, one of the company’s most highly-anticipated releases ever.
The watch will come in three models. The Sport model costs $499. The most expensive version, the Edition, has solid gold pieces and will start at $14,000.
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Here’s a breakdown of the watch models and prices, available April 24.
Apple Watch Sport
* Made of aluminum
* Priced from $499 to $579.
Apple Watch
* Made of stainless steel
*Priced from $799 to $1,629.
Apple Watch Edition
* Cases are made from 18K solid gold
* Bands and buckles are also made from solid gold
* Priced from $14,000 and available in only some stores.
* Pre-orders begin on April 10.
All prices include GST.
The Apple Watch, which the company debuted overnight at its keynote event in San Francisco, is going to be a notification machine.
The watch will be accurate to within 50 milliseconds and come with a fully customizable watch face. A new feature called Glances allows you to check the apps and contacts you look at most often, quickly and efficiently.
Using the watch, users can receive messages to your wrist and even make calls on your watch. "I have wanted to do this since I was 5 years old," said Cook.
Users will be able to double tap the screen to bring up apps like Apple Pay and Passbook. It will be easily integrated with apps like Uber, allowing users to dial up and hail a ride straight from the watch face.
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* Users can add the details they like to the watch face — like universal time, appointments and the style of clock.
* Swiping up from the bottom lets you do things like control music, see the weather, and check your heart rate.
* An engine alerts you by tapping your wrist when you get a message.
* There's a built in microphone that lets users receive calls on your watch.
* There's full email capability.
* There's user-to-user charing. If you tap your watch — a friend will feel the tap. Or users can draw images and friends will see them in real time.
* The watch will tell users if they've been sitting too long and suggest activity.
Apple Watch’s battery will last “all day”.
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Reporting by Brendan Klinkenberg and Charlie Warzel in San Francisco.