Apple may have debuted their new product line, the Apple Watch, but they're keeping its release date a secret. Although the item's stats and price levels have been revealed, the exact date you can receive the product is still a mystery. We can tell you that you can't own one of the wearable timepieces until after Christmas, but that hasn't deterred BuzzFeed from buying the product for all of their employees.
Were you planning on buying the Apple Watch for a Christmas gift?
Well, you are unfortunately out of luck. The product won't even begin shipping until sometime next year.
Analysts were predicting that the product might be available mid-January, but that theory has been shot down. According to MacWorld UK, customers won't be able to purchase the product until sometime after February, 19:
"The Apple Watch's release date is still under wraps, but now we know that January and February are out of the running for the time frame Apple has teased...Angela Ahrendts, the company's senior VP of retail and online stores, told employees in video remarks that the watch launch will happen after Chinese New year on 19 February."
The sales, as industry insiders predict, are likely to be staggering.
After all, BuzzFeed alone will be purchasing nearly 1,000 of the devices, which mark Apple's first true product launch since the iPad.
According to Business Insider, BuzzFeed is ordering every member of its staff a brand new Apple Watch, in an effort to thank them for getting nearly 1 billion video views in a month:
"All 700+ BuzzFeed staffers will get a free Apple Watch when the product launches next year...The gizmo is a reward for hitting traffic goals set by BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti last month. Those goals included reaching 200 million unique visitors and 750 million video views in a single month."
What do you think about the latest news? Were you hoping to get an Apple Watch sooner? Did the company make a mistake in not keeping with their iBranding?
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