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Title: China's wealthy expected to crave the Apple Watch Post by: HCK on March 11, 2015, 09:00:16 am China's wealthy expected to crave the Apple Watch
<article> <section class="page"> <p> The Apple Watch’s high price—up to $17,000—probably won’t stop Chinese users from buying it, according to analysts, who expect the country’s rich to embrace the product.</p><p> China will be among the first markets to receive the device when it goes on sale on April 24. The Apple Watch will come in three different versions (http://www.macworld.com/article/2894513/apple-watch-starts-at-349-for-38mm-sport-while-gold-edition-model-costs-10k.html), with prices starting at $349 for the Sports model and rising to $10,000 for the 18-karat gold editions—or up to $17,000, depending on the strap.</p><p> “The gold edition of the Apple Watch is likely to do well in China, where the well-heeled market will grab the available units as a status symbol to own one,” said Kenneth Liew, an analyst with research firm IDC.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2894872/chinas-wealthy-expected-to-crave-the-apple-watch.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: China's wealthy expected to crave the Apple Watch (http://www.macworld.com/article/2894872/chinas-wealthy-expected-to-crave-the-apple-watch.html#tk.rss_all) |