[addabox]

Heh, I came over to post that.

I think he's right about the gold watch, although I hope the stainless steel is a little more in reach. I don't see why stainless steel over aluminum needs to add $600 to the price.

But gold, given the price per ounce and the amount most likely in that case? Yeah, that's thousands right there.

I like his idea about trade-ins or updates, though. It's hard to imagine dropping 5 large on a watch that's going to be obsolete in 4 years. But if you could get a substantial discount on the next one? Or update for even less? And then after you swap out the internals a few times you get the new case, as well, because at that point it's considerable thinner.

I was also intrigued by his take on functionally. That there's far more to this puppy than has been revealed, further distinguishing it from Android's phone accessory model. We'll see, but I bet he's right.

I bet he's also right about a new "Apple of things"-- that they're ready to enter an era where they built out an Apple ecosystem that puts Apple computing smarts and Apple interoperability into all kinds of stuff. Should be a fun ride.

But one thing he's for damn sure right about: the tech press will squeal like stuck pigs when they reveal the pricing. They can only understand this in terms of competition with Android. Costs a shit load more than Android, fail. That's as far as they can see. We'll see.