Apple Watch( iwatch ) release date, price, concepts and features.

The Apple Watch is the first smartwatch from the iPhone 6 manufacturer and will launch in early 2015. Apple announced the Apple Watch alongside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus at an event on 9 September, where the wearable stole the show with its innovative features. It features a custom iOS UI that offers wrist-worn app action with a press sensitive touch screen etc.

Apple Watch Release Date – When is the Apple Watch coming out?

The Apple Watch release date isn’t due until sometime in early 2015. Although the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will launch on September 19, you won’t see the Apple Watch arrive until next year. When it does go on sale, you’ll be able to choose from three model options though – each with two display sizes to complement the male and female wrists.

Features :

The standard Apple Watch model comes with a stainless steel or space black stainless steal case with the screen protected by sapphire crystal. 

Immediately you’ll notice that the Apple Watch has a custom version of iOS, with all your apps presented in small circles with the Watch app always at the centre.

• The entire UI is customizable, so you can choose how the apps are presented on the home screen and how they appear in full screen on your wrist. 
• Although the new WatchKit APIs have been released for third-party developers to get creating more apps for the Apple Watch, there’s a selection of pre-confirmed apps for Apple’s first smartwatch.
• The Calendar app will give you glanceable information as to what events you’ve got coming up in your day-to-day life or on a weekly basis. You’ll be buzzed with event reminders and calendar invites that you can reply to straight away. 
• Maps is coming to Apple Watch too. You can navigate to your destination using turn-by-turn navigation that uses haptic feedback to touch your wrist with the direction you next need to take. 
• There’s PassBook coming too, storing all your boarding passes, tickets and other data on your wrist for easy access. Of course, Apple Watch will work with the new Apple Pay system when it launches next year. 
• As with the Android Wear watches, you can control your music on your wrist or control your Apple TV or iTunes library on your Mac or PC. The Apple Watch also acts as a remote viewfinder for the iSight camera on the iPhone or iPad too. 

Apple Watch: Price

UK pricing for the Apple Watch has yet to be announced. However, during the launch event Apple did say it would retail from $350 in the US.

This equates to £220 in the UK, but we’d guess you’d be looking at something around the £300 mark rather than the direct conversion rate for the Apple Watch.

Apple Watch: Compatibility

The Apple Watch is compatible with both new iPhone models, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. But, it will also work with the iPhone 5, iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C when it is released.

It’s not clear whether you’ll need to upgrade your old iPhone 5/5S/5C to iOS 8 before it will be compatible though. We have a hunch you’ll need to make the move to Apple’s latest mobile operating system first.

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