Some people have claimed that the Apple Watch is the most personal device bearing the Apple name. This probably comes from the fact that the watch is available from a fairly affordable $349 and is highly customizable in terms of the choice of wrist band. The wrist band is the most noticeable feature of the watch and will be the first thing that most customers will desire to be customized to reflect their unique taste and preference. The choice of Apple watch bands include the more traditional leather, the classic steel alongside a of variety synthetic materials. Furthermore, the bands will feature a wide array of one-time prints which will ensure no two wrist bands will look exactly alike. The mechanism use for locking the watch onto the hands will include the traditional buckle, the link bracelet, a leather loop, a modern buckle and a Milanese loop. Below is a look at some possible Apple watch bands.
1. Reversible wrist band
Most people have had the chance to own a piece of clothing that was reversible giving the appearance of owning two distinct items of clothing. Having a wrist band that has this same characteristic will be great in that one will have purchased two wrist bands for the price of one. Some cool color combinations would be green and blue, yellow and pink, black and red and so forth. As long as the colors contrast or complement each other, the reversible wrist band will be a hit.
2. Fabric themed wrist band
Ladies will probably desire a wrist band to match with particular pieces in their wardrobe. This is what will spur on the creation of wrist watches with fabric themes. Men will also want a strap that matches with a shirt or jacket. Almost at the same instant the watch is unveiled, numerous third party designers will make available wrist bands depicting any number of fabric themes. The most popular fabric themed wrist bands will be the plaid print wrist bands.
3. Branded wrist band
The wrist band will become an ideal platform for marketing which will see any number sports brands, hotels, cafés and a host of other companies coming into the market with their own branded wrist bands. Branded wrist bands will definitely be one of the most popular Apple watch wrist bands.
4. Novel wrist band
Novel wrist bands will also find a substantial niche in the market primarily due to their uniqueness and ability to express individualism. Most of the offerings will be from the numerous Apple product third party designers. A popular novel wrist band would be a glow in the dark wrist band, an OLED display fitted wrist band, colorless wrist band and so forth.
5. Solar panel wrist band
Renewable energy is definitely the way of the future and with the accelerating development in solar cell construction; it is just a matter of time before the flexible solar panel wrist bands are introduced. Current solar cell manufacturing technology is able to produce flexible solar cell with much higher solar energy conversion that earlier solar cells. At current efficiencies at almost 50% the emergence of super-efficient solar cells on wrist bands is just around the corner.