“Apple Watch comes with a choice of watch case, band and size — there are 54 possible configurations in all,” Anick Jesdanun reports for The Associated Press.
“Most models come in two sizes, 38 millimeters and 42 millimeters,” Jesdanun reports. “The larger one costs $50 more in most cases. For a few of the bands, only one size is available.”
“Apple is also selling bands separately for those who like to swap designs. Prices range from $49 for the basic sport band to $449 for a link bracelet,” Jesdanun reports. “To help you choose, Apple has plenty of videos on its website and Apple Store and Apple Watch apps. The Apple Store app also has sizing guides, images of the watch cases in actual size and animation of buckles and clasps, which you can open and close by pinching in and out.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Our preferred combination (42mm Silver Aluminum Case with Black Sport Band) is not among those offered in Apple’s canned preorder configurations, so – in the interest of speed during preordering – we might have to buy the correct Watch case and size and hope we can quickly change the bands during the preorder process. If not, we’ll have to purchase the bands separately and change it out later. We’re loathe to risk slowing down the process during preordering, so we’d do that later after locking in our Watch preorders.
In a chat with an Apple Specialist, we were told: “I would recommend bookmarking the Apple Watch model of your choice so you can easily jump to it during the preorder. If you can switch the bands to different combinations than currently shown, it would be available on the preorder.”