Apple Watch not launching until Spring 2015, says retail chie
据苹果首席设计师此前透露，AppleWatch手表将会包含非常炫酷的无声闹钟功能。到底苹果这款全新产品何时才上市发售?外媒最新消息表示，苹果零售和在线商店高级副总裁安杰拉·阿伦茨在部署工作视频当中透露，AppleWatch手表确实会在明年春天上开卖,起价349美元。
The much-hyped Apple Watch won't launch until Spring 2015, according to atranscript of an internal video featuring the company's retail chief, AngelaAhrendts, that was leaked to 9to5Mac. The new, slightly more precise timeline isstill in line with Apple's original statement at the Watch announcement of"early next year" starting at US $349, but now indicates that the device won'tbe coming anytime in the winter months.
In fact, the transcript obtained by 9to5 Mac reveals that Apple's newwearable won't be available until sometime after Chinese New Year, which is onThursday, February 19th, 2015. The transcript is just an excerpt from a longerinternal video Ahrendts made to rally retail employees ahead of the 2014 holidayseason. Ahrendts, who joined Apple in October 2013 in the difficultrole ofsenior vice president of retail and online stores, was previously CEO ofBurberry. Many in the media speculated Ahrendts was hired in part because herexperience leading a luxury fashion brand would be useful for the launch of anApple Watch. Now it seems her time to show that experience is almost athand.