Along with a slew of
new collections for the
Apple Watch ****** 1 and ****** 2,
Apple today introduced new first-party bands into its pre-existing band categories, including ones for the
Sport Band, Woven Nylon, and
Classic Buckle. Elsewhere,
Apple has decided to minimize colorways for bands like Modern
Buckle and Leather Loop, but it's kept the same silver and space black options for the Milanese Loop and Link Bracelet.
We'll go through each first-party band available for purchase below, with an emphasis on the new
Colors available to purchase on
Apple's website.
Sport Band
New to the
Sport Band line are four colors: Pink Sand, Ocean Blue, Cocoa, and Concrete. The high-performance fluoroelastomer band has a few traditional
Colors carried over from the
Apple Watch's previous iteration, including: White, Midnight Blue, Yellow, Light Pink, Mint, Black with Space Black Pin, Turquoise, and Product Red.
For
Sport Bands, the only discrepancy between
38mm and
42mm case sizes is Royal Blue, which is available only for 38mm. As usual, each
Sport Band is available for $49.00, and some of the older
Colors are still facing availability issues, which have been
propagating online since the summer.
Woven Nylon
There are five new
Colors in
Woven Nylon users can choose from: Light Pink/Midnight Blue, Yellow/Light Gray, Space Orange/Anthracite, Toasted Coffee/Caramel, and Navy/Tahoe Blue.
Apple Watch fans can expect to see a few old
Woven Nylon
Colors still available in the store: Pearl, Gold/Red, Pink, Royal Blue, Scuba Blue, and Black.
Similar to the
Sport Band, there's a small difference between the
Woven Nylon options available to
38mm and
42mm Apple Watch owners, with Gold/Royal Blue sold only in 38mm. Otherwise, the two sizes have the same colors. Each band is available for $49.00, and a few of the older
Colors are facing the same "sold out" or "currently unavailable" labels as the
Sport Bands.
Classic Buckle
In the higher-quality $149.00
Classic Buckle, a new color option comes in the sole form of Sea Blue. Otherwise, in
38mm users can choose from the expected options of Saddle Brown, Midnight Blue, Black, and Red, while
42mm owners get the added options of White and Marigold.
Modern Buckle, Leather Loop, Milanese Loop, and Link Bracelet
In the rest of the bands,
Apple has paired down options to only a few
Colors without introducing any new alternatives for buyers. Modern
Buckle has the most with four options of Midnight Blue, Black, Marigold, and Red. The other three have only two: ***** Gray and Midnight Blue for Leather Loop, and Silver and Space Black for both Milanese Loop and Link Bracelet.
Apple has also kept the same pricing scheme on each of these bands, so Leather Loop and Milanese Loop run for $149.00, Modern
Buckle runs for $249.00, and Link Bracelet is priced highest at $449.00.
Anyone interested in the new bands can order them from
Apple's website, with the fastest shipping options coming in as soon as Friday, the same day that pre-orders begin for both
Apple Watch ****** 2 and
iPhone 7.
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