The weird thing about all the promotional videos for the Apple Watch is how perfect the hand models are. The people wearing the watches look like citizens from Logan’s Run: fresh and young and perfect.
What you won’t see is a parade of hairy arms.
But now that the Apple Watch is out in the wild, that’s exactly what you get on Instagram. These pictures tell the real story.
Just to be clear: These are real people, guys like us mostly, wearing real Apple Watches in the wild. They look nothing like the hairless creatures you’ll see in Apple’s airbrushed marketing materials.
Hairy
Hairier
My new gadget #Apple #applewatch #gadget A photo posted by David Sultan (@davidvsultan) on
Hairiest
Why yes you can enjoy The MIXX w/ the #AppleWatch #Apple #iOS @Tunein A photo posted by Jack Stiefel (@jackstiefel) on
When hairy met pasty
Hairier and pastier
And it begins… #fanboy #cantwaitforwelkertogivemeahardtime #applewatch A photo posted by Brandon Laterveer (@blaterveer) on
Lycanthrope
Yep, got it #applewatch ⌚️ A photo posted by Tashfiq Salam (@aerofiki) on
Shaven monkey
Sent my CIO a video message. He sent me this. #AppleWatch A photo posted by Chris Dancy (@chrisdancy) on
Happy Follicle Day!
#VSCOcam Happy Friday! (been a busy day so it took me a while to post this) #applewatch A photo posted by Pramit Nairi (@pramitnairi) on
Time to wax your arms!
Delayed at airport, been sitting an hour and Apple Watch scolded me and is giving me orders. #technology #skynet #applewatch A photo posted by Ryan Delaney (@rdelaneynola) on
Stainless steel. Sapphire crystal. Hairy arms.
I love this watch. #apple #applewatch A photo posted by Andrew McDonald (@akd.mcdonald) on
The caption says it all
I’ll add to the arm hair pictures filling up my Twitter feed today. #applewatch A photo posted by Craig McClellan (@craigmcclellan) on
You know what’s cool? Hairless arms
So, the new #AppleWatch is actually pretty cool. A photo posted by Daniell Robertson (@doubleldaniell) on
The hair’s about to grow over the screen
I got my Apple Watch! #applewatch #apple #mntwins A photo posted by Tim Samuelson (@timsamuelson) on
Growing over the screen and the band
It’s here! #applewatch A photo posted by Jake Sumner (@jakesumner) on
That Milanese loop is gonna yank out some hair
Got it good job #applewatch #apple #tech #timcook #like4like #like4follow #likeforlike #likeforfollow A photo posted by Aleksandar Stanojevic (@aleksa_stanojevic) on
Not hairy, but not brand-friendly either
Oh hello #applewatch #apple A photo posted by Antoine Spignardo (@anttmann) on
And the obligatory cat photo: the hairiest of all
annabel is sporting the apple watch with milanese loop A photo posted by #catbreading (@catbreading) on
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13 responses to “Things get hairy when Apple Watch appears in the wild”
Well, they are hand models for a reason I guess
Look at all these casuals with their Sport and Watch versions. *pfffft* Edition or nothing, you plebs!
/s
Ha ha – even funnier was the original of this post which Leander appeared to have written after one to many “ales”…
Will the Apple Watch make you thin and attractive?
Yeah, if you believe the advertising. Model Christy Thurlington is the perfect hand model: she runs marathins for mother’s in Africa!
Even the hand models in Apple’s Youtube guided tours are perfect. They are thina nd hairless, just as if they;re forsh from the clonong vat in Logan’s Run.
But now that the Watch is out in the wild, numerous photos on Instagram tell the real story:
No this actual post – it got 404d for a bit and then reappeared as it is now
Yeah I saw that – it was weird, I thought he may have been a bit tipsy when he wrote that!
I think he was a bit more than tipsy – I think us Englishmen might politely describe it as “bladdered” (that’s very drunk for the rest of you) :)
Haha! Exactly. I often wonder why we have so many different terms for “drunk”. It’s so we can describe the level of intoxication of people with perfect accuracy!
It says right in the manual on the 1st page, shave your wrist for a full experience.
Or wax
Just not for the cat.
Tattoo not brand-friendly? I remember a time when this sorta thing was Apple’s image, being the brand for everyone who’s different. The rebels, the troublemakers. I guess these days are over.
Find some women, people, but they still got hairs anyway!
That watch is FUGLY.