Given his unabashed love for “Jony Ives” (sic) and his status as the “next Steve Jobs,” it was only ever going to be a limited amount of time before Kanye West got his hands on a gold Apple Watch.
What may be slightly more of a surprise is that he didn’t just get the regular 18-karat Apple Watch Edition Apple has handed out to seemingly every celebrity who knocks on its doors, but rather the all-gold custom band unavailable to customers, which only Beyonce and Karl Lagerfeld have been spotted wearing so far.
West was spotted last week wearing the Watch at a Louis Vuitton cruise show in Palm Springs, and has also worn it for both an appearance at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a performance during the Cavaliers vs. Bulls game four of the NBA Playoffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0V0V8UKv3M
Perhaps Tim Cook swapped it for a bit of advice on how to run Apple…
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
7 responses to “I ain’t saying he’s a gold-digger, but Kanye already has an Apple Watch Edition”
This makes me want it even less
Its loose change for the celebs. The watch edition is not for the low or middle class. Its a shame they don’t have a gold one like the iPhones Gold color.
Hmm. It looks pretty nice. He has been wearing it, and it looks nice with his outfits.
It is most likely Beyonce’s watch since she has already been photographed with it and met her obligation. The pimp gotta get his cut you know.
Looks cheesy to me. I’d rather have the sports one.
OMG someone sort of famous wears a given to apple watch wow you can be like them
I wonder if it has Tidal or Apple Music on it. LMAO