We hope you were not planning to festoon your wrist with a titanium Apple Watch Series 6. As Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Mac Rumors notice, the titanium Apple Watch is basically unavailable by means of the corporate’s on-line shops within the US and different nations, whether or not you strive for supply or pick-up. This applies no matter your case or strap decisions.

Gurman speculated in his “Power On” e-newsletter that Apple underestimated demand. It possible made a small variety of titanium Apple Watches and stopped manufacturing “months ago” in anticipation of switching focus to Series 7, in response to Gurman, however ran out prematurely as gross sales remained comparatively robust. While we would not classify the titanium Series 6 as a runaway hit if that is true, Apple’s luxurious wristwear may need fared higher than anticipated.

Whether or not Apple gives a titanium Series 7 is unsure. The tech big has ceaselessly shaken up its Watch Edition technique, ditching its strong gold originals in favor of extra inexpensive ceramic and, finally, titanium. It may resolve that the prices of producing upscale watches would not justify the comparatively meager gross sales. There’s all the time the Hermès fashions if you wish to splurge. At the identical time, although, titanium variations do not value that rather more in apply — and so they may function halo watches that appeal to standard watch fanatics in addition to the rich.