Nike+ Bands and Models
Let’s start with the obvious. If you’ve seen the Apple Watch Nike+ you know that the bands are different than regular Apple Watch bands. They’re essentially just sport bands, but with stylistic perforations in them so they breathe a little better around your wrist. Two out of four also feature Nike’s signature volt yellow color. The Nike+ models are available in four color combinations: black/volt, black/cool gray, silver/volt and silver/white. The bands with black in them come with a space gray aluminum Apple Watch and the bands with silver come with a silver one. They’re all available in either 38 mm or 42 mm sizes for $369 and $399 respectively. The Apple Watch Nike+ is not available in Series 1 either. The bands and branding only come alongside Series 2, which adds swim-proof casing, a brighter display and GPS.
Nike+ Watch Faces
In addition to the bands, the Apple Watch Nike+ comes with several exclusive watch faces. The most notable is the one you see in product images with Nike’s big bold font displaying the digital clock, plus customizable complications on the left and bottom. There are other options though, some with a traditional analog clock too. These watch faces also feature one new signature color option: volt yellow. When you’re customizing your watch face to pick a color, the Apple Watch Nike+ lets you choose volt (separately from regular yellow) to match the Nike branding. Both the watch faces and the volt color option for them are not available on other Apple Watches. These are two features exclusive to your Apple Watch Nike+ purchase.
Nike+ Run Club
Nike+ Run Club is an Apple Watch app that lets you time and track your runs plus compete against friends to achieve goals. The app sends motivational reminders about the weather or your friends’ progress to get up and get going. It uses the Apple Watch’s GPS to track where you ran and draws out a map of your run. Nike+ Run Club also takes advantage of the iOS/watchOS Health app and built-in heart rate monitor to record your health data. The Nike+ Run Club is also available as an iPhone app and an iMessage app. Therefore, it’s available on all Apple devices and not just exclusive to the Apple Watch Nike+. While it’s also not preloaded, Apple Watch Nike+ buyers do get a special prompt while setting up their new Watch to install the Run Club app right away. In summary, the only exclusive features of the Apple Watch Nike+ are the bands, watch faces, and on-screen volt yellow color. It shares all other features with the Apple Watch Series 2. Run Club is available for any Apple Watch.
