Apple is planning to jump on board the fashion trends for the 2016 Olympic Games with a lineup of special edition Apple Watch bands representing the flags of fourteen of the major countries who will be participating in the Games. A new report in GQ reveals that the new limited-edition nylon bands will be sold exclusively at the Apple Store, VillageMall in Barra da Tijuca for $49 beginning in early August, and will include bands for the U.S.A., Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, and The Netherlands.
Ready for rio ! pic.twitter.com/p8PKJ3o5Fs — IamTrayvonBromell (@TrayvonBromell) July 21, 2016
The report also notes that at least one athlete, Trayvon Bromell of Team USA, has already managed to obtain one of the straps early, and has been seen training with it in recent days and even tweeted it out in a photo.