Top Apple Watch will cost $24,000 in Australia, the same as a house or all Apple devices combined

APPLE’S top smartwatch will cost a record-breaking $24,000 when it reaches Australia in April. Here are 10 things you could buy instead.

APPLE’S smartwatch will land in Australia next month, delivering fitness tracking, customisable watchfaces, voice controls, and the ability to answer calls from your wrist.

But the Apple Watch’s price has not impressed all technology pundits, with the smartwatch starting at $499 and reaching as much as $24,000 for the top model.

Before the Apple accepts pre-orders in Australia on April 10, here are 10 things you could buy with that $24,000 instead.

1. All of Apple’s other products ... with change

Two boxed Apple iPhone 6 phones are just the start of what you could buy in lieu of a top Apple Watch.

You could buy one top model Apple Watch Edition, or you could buy one of every device Apple currently makes and have $2574 left over to accessorise your tech haul. Your $21,426 would buy you an Apple iMac with 5K Retina Screen, regular iMac, Mac Pro, Mac Mini, a MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5S and 5C, iPads Air and Air 2, Mini, Mini 2, Mini 3, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, and an iPod Shuffle. You would need a trolley. Perhaps two.

2. A three-bedroom home

You could unlock a new house for the same price as a top Apple smartwatch.

It may not be as sophisticated as an Apple device, but $20,000 will buy you a three-bedroom house in Cunnamulla, southwest Queensland. The lowset fibro house features a front deck, and window screens. You may need to use the spare $4000 to remodel the kitchen and add a seat to the toilet, however.

3. Two Rolex watches

Yes, this smartwatch may smart more than a luxury timepiece. A Rolex Submariner men’s watch will set you back a little over $11,400 in Australia, so you could buy one for each wrist in place of one top model Apple Watch.

4. A brand new Volkswagen

A new Volkswagen Golf 90TSI.

You can buy a small watch or a small car with $24,000. Volkswagen will let you drive a brand new, never-been-driven Golf 90TSI off its lot, all government duties paid, for $22,990. That will leave you plenty of cash for a more modest Apple Watch or some fancy driving gloves.

5. Two Segways

If a new car is too boring, you could opt for the geekiest form of transport and buy two Segway personal transport devices with your cash. Two X2 basic models will set you back just $21,798, so you can ride beside someone and let them answer the questions that inevitably follow you around the footpaths of Australia.

6. A TV too big for your lounge room

Customers check out Japanese electronics giant Sony's Bravia brand LCD TVs.

You’re going to want to sit back from this TV. No, further back. Further back still. Sony’s top model television offers a 4K resolution over 85 inches of television. That’s 2.15m measured diagonally. The smart TV with built-in wi-fi will cost you just a dollar short of $20,000, leaving $4000 to spend on surround-sound speakers.

7. A personal assistant for six months

You could look at your Apple smartwatch for updates or you could ask someone else to just follow you around, reading text messages to you directly. A mid-career personal assistant in Sydney would set you back just under $22,000 for half a year, including salary and bonuses.

8. One first-class around-the-world airfare

First class dining on a Qantas A380 flight.

Forgo Apple’s top watch and you could literally see the world. A Qantas round-the-world ticket, sitting at the pointy end of the plane, will set you back just over $22,000 and send you to Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Miami and Santiago. Make sure to order the wine.

9. 41 child sponsorships

World Vision child sponsorships cost $576 yearly.

If you were feeling charitable, you could give up the shiny piece of Apple technology to sponsor 41 children through World Vision for an entire year. The sponsorship would help kids like four-year-old Neli Gabriela from Guatemala and her community. Alternatively, you could sponsor 40 children through the charity and buy this $949 Apple Watch.

10. 45 iPhones

The iPhone 5C is Apple's cheapest phone. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Rather than buy a top Apple smartwatch, you could buy 45 of your nearest and dearest an iPhone of their own. Alternatively, you could use a different iPhone every day of the month, with spares to cover accidents. Even if you preferred the latest iPhone model, you could buy 24 handsets and, side-by-side, they would stretch to 1.86m, or longer than the average length of two arms.