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40mm vs 44mm, my take
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I have a 42mm now which is a great size so I'm going with the 44mm. I expect it to be about the same size physically since it can use the same bands. I wouldn't mind it being a little larger though since it's still such a small device.
In spite of all the changes Apple made, if they could have made it thinner or bigger, I would have taken bigger. I really don't have a problem with the thickness of the Apple Watch, especially considering the amount of technology that it includes what the health sensors, battery, haptic engine, etc. It's really not that big of a watch. If you compare the Apple Watch to some of the competition on the market with other tech watches, the Apple Watch is a fairly small watch in terms of thickness.
print the comparison and cut that out to wear.
that said, only by wearing both would u see which offers you better viewing and scale.
Oh man. I skipped the S4 since I bought the XS Max. But I know darn well when I see this 44mm in person, I will drool and will have to buy it ASAP! Just looking at those Hands On videos, they are beautiful!
I decided it wasn’t fair to either of them just to buy one, so I got the Max and S4. Friday is basically my Christmas.
My take:
https://imgur.com/a/MwagjJg - wrist size 165mm.
PS: The images and videos don't show the watch sizes properly. The watches are way smaller IRL. If you can't wait to see the S4 in the stores, go see the S3. If you like the 42mm, you will be okay with the 44mm too.
https://imgur.com/a/MwagjJg - wrist size 165mm.
PS: The images and videos don't show the watch sizes properly. The watches are way smaller IRL. If you can't wait to see the S4 in the stores, go see the S3. If you like the 42mm, you will be okay with the 44mm too.
I think there’s a bit of an optical illusion going on with those comparison photos
I have seen it stated in multiple places that the size increase is from 42.5mm to 44mm that is a very negliagble change in size no matter what way you look at it.
I just got a digital micrometer out at work and can confirm the case size is actually 42.5mm on the series 2.
It’s 1.5mm which is pretty much nothing. If you’re North American that’s 0.0591”.
apart from some photos which I’m not even sure are 100% to scale there’s nothing to suggest the S4 will be any more than 2mm taller.
Why isn't this done on AR? Missed an opportunity here.
Here’s a fun fact ... apple advertised the Series 0-2 as being 10.5mm thick. But when their accessory schematics came out, it was revealed that the marketing measurement didn’t include the bottom of the watch containing the sensors.
Turns out the actual thickness from top to bottom is 12.46mm.
I have not seen the schematics from the Series 3 or 4 so it will be interesting to see whether they are reporting the full dimensions.
That said, the rounded portion of the base sinks into the skin somewhat so doesn’t necessarily impact the thickness directly. However, I think he problem is the perception given by the rounded design which makes the watch appear larger and more bulbous than it really is when sitting on a wrist.
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They could have. Here’s a cross section of how the huawei 42mm Watch released the same year as the Apple Watch stacks up — essentially a thinner bezel, and a wider active display area. The graphic shows that compared to the 42mm huawei, Apple still had room to increase the active display area (rust band).
That said we don’t really know what their other considerations were. The Huawei certainly is larger in many other ways, though surprisingly actual thickness wasn’t one of them.
Battery life was certainly a consideration, but consider the 42mm already had longer battery life than the 38, since the case was much bigger than the 38mm case and they could put a bigger battery in there. It’s hard to imagine that this marginal increase in active display area demanded a significantly larger battery in the case of the 38mm, which only has the active display area of the former 42mm. That said, it does have a more powerful processor — maybe less efficient as well? Either way, given the 42mm already had a larger battery, hard to see the need to increase the case size at all — but then the active display area might not have been as much.
Regardless, they now have a larger case to give them more room to add more features in the future, just like they did when they removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7.
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Not possible. How Would you encompass to change with the larger battery then, obviously the casing will expand if that’s what they are including.
It according to the marketing specs.
The problem is the so-called 42mm is really 42.5mm and the 44mm is listed at 44mm. So depending on how you round the numbers it’s actually 1.5mm, or 2mm by marketing size. Either way it’s negligible. Hard to see how 1.5mm would make a bit of difference to battery size.