genius really, replace 80c worth of plastic with $6 worth of titanium; and mark up the price by a hundred for the premium-ness
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Apple Announces Thinner Apple Watch Series 10 With Bigger Screen Than Ultra
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You are the Minority by far if your glass has no scratches, just been lucky so far.
Try to find and few models old watch on ebay without scratches. It's rare.
Now compare that to sapphire without scratches and almost non existent with scratches.
I'm just looking for a GPS only version.. I have no use for any of the features specific to the cell model. If the Canadian GPS only version's 02 sensor works fine in the US I'll gladly pop over our northern border and pick up one in Montreal.
hi
i think your question is a great question.
in terms of warranty, and getting service, there were restrictions on this sort of thing, but apple has relaxed alot of the restrictions and you can generally get service internationally for most of apple's products now.
i dont know specifically for the watch if that is true or not.
however, unfortunately, in the case of the Oxygen sensor, although the watch you buy in a foreign country will have that sensor inside the case, you would still need to have an apple ID that is associated with a foreign store, or have your region set to the foreign location in order for that function to be used.
my apple ID and region are both in japan and watch bought in japan.
No more red ring on the crown to signify the cellular models? How do we identify the ballers from the peasants?
I've only ever had aluminum models, and I was set to finally buy the bullet and treat myself to a silver Stainless Steel option this year.
But now the "premium" offering is Titanium instead of Stainless Steel, and it looks like Silver is only available on the Hermés version? And it further looks like despite switching from SS to Ti, the Milanese and Link bracelets are still SS? Why are they not matching materials?
Weird decisions. Kinda bummed out, because I love Hermés but I'm not willing to pay such a premium for a a gadget I'll replace in a few years.
But now the "premium" offering is Titanium instead of Stainless Steel, and it looks like Silver is only available on the Hermés version? And it further looks like despite switching from SS to Ti, the Milanese and Link bracelets are still SS? Why are they not matching materials?
Weird decisions. Kinda bummed out, because I love Hermés but I'm not willing to pay such a premium for a a gadget I'll replace in a few years.
But no blood oxygen if you can go without that, go for it. Although I’m holding only my SS series 8
I was quietly hoping, but not expecting, that Apple would bring back titanium to the regular models. Unfortunately, I was hoping for the brushed titanium they introduced in Series 5. From the renders, the new polished titanium looks very similar to stainless steel which isn't too exciting. Will have to check them out in store.
If it’s illegal for Apple to import it into the US, would it also be illegal for you to do it? I mean I’m not a lawyer, so I don’t know.
But if Apple is as aggressive about region-locking with oximeters as it is with 3rd party app stores, it could easily detect what you’re doing and disable the oximeter.
Why can’t Apple just make a deal with Masimo already? Apple currently holds about 0.4% of all the money in the world.
Look I'm just glad that stupid "Apple Watch X" name everyone kept calling it was nowhere to be found.
I'm currently in Malaysia. Looks like the model numbers are the same as to the US but with different bands. However, the Malaysian Apple Watch has the Blood Oxygen Sensor. Would I be able to buy that here and then use the sensor capabilities in the U.S.?
I wouldn't hold my breath on that. I had the iPhone 7 jet black and the whole back of it had a cloud of tiny scratches just from DUST getting into the case!!
How is the music experience? In terms of Loudness & overall sound signature? Is it crispy, warm or balanced sound?
FaceTime is banned in UAE. People who purchase iPhone in Dubai don’t have FaceTime app on their phones. It’s not supported in that region.
Hundreds of thousands of Indians purchase iPhones from Dubai to save import duties and government taxes. It is even cheaper than US price. They simply activate iPhone in Dubai, take few photos, put it in their pockets and bring that iPhone back to India. No custom (import) officers at Indian airports can touch them.
After entering India, they just factory reset their iPhones, change the region and voila FaceTime app magically appears on their devices. And it works flawlessly in our country.
I doubt Apple ship AW S10 without that SpO2 sensor, they might be limiting that measurement through software. However we need to verify this before making a purchase.
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According to apple.com, the Ultra 2's screen size is 410 by 502 pixels (1185 sq mm display area), and the 10's screen size is 416 by 496 pixels (1220 sq mm display area). So the Ultra 2 screen size is 97% of the 10. https://www.apple.com/watch/compare/?modelList=watch-ultra-2,watch-series-10
