The sales have been there…but sporadic. I seem to recall the AW7 45mm (GPS) in green was going for like $270 in the past couple of months (Amazon or Walmart). Just in the past couple of weeks Walmart has had the 45mm S7 (GPS) for $300. November and Black Friday/Cyber Monday are coming soon
Like new S7 product red £140 cheaper than the S8 too on Amazon. I am tempted just considering if my blue leather band will go with it.
Think carefully. I had the last two product Red AW’s (6 & 7). Loved them both! Sure you can wear any color band with the watch, but realistically the red watch is very limiting in band selections. I have the red braided loop and had the charcoal braided loop (from 2021)….both looked awesome IMO
. I’ve pasted the S6 with the charcoal below. Also the red sport bands look great.
This is the way.
I just noticed the 8 is on sale at Walmart for $50 off. I picked up a series 7 the other day for $120 off at target. I’m upgrading from a series 5, decided the deal was too good to pass up and using Apple trade in to trade in my 5 for a gift card, so it isn’t costing me much to upgrade. Less than $250 to upgrade.
If you have a Series 7 and are looking to jump to a Series 8, the upgrade won't be as noticeable.
just curious!,Does the BT 5.3 help in anyway? as i have the 14pm and airpods pro 2nd gen.
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hmm i see,thanks for the clarifying it for me! ill probably decide to go for the S7 for my first apple watch instead of the S8 then.Potentially. It enables new features that the devices may choose to use.
- Bluetooth 5.0: In mid-2016 came the great revolution, a new step forward that doubled the transfer rate, quadrupled the range, continued with low consumption designed for the IoT, and allowed a greater amount of data in each transferred message. In terms of numbers, the transfer rate was up to 50 Mb/s, and the range was up to 240 meters.
- Bluetooth 5.1: The new version that arrived in 2019 revolved around location, allowing devices to know the location of other devices to which they are connected within centimeters. It will also be able to identify the direction from which a signal it is searching for is coming.
- Bluetooth 5.2, also known as Bluetooth LE Audio: This is a standard released in the early 2020s that improves sound quality and energy efficiency in all devices that connect for audio functions. It uses a new codec, the Low Complexity Communication Codec (LC3), which can more efficiently compress and decompress the data being transmitted, and allows audio to be transferred to multiple devices at the same time.
- Bluetooth 5.3: Announced in July 2021, although it has not become available until May 2022. This version offers lower consumption when used, less interference in connections, better security in connections, and better quality at all times, depending on the bandwidth required. Small details for further refinement.
So BT 5.3 has a lower power mode available, and 5.2 has LE Audio, but it's not clear if Apple chooses to use those features.
So potentially it's better, but in practice I'm really not sure.
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I wonder if this is the reason my old AirPods 2 sounds better when connected to my new iPhone 14 Pro. It really surprised me that a 3 years old pods can sound better just because the phone is new.
Goes for S7 to get more bang for your buck but be careful about battery health. Focus on that for purchase. If you go for Apple refurbished you will get a 100% battery health which is ideal but the discount may not be much. On the other hand buying from second hand market will give you good discount but battery health may not be great.
Wow I didn’t look at it that way but after reading your comment, it all makes a lot more sense.
