I wish it was waterproof, which would have made this watch useful for me when I'm in the pool. One of the first Apple products I won't be buying...
That's a sapphire crystal display, but it's not an Apple Watch sapphire crystal display.
earlier this week got its hands on a sapphire crystal Apple Watch display cover
The hammer bit made me laugh.
The reason a hammer exists as a tool is because it consists of a heavy weight on the end of a long handle, so, using momentum you can obtain a lot of force onto a small area using a swinging motion.
If you are going to tap a hammer onto something what does that prove?
That it's hammer proof, or that you can just use a hammer lightly.
Hey, you know what.....
The windows in my house must be made from Sapphire as I can hit them with a hammer lightly and they don't break either![]()
I'm still getting the Sport. I figure I'll get a new Apple Watch in a year or two. If the Sport's screen gets scratched up like crazy, maybe next time I'll go sapphire.
I wish it was waterproof, which would have made this watch useful for me when I'm in the pool. One of the first Apple products I won't be buying...
Apple Watch is rated at IPX7 which withstands immersion under 1 meter of water for up to 30 minutes. That might not be "waterproof" to some users but I wouldn't worry about briefly jumping in the pool either.
I think I am in the same boat. No matter how scratch resistant the screen is, I think I am going to sit this one out and see how things pan out. Maybe wait an iteration or two.
It says in the article that it is
Apple Watch is rated at IPX7 which withstands immersion under 1 meter of water for up to 30 minutes. That might not be "waterproof" to some users but I wouldn't worry about briefly jumping in the pool either.
Rotate the camera by 5 degrees, slow the video by 40%, change the shirt and whiten the background and you have this transformation.
Sigh... So many useless scratch tests trying to use metal objects to scratch glass/sapphire/etc.
Metal is SOFTER than glass. Keys, rings, drill bits... none of these things are capable of scratching glass, much less sapphire. (Well, there are drill bits with special tips that would do it in a hurry, even to sapphire, but such a test is kind of absurd on its face anyway.)