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Apple Watch Series 2 is Slightly Thicker and Heavier Due to Larger Battery
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They made the watch thicker so they could make it practical by making it last longer per charge, but they do the opposite with their iphone by making them slimmer and then remove one of the most essential features... the headphone jack?
My god... this company is full of morons.
My god... this company is full of morons.
This is just going to make my back problems even worse.
Lol....not sure some know how watches actually work. Want them nice, they will have some size and weight. Omega is more than just a name....you pay for a decent amount of metal on your arm lol.
And battery was a top complaint. Valid too. Not all by house power all day. And forget to charge at night or you just pass out from being tired...well its 0600 next day and watch is running low if not dead. Now we wait for real life battery use stories and see how apple fairs. If complaints reduce...well apple fixed an item, yay for them.
Agreed. My AW Sport is actually the most comfortable watch I've ever owned. Most others would be too heavy or feel awkward as to make me want to take them off. The band/case design (at least for the sport model) is quite nice.
Apple TV 4 is way thicker than generation 3
And yes, iPhone 6s is heavier than the 6. Sir Ive maybe mad about that, but it happened
I wonder how series 1 compares with the first generation Apple Watch with the single core chip.
They should have the same battery and screen technology, so it has to be a matter of power consumption. I bet the difference is really tiny.
Actually still totally happy with my original 42mm ... but I mainly use it as a work out tracker, and since I do my gym time in the morning, by noon I am already down to around 40% .. so, while that's a sucky battery life for people who actually use it for more than just a cool looking timing device, I have gotten used to recharge it mid day ... now I am kinda laughing that the new one is 8.5% thicker! ... does not sound like much? If it had been 8.5% thinner, they would have had that number on a slide.
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Not me. Not interested in swimming with it and only marginally interested in the GPS ...
GPS battery life is a pathetic 5 hours max. That's not nearly good enough. I have a Suunto Ambit3 Vertical that is considered poor in the battery performance arena (compared to the Ambit3 Peak, for example) because it gets only 10 hours with GPS in its best performance setting and 100 hours in its worst performance setting. The Ambit3 Peak goes from 20 hours to 200 hours, depending on GPS performance. 20 hours. It also goes an entire month on a single charge when using it like a watch. At best I got a day and a half with the first Apple Watch when I had it. Series 2 will be no better.
Out of curiosity, I just checked my recent activity and found where I hiked Yonah Mountain. The entire round-trip took 5 hours and 4 minutes to complete including stopping at various landmarks. That means that if I didn't top off the Apple Watch right before setting out, it wouldn't have lasted the entire hike. That also means that if I did top off the Apple Watch right before setting out, it still likely wouldn't have lasted the entire hike considering that I would have received notifications, activated the screen, interacted with the watch, etc.
A 5 hour hike is nothing. I have been on bike rides that last longer than that, and once again, the Apple Watch wouldn't be able to keep up. Maybe one day it will, but right now... nope.
My Ambit3 Vertical is 15mm. The Ambit3 Peak is 18mm. The Garmin Fenix 3 is 16mm (and that doesn't include the HR bump on the HR model). The Garmin Epix is 17.8mm. The 42mm Apple Watch is average at best and not something I would call "one of the thickest watches out there."
Out of curiosity, I just checked my recent activity and found where I hiked Yonah Mountain. The entire round-trip took 5 hours and 4 minutes to complete including stopping at various landmarks. That means that if I didn't top off the Apple Watch right before setting out, it wouldn't have lasted the entire hike. That also means that if I did top off the Apple Watch right before setting out, it still likely wouldn't have lasted the entire hike considering that I would have received notifications, activated the screen, interacted with the watch, etc.
A 5 hour hike is nothing. I have been on bike rides that last longer than that, and once again, the Apple Watch wouldn't be able to keep up. Maybe one day it will, but right now... nope.
My Ambit3 Vertical is 15mm. The Ambit3 Peak is 18mm. The Garmin Fenix 3 is 16mm (and that doesn't include the HR bump on the HR model). The Garmin Epix is 17.8mm. The 42mm Apple Watch is average at best and not something I would call "one of the thickest watches out there."
I've been itching for one since getting my better half one for Christmas (at a great low price), I've been patiently waiting for gen2. Now to choose, look for a left-over gen 1 (could even go used possibly), go with series 1 or series 2. I think gen3 or gen4 will be the sweet spot as someone else mentioned, so I am thinking go for a lower-end for my first one, then get a nicer one a few years down the road.
They can, they just choose not to because the apps they are shooting for look better on square screens. Now that SpriteKit is available for the Apple Watch, expect to see a few more compelling app options coming soon.
There are limits on the storage of usable energy, so, it isn't surprising that this didn't get thinner. They need to go ahead and put that patented technology for batteries in the band to get things moving.
Going to see how my SS 42mm fares with watchOS 3 before I spring for a Series 2. Not happy with the price increase for the nylon bands.
Or, maybe they are changing their mind on thinness with things that need to be thinner, just to mess with us.
An Apple product that got thicker the next generation?
Like they didn't do it for iPhone 3G and iPad 3.
You mean your useless dumb watch?
Of course the battery lasts for so long, it has a calculator processor and doesn't do anything...
Doubt it. Once we see the new MacBook pro's are castrated even more in the pursuit of thinness we'll realize this was an aberration.
I don't know what kind of mechanical watches you are wearing but most mechanical watches are way thicker than Apple Watch. So at it's current thickness Apple Watch does more look like an traditional watch than if it was thinner.
Items which are harder tend to break more easily. As opposed to just deforming, denting, etc.
For instance, when hardening metal (as in the case of a knife), a harder metal will allow one to sharpen it to a “sharper” edge. But, that edge is more prone to chipping, and will dull more quickly.
You’re not going to easily scratch the ceramic. You’re not going to dent it. Yet if it breaks, it’ll likely be catastrophic.
It's all crazy non-sense when people demand more, they get more, but won't accept the tiniest of compromises. 0.9mm? People talk as if they doubled it in size. Being the most technically challenging of products, I'm sure Apple won't be unset if people walk away because of it being 0.9mm thicker. I'm happy with my Series 1 watch and hope WatchOS 3 at least gives it a lease of life until 3rd/4th series appears.
Agreed. I'm about as unathletic as a person could be, but when I do hike with our school group, we are out well over five hours. Same for a good bike ride or even a walk out in the country. I can be out all day with my dog...well...before she got old and got joint problems.
But she and I still manage a few hours out a week. You also have to factor in the time of transport to your destination and back. If you're with a sizable group, not everyone will have a shot at a vehicle charger. However I can't say that I've ever been able to keep a sufficient signal where I've hiked to have to worry about notifications.
Anyway, I am interested in wearing the
Watch into the pool to track my fitness goals. So I'm on board for this for next summer. The extra weight of stainless over aluminum was already something I noticed, so I am going aluminum this time. But even a few grams heavier won't bother me.I'm currently wearing a Gear S2 which, on my wrist, makes me look like one of the ladies in my avatar photo...minus the satin superhero suit.
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Yikes, there was a price increase on the nylon bands? Oh well I have enough of the elastomer ones to keep me busy. Don't need more bands.