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Apple Watch Series 3 Expected to Debut in Fall 2017, Boosting Manufacturing Partner Quanta's Revenue
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Blood pressure is impossible without applying pressure. Thats never going to happen. O2 saturation could happen and the sensors are there but Apple was apparently unable to get it reliable enough. Glucose - no one can do that without blood currently. But people are working on it.
For the vast majority of people, they perform the exact same functions.
Edit: At least that's my experience. Regardless of whether it's Apple, Samsung, or whoever, I ask them how they enjoy their smartwatch and then they say how they enjoyed the cool smartwatch features for a little while but then when they say what they still use it for, it falls in the fitness tracking arena.
See, I'm the exact opposite. I have the original series Apple watch, and I love it, but I feel zero need to upgrade it at this point. Besides maybe wishing the original were advertised as waterproof, there's really nothing else the new ones do that i need. But I'm definitely interested in the next iPhone, and maybe even the Homepod once i get to hear it. The Watch is the rare instance where I think they nailed it out of the gate, and all the rest are incremental improvements. If they release one with cellular that can use your existing account, or maybe some kind of facetime camera, that would be intriguing enough, but for now I think it suits my needs just fine.
Exactly. Before you get an Apple Watch, and during the first few weeks, daily charging is a complaint. But it becomes a habit, that only takes 2 seconds every day, that you don't think about or complain about.
I like the idea of being able to make emergency calls from the apple watch without the phone.
I thought they were getting themselves into a 2 year update cycle? This seems to make the most sense, however having said that, I have a gen 2 and would easily upgrade to a gen 3 if I saw it was worth. This watch seamlessly integrated into my life, and I have to say motivated me to exercise more than before BECAUSE I HAVE TO CLOSE THOSE DANG RINGS!!!
a watch must be round.
because a circle is round.
a circle is the symbol for "endless".
like time.
AW1 AW2 AW3 are small iPhones.
because a circle is round.
a circle is the symbol for "endless".
like time.
AW1 AW2 AW3 are small iPhones.
I'm fine with them releasing an updated AW every year as long as they keep supporting old models.
I own a series 1 and I'm really satisfied, I don't think I need cellular connectivity so I wonder what can Apple put in a future version to entice me to upgrade.
I think they'll introduce some kind of smart bands, to provide even more features concerning health. And the Watch is also a fashion item, like watches has always been, so a redesign will always help sales.
I shared your sentiments until my use case changed.
I began to use my watch outside more, and in the rain. My series 0 was too dim to see in bright sunlight, and when it rained, the touch screen would freak out and do weird things like open apps, complications, etc. by detecting water as false touches on the screen. It became very annoying.
So I got a series 2 when I saw it was $70 off. The water lock is great so I don't get the false touches in the rain anymore, and I can see my Watch in the bright sunlight much easier.
In the U.K., data-only contracts are very cheap compared to data-calls-texts contracts. Is it different in the US and elsewhere? 2GB on my iPad is £11 per month.
Without thinking too thoroughly about this, I imagine the Watch would only need data for FaceTime Audio calls, iMessages, loading Maps, Siri, syncing Calendars and Reminders and other small data, Weather, Mail. None of these things uses huge amounts of data. Apple could limit Music playback to what's saved on the device for now.
This is so true. One of my friends have a Gear S3 Classic and that smartwatch is huge compared to the Apple Watch. It’s the definition of chunky and fat.
So when I'm sitting down, I can glance down at my watch and see the time. I have to either flick my arm or touch the screen right now.
Ah yes, forgot about Homepod.. well ok so there's maybe a second device I'll purchase this year from Apple.
I don't expect series 3 to have a redesign, but it's silly not to update the design because of band collectors. Plus, they could always keep the band placement, etc. the same and update the design still. Series 4 should be redesigned for sure.
May I ask why?
I have never looked at my Apple Watch and the screen hasn't been on. I feel like the screen being on when I'm not looking at it is just a waste of power.
I bought 3 Apple watches and returned them all.
I really wanted to like it and find a use for it but really it's nothing more than a notification announcer.
I was even happy to accept it as just a more capable digital watch but what digital watch has the battery life of just less than 2 days?
I just don't want to chargd my watch plugged into wall every night.
Also it looks very average at best..
The non gps model absolutely makes no sense and the price needs to be cheaper.
They should also ditch silly crazy expensive models,it's a device with limited lifespan not jewellery.
I really wanted to like it and find a use for it but really it's nothing more than a notification announcer.
I was even happy to accept it as just a more capable digital watch but what digital watch has the battery life of just less than 2 days?
I just don't want to chargd my watch plugged into wall every night.
Also it looks very average at best..
The non gps model absolutely makes no sense and the price needs to be cheaper.
They should also ditch silly crazy expensive models,it's a device with limited lifespan not jewellery.
I'd like to see them do a round one at some point.
Bit of hyperbole. The iPod was a true universal phenomena. The Apple Watch is still a niche. Does Apple dominate this niche? Who knows. We still don't have any actual sales numbers and current AW's are regularly heavily discounted. Target has $70 off Series 1 this week. OTOH the iPod was very rarely on sale and then it was a pittance -- maybe $20 off during Black Friday.
I also would dispute your comment that "No competitor has the money and/or the incentive (as they already lost tons of money on their failed wearables efforts) to research&develop the futuristic tech Apple is expected to deliver in the next years." Garmin still is a better product for true sports data collection. I just upgraded my 630 to the 935. Fantastic watch -- and round!. If it only had Apple Pay I might be convinced to make it my daily watch.
That said I'm excited to see what AW Series 3 brings. Hopefully it will be a serious sports watch, adding in a barometer, and stuff like VO2 Max, lactate threshold, anaerobic and aerobic training status, etc, rather than just a Series 2 with bonus Disney character faces or Hermes trim. Also would like to see it being untethered more from iPhone.
Yep, I wear my series 0 for 22 hours each day/night and charge it for 2 hours each morning, the battery seldom reaches below 60 %.
Yeah, they definitely need to support the software on Apple Watch longer than they do on iOS, because these are watches. People don't upgrade them frequently. That being said, Apple does provide pretty good support on iOS compared to most companies. I just hope that something like a watch will have a longer lifecycle, even if only on a basic level so that in the far future you could wear an original Series 0 to a fancy dinner and it would at least function as a watch without needing to be paired or activated. It irritates me that I can't hook up my original iPhone to the cellular network, despite it still being a device capable of connecting, simply because Apple took down the activation for it.