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Apple Watch Series 7 Models Widely Unavailable Ahead of Next Week's Event
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I went from 4 to 7 and the experience is miles apart
Haters be damned, I really like the always-on display my S7 has. I'd say that makes the S5 the most worthwhile upgrade the Watch line has had. Until they abolish the phrase "great all-day battery life" I'm not sure what else they can add to the Watch that will make it worth upgrading.
Unless they can make it so that when I'm listening to something while using the Workout app, and I swipe left to the audio controls, it says something besides "Not playing" even though it is. But that seems like something that can be fixed in software if Apple ever gets around to it.
Unless they can make it so that when I'm listening to something while using the Workout app, and I swipe left to the audio controls, it says something besides "Not playing" even though it is. But that seems like something that can be fixed in software if Apple ever gets around to it.
Yes but he was talking about upgrading a 7 to an 8. Seems pretty pointless.
The battery on my 4 was starting to have reduced life and it was beginning to get sluggish. Went to the 7 with cellular the slightly larger screen was nice too. If the only difference is a “gen 1” temperature sensor I’ll be quite content.
Besides the aod and larger display. How are the 4 and 7 miles apart? It’s the same damn thing in a different shell.
Plus SpO2, twice the storage, U1 chip, barometric altimeter, improved optical heart sensor and finally with the Series 7 5Ghz wifi,
The 4 to 7 are completely different products.
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That’s nice and all but does not really effect the basic usage of the Watch.
Edit I should say for me at least. I can see how for some those are big differences.
The larger screen alone is worth it, makes reading emails and texts far easier for a start as it's not only larger but more fits on the screen at once that goes for most apps as well, and the on-screen keyboard while not used often makes entering some text that siri loves to wrongly autocorrect far easier. So yes the new features do affect my basic usage of the watch on a daily basis.
But I'm one of those yearly upgraders anyway, have upgraded to every Series watch since the first and will be upgrading again in a few weeks.
But I'm one of those yearly upgraders anyway, have upgraded to every Series watch since the first and will be upgrading again in a few weeks.
Going from series 0 to series 7 titanium 45mm was quite worthwhile. I didn’t find the 4 anything special.
I believe we can sum up this thread with the conclusion that we all have different usage, budget, needs and opinions, so there’s really no point in arguing about upgrading as if there was one solution for everyone. Some will buy and some won’t, easy as that.
Yeah, and the chip in the S8 will be pretty much the same one as the one in your S6 and my S7. My S7 is my first Apple Watch and while it wasn’t the redesign I was hoping for (nor will the regular S8 be), I thought with the slightly larger display, it was probably still a good time to jump in for people who never owned an Apple Watch before. I love my midnight Apple Watch even if I don’t wear it as much as I thought I would.
Hopefully there won't be any significant price hike for the normal Series 8 variants.
Not just that, which I confirm, but over the past few days I have seen Apple adverts proclaiming how the 7 is incredibly durable - showing it being hit by things, covered in mud, etc. (Can't find it online quickly.)