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Apple Watch Series 7 Reviews: Larger Displays and Faster Charging, Not Much Else Has Changed
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It basically never makes sense to upgrade from the immediately previous model of, well, basically anything. Maybe it makes sense when there’s a really major change in the platform, like going from Intel to Apple Silicon. Otherwise it’s mostly just a wasteful exercise. Would you replace your car every year? (And if in the tiny fraction to answer yes to that, the next question is, would you expect everyone else to do the same?)
I’m not trying to pick on you in particular, but there’s always a few comments along this line (“not a worthwhile upgrade from last year’s model”) for every new Apple release, and they always sound to my ear like, “water is wet”.
That sounds exhausting tbh. You have to hold your arm at a weird angle to keep your face in the shot and hold it for the duration of the call with no option to set it down on a a table. But each to their own.
Exactly this. I wouldn’t even be upgrading except my battery is degrading and a replacement battery costs almost as much as trading my current one in and buying a new one.
In the videos the screen size difference does look noticeable. I upgraded for the SS model and bigger size but most likely won’t upgrade. Maybe next year they give people more reason to upgrade.
For me, I walk the dogs two or three times a day for about 30 minutes per, plus my workout (spinning so no GPS use, but constant heart rate monitoring) which varies from 30 minutes to 75 minutes daily. I don’t have a set schedule for charging the Watch, but try to let it drop down below 20% before charging, so sometimes that’s in the morning, or often it’s mid-day. Fast charging would be helpful for those of us who are wearing the Watch constantly. I’m going to continue to use my 5, at least until next year to see if Apple makes a more significant change to the form factor or performance of the series 8.
That is fine and that was to reason that I went to the Apple watch in the first place. I was on a fitbit and they kept falling apart. Before that I had a Jabra "UP" and that was not reliable.
Man, I posted a good question in response to a post and everybody flipped out
Alright, I'll say 2021 RAM 1500 versus 2020. Didn't meant to get semantic. I was picking a random car out of the lot.
"Insert car here" that is not a new generation then?
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Well, Ram’s stay trash. However, even in automobiles of any sort, year over year updates/upgrades are typically pretty great. Kinda relative to the price tho. What people consider “worth the extra money”, others don’t. Can’t deny advancements simply because a personal opinion that it’s not worth it year over year. That’s what I was getting at. Not semantics, but preference. Safety, performance and technology have rapidly and continually been enhanced greatly year over year for the past decade.
We can call it “NostrilTime.” It’ll be great for those short video calls before our arm gets tired and we have to put it down.
video calls on Apple Watch would be pointless.
Sorry, my question was unclear - I was speaking of all watches with sensor humps not just Apple.
Samsung for example has long been a champion of Qi charging - yet their watch with sensor hump doesn't do Qi.
Why do you suppose that is? Could the hump interfere with getting a proper alignment of the coils and thus substantially reduce efficiency?