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Apple Watch Series 7 the Same Thickness as Series 6, Despite Rumors
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Who else thinks those rumors/renders were next years model mistaken for this years?
It's heaver.
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I understand people want to see new things but please understand this is not a TV show where you have to be excited for the next season. I'm actually happy to see that Apple is re-using the design and improving some parts only so that we have a better device each year. In fact, I prefer to have a well established product instead of a total new design with many issues. I'm using Apple products since 1992, and I've been burned by first generation devices many times, including Macintosh LC (lack of MMU), First Intel Plastic MacBook (random shutdown), First Unibody Macbook 2008 (next revision had Firewire, illuminated keyboard, etc.), iPhone 6 Plus (in fact decent phone for a first gen)...
I'm using an Series 2 now, and probably the battery is dying because it shuts down during any excersice. Series 7 will be a huge update for me when the demand/production stabilizes.
I'm using an Series 2 now, and probably the battery is dying because it shuts down during any excersice. Series 7 will be a huge update for me when the demand/production stabilizes.
It is probably quite difficult to have engineered the bigger screen.
I saw some photo's and the 7 has a lot bigger display area considering it's form factor is increased by 1mm in one direction.
I dislike all the complaining. You guys stop it, K?
Going from a 3 to the 7. Going to be quite the upgrade for me. Not everyone upgrades every year or even two years.
About 6 mo the ago I started having battery issues with my S4 as in not lasting the day so upgraded to S6 and Stainless steel. The S7 is nice but not really worth an upgrade.
I'm sorry you don't understand how these things work. That's fine.
Care to sell me on why you wanted the upgrade materials?
About two months before my Apple Care ended I scratched my series 4. They replaced the whole thing and it gave me a revitalized battery. The agent misquoted me a $29 fee and Apple honored it. That made it really hard to upgrade to the series 6. I ended up ordering a blue aluminum this morning... but now that I have had some coffee I am considering canceling that order and just waiting for a stainless steel or titanium model.
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Lol. It's because I saw the SS gold 45 mm with Dark Cherry sport band and I started wondering if I could pull off gold.Careful. Decisions made while under the influence can result in negative consequences. ☕️
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Things didn’t change. Apple confirmed the S7 design way back in August or before. It was suppose to be an S model this year. Expect a re-design Apple Watch next year. Yes, the boxier design.
Leakers were ahead of it’s time.
you crack me up - dare to explain "how these things work" ? I bet not ...
Yep - I had titanium and ceramic and they were fine.It's heaver.
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I did notice that aluminum has always been lighter weight. It actually was one of the factors pushing me to go for lesser cheaper aluminum series 6 last year - and no regrets really.
probably it saved me money too - and I don’t care about saving money on these things. I did not destroy or even scratch the aluminum - however having said that it was a pandemic year so maybe I wasn’t banging around as much. Anyways who really cares - if I smash my aluminum series 7 big deal go buy another one. Is it worth getting AppleCare for something worth less than $1000 I don’t know. I did for a kids iPad but I didn’t for my iPhones or Apple Watch
Isn't still basically a S4? The design hasn't changed since then. Apple is not going to do much to the case. What can they do really. They will add things inside every year. Don't expect drastic design changes.
That's an interesting find.
I don't think either of us is right nor wrong. Yes the S5 and S6 introduced some new features, but so did the S7, and had a chassis redesign.
S7 upgrades from S6:
- Larger screen
- More crack and dust resistant screen
- Fast charging
Of course S7 is not worth an upgrade from S6. Most people keep their watches 2-3 years and then upgrade when they will get a bigger bang as you will probably see in coming from the S4. I’m also on an S4 and finally thinking about upgrading this year.
Apple is saying that the bands are compatible. Considering their passion for customer satisfaction, fit, finish, etc., I don't see them promising compatibility and then leaving some sort of gap/shortfall. They might get away with that with owners of the elastomer bands (well actually, I'm confident they wouldn't), but if I'd plunked down the bucks for Hermés....
While the MR analysis is plausible (that the 1mm difference in width for the 41mm model suggests the possibility of a band mismatch), the width of the First Generation-Series 3 38mm Watches was 33.3mm while the width of the Series 4-6 40mm was 34mm. No complaints about mismatches then.
From my perspective, it's all about how they radius the corners. Since the band attachment is on the inside of those corners, not at the maximum width of the case, it's completely possible to deliver the exact same width for the band attachments.
I'm not upgrading until the battery lasts longer than one miserable day.
I still have S4 SS Cellular with Milanese loop and looks brand new still with no issues.
I don't really use any apps on it and instead just mostly for notifications which come in very handy for my work so I can keep on top without having to pull out my iPhone constantly.
Nothing about the last several models have made me want to upgrade.
I don't really use any apps on it and instead just mostly for notifications which come in very handy for my work so I can keep on top without having to pull out my iPhone constantly.
Nothing about the last several models have made me want to upgrade.
It does so already for most of us. If you are using the GPS heavily, then you may have trouble but that is normal for devices.
The glass actually isn’t any taller. It’s just a bit thicker in the middle area.