Is anyone else a little tired of the minor iterations on the Apple devices and the idea that the market can be milked on these minor adjustments? The larger display aside.. the Apple Watch's main utility seems to come from health/monitoring tech and this "major overhaul" adds no new sensor or collection data. I upgraded from the 4 to the 6 because of the increased functionality, but I won't be upgrading again until Apple can justify the $400-$500 price tag it wants to slap on these devices.
So, because Apple prioritized a bigger, reportedly more durable screen and faster charging over sensor upgrades (in one year) this is a "minor iteration"?
Anyone in an industry that builds things knows that you release, then refine. The watch is here. You bought it because its features were worth it to you at the time (maybe?)
Apple is, just like every other manufacturer out there, now refining and adding meaningful features to each of their products, but they do this in a YEARLY cycle with the highest of expectations.
It's simply unrealistic to expect the allocation of finite resources to all possible features on a device. Believe me, these products have a roadmap, and Apple plays a balancing game of which features go in now or have to wait for the next upgrade cycle. They have to pivot quickly to implement new technologies available (like 5G, etc) without breaking the current functionality and (more impressively) integration within its ecosystem.
So the cool thing is that your watch will retain its usefulness with software support that is also unrivaled in the industry, so it'll not only remain as useful as when you bought it, but likely even more so via OS updates/upgrades.
I get the disappointment (I waited TEN YEARS for the iPad to be what it is), but credit must be given where it's due.
In my twenty years observing Apple releases, it blows my mind what they do in ONE year alone (which again doesn't take one year to do, it just looks that way to us consumers).
