Exactly. If I had not dropped my series 3 and shattered the screen a few weeks ago I would still be using it another year (though it is crazy they are still selling it as a new watch..SMH).
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Nope. They attempted to make it sound like that. But, you need to listen again. The performance numbers given were compared to the Leading Competitor's phone. This was the first year I know of that they didn't compare the new chip to the previous apple chip.
Correct. Plus they didn't exactly say that you get 8 hours of charge in 8 minutes. They said that you get 8 hours of Sleep Tracking in 8 minutes which is going to be a different use case than 8 hours of daytime use.
I am just sad that this plus a slightly bigger screen are the only improvements over a serves 6. But, I know that will be enough for some.
8 hours of sleep tracking only needs a “have a shower” worth of charging anyway.
I'm basically upgrading since I need a new battery anyways. After 2 years with the S5, my battery is already at only 83% health. It costs $79 just to replace the battery with Apple.
That's not how they calculate the screen size change. the bezels have been reduced...you can see the change in the images. They use actual screen that emits light to calc size change
I was asking for the future. I'm planning on getting the Apple Watch 6, but saw that the coming Watch7 will or might support WiFi 6.
I don't think it'd need to be extremely accurate to be quite useful. I have a cuff, and there's no way I'm using that very often. (my bp is fine, turns out I'm not a big fan of doctors offices)
My watch right now only manages to do background blood oxygen readings occasionally through the day, and then also while sleeping. One needs to be very still for the reading to work, and I'm not, generally, unless sleeping. If background blood pressure readings worked the same way, that'd be great.
If I got blood pressure readings each day I could scan at my leisure, even if they were off by 20%, that'd still be a big improvement on -no- bp readings that I currently get, because using that cuff is a major pain. And literally, as well. If I noticed a trend, I could follow up with the cuff.
They just pulled all LTE info from the Dutch website, even removed all pictures with LTE models 😩
I am happy that they are still selling the series 3 as a new watch. It means extended support for WatchOS upgrades.
I have a Black Stainless Steel Series 3. Because it is Stainless Steel it has the cellular radio and more storage than the base model that is still on sale so WatchOS upgrades are still easy. I am not upgrading yet because the battery is still working great, the Watch itself is in perfect condition and it is the Black Stainless Steel version which Apple doesn't offer anymore. The black finish is very scratch resistant as is the Sapphire Crystal.
A better display is almost always a reason to upgrade for me. I am a little worried, though, that people will notice I bought a S7 when I just got the S6 last year. It makes me look wasteful of my money. Usually I am pretty good about my purchases (but Apple products are hard for me resist).
I wonder if the size increase will mean the larger size won’t fit me. I have small wrists that just barely can handle the S6 size. I love larger displays but I don’t want it to look stupid.
The watch case is only 1mm bigger however the bezels are also 40% thinner so the screen is more than 1mm larger. You can’t get 20% more pixels with only 1mm.
By your logic the largest 12.9 iPad Pro got a downgrade from 2017 to 2018 because the case was smaller than the predecessor because they shrunk the bezels but didn’t change the screen size.
Well do they know you have an S6? It looks like an S4 so maybe they think you're upgrading from an S4.
Do you just run it like watch and not use any of the wifi/cellular functions? 38 hours is a huge difference compared to 18 hours.
And the watch needs to rest between the two bones in the wrist to work. Wrist cuffs are not that accurate. When I go in for an infusion, I always remind them that the reading on that thing is worthless. I have a Withings cuff that works fine, results via their app to Apple health.
My Series 4 is at ~60% after 16 hours.
What would be the wifi/cellular functions?
Dust "ish" proof - but defintely not building dust proof unfortunately. I think the certification is really high now, so you can drill away at those brick and mortar walls all you want!
Same, i'm an every year man for the phone - it's more of a traditional than anything, i've had everyone since the first. But as I use it caseless I find the fresh screen with new oleophobic coating, brand new battery, new handset and new colour are often enough but then I enjoy all the new features as well, even if they are small.
I even upgrade MacBooks and iPads very regularly too - but i'm still here with my Series 4 Watch. I think the loss in value for the watches has been more too a £1000 SS strapped watch is worth almost nothing a year later, so there's no point in selling it. I am looking to buy the S7 though as it's a bigger jump from my S4 - though i'll have no quarms buying a S8 if it adds something killer.
I just am still irritated that the sizes of the watch bands haven't increased to a larger size for those of us with a 23cm wrist. yeah, it is frustrating. I have a band that is the velcro and at 49 a pop a few limited colors if I put it on very carefully, but it is generally tight. I can wait for a watch with more sensors and stuff. My watch works and I get a fullday's battery usage and it is the cellular (6).
I won’t be surprised if the final S7 comes with little tweaks not yet mentioned.
I really liked the idea of a redesigned Apple Watch and all the rumors about bigger battery and the rumored explorer edition. So the event with the big surprise made me sad. But now I‘m glad it will still be rounded and with the bigger display it looks beautiful. And for what the watch is used for the flat design wouldn’t be very practical anyway..
Can’t wait to pre-order it!
I really liked the idea of a redesigned Apple Watch and all the rumors about bigger battery and the rumored explorer edition. So the event with the big surprise made me sad. But now I‘m glad it will still be rounded and with the bigger display it looks beautiful. And for what the watch is used for the flat design wouldn’t be very practical anyway..
Can’t wait to pre-order it!