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Apple Watch Series 8 Model Rumored to Feature 5% Larger Display
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Steve would have said you've got the wrong wrist...
I'd like to see a round one, for a more traditional look.
A Mac user since 1990 when I was 45. My eyes are not the same as then. A little more display space for slightly larger letters means better readability under all conditions. I like the larger text size for my iPhone. Three choices would be great.
Think if you talk about the surface area of the display, which is more helpful, that’d be around a 10% increase in area?
100% Agree.
I wish MacRumours would stick to Metric in cases like this.
What the heck is 1.901-inches or 0.089-inches? 🤷🏻♂️
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The largest Series 8 Rugged (if it comes to be) is an instant buy from me. My Series 5 has been a fantastic watch but I am ready to upgrade to a cellular watch.
I am so bored with my Apple Watch these days that I wear it - at most - once per month. Seems like everyone is wearing the same watch — how incredibly boring that is. And for someone who sees no value in the exercise rings any longer they really annoy me when I do. Why can't we just switch the rings completely off — everywhere?
So, for me, a redesigned Watch would have to be a radical departure from the current design. That will probably not happen.
So, for me, a redesigned Watch would have to be a radical departure from the current design. That will probably not happen.
Apple Watch Pro Max 16.
I have it on great authority from my sources at Apple that told me in a dream from Tim Apple. Sorry.
I have it on great authority from my sources at Apple that told me in a dream from Tim Apple. Sorry.
Rumors are that it’ll have the same chip as the 7, which itself was the same as the 6.
there's an App fo- ...I mean... Watch Face for that. 😎
As long as we can still use the old watch bands. That's basically my only concern.
5G, display camera, camera on the top side for pictures, better battery (GMG), thinner profile, smaller dial or no dial. 👍🏻
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I’ve been moving my face closer to my watch. D’oh!
“A 1.99-inch Apple Watch display size compares to 1.691-inches on the 41mm Apple Watch Series 7 and 1.901-inches on the 45mm Apple Watch Series 7.”
Whats with those weird inch sizes? 45mm is 1.77165 inches, not 1.901.
Are they including the bezel and the curved edge as “the display”?
(Why are we suddenly using inches anyway?)
Would be great if it looks like on those mockups but mostly they stick to this silly styles and let others do the cool stuff. 5% larger display? Wow and what can I see there with 5% more display? Sorry but this watch needs much more battery life....
A square apple watch does not seem elegant at all. Very soft squared (Filleted) edges on the 8 might be tolerable.... We'll see.... Still not convinced looking at some rounded edge wood and metal cuts that it will be as nice to touch as the current apple watch. The flat sides of the 13 are just not as pleasant to hold as the 6-11 series were.
Polished CHAMFER edges would be real nice on the watch. Get a little *bling, bling* on the watch like the 5s.
Square on rugged makes sense, because "who cares?": it's meant to be fugly and tough.
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The math is correct, the 45mm actually isn't 45mm diagonally it's 48mm diagonally. So they go from 1.9 inch to 2 inch (roughly) diagonally.
I wonder what the trade-off is with a slightly increased screen size and a slightly larger battery due to the larger overall case? Do the added pixels negate any battery size increase? To a point, I’m not sure Apple can do much beyond getting 24-30 hours of battery life out of the larger sized AW, unless they significantly increase the thickness of the Watch.
"Freedom units".... I'm going to have to annoy people at work with that term 🤣
But actually.... your math is wrong. 50 is 111.11111111111% of 45. (Source: https://www.calculator.net/percent-...r1=50&c22par2=45&ctype=22&x=64&y=20#pctcommon)
This years iPhone and Apple Watch are gonna be such a snore. At least the iPad pro will get an m2.