I see no reason in upgrading if they do not seriously improve battery life
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Apple Watch Series 8 Model Rumored to Feature 5% Larger Display
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i think the battery life of the 7, regarding the rest series, it´s amazing. More if you don´t use the absurd "always on". More than 24 hours.
And the fast charge is stunning.
77 years old tech savvy guy?. Wait for me!!. Not that you are “old”, just not in the “common” age to enjoy tech. Now I am 47 and I sometimes ponder if I will like and be able to consume “tech” in my 80s. I guess that if there is an interest, there are means!. Passion is not a matter of age.
It's ugly on all wrists. If you wanted a fashionable watch, you wouldn't be buying an Apple Watch.
America, enough now with imperial measurements. Don't you see how 1.691 and 1.901 inches are just ridiculous units of measurement when compared to 41 and 45mm? The rest of the world works in metric. Nice, tidy, easily calculable units of 10 for everything. Grow up.
i hate the idea of watches getting bigger. why? most people’s wrists are small. i don’t want a massive thing on my wrist. 40 and 44mm were the peak. i tried a series 7 and returned it
Some of the comments in this thread are tiresome.
The Apple Watch isn’t designed to entertain you. It’s a functional, wearable device designed to help you with wellbeing, stay connected and perform light weight interactions.
Changing the design to the fake square rumours from last year offers no functional benefit. Some suggest it might allow for a slightly higher capacity battery. Perhaps but it won’t suddenly go from a rated 18 hours of battery to 36. Maybe a couple of hours at best.
Changing a design just because people are ‘bored’ is also a stupid reason to change it. Especially if it leads to a less ergonomic user experience. Again this is not a device designed to entertain you.
The renders are little more than fan fiction. Apple is very unlikely to make design alterations this year because it did so last year. They might not be the tweaks you wanted but they added a functional benefit in the form of a larger display.
Here’s what Apple should actually do:
- Improve battery life with enhancements in display technology, battery density (or battery chemistry) and a more efficient processor
- Retain the design unless changing it will offer a functional improvement to user experience
- Continue to add new health sensors to empower more people to take control of their well-being and fitness
That might not excite you or entertain you. But it will result in a much better user experience. That isn’t to say I’m against a design change. But I don’t believe in change for the sake of change. If you have a short attention span and can’t cope without a design change, I think TikTok has 15 second videos to help.
The Apple Watch isn’t designed to entertain you. It’s a functional, wearable device designed to help you with wellbeing, stay connected and perform light weight interactions.
Changing the design to the fake square rumours from last year offers no functional benefit. Some suggest it might allow for a slightly higher capacity battery. Perhaps but it won’t suddenly go from a rated 18 hours of battery to 36. Maybe a couple of hours at best.
Changing a design just because people are ‘bored’ is also a stupid reason to change it. Especially if it leads to a less ergonomic user experience. Again this is not a device designed to entertain you.
The renders are little more than fan fiction. Apple is very unlikely to make design alterations this year because it did so last year. They might not be the tweaks you wanted but they added a functional benefit in the form of a larger display.
Here’s what Apple should actually do:
- Improve battery life with enhancements in display technology, battery density (or battery chemistry) and a more efficient processor
- Retain the design unless changing it will offer a functional improvement to user experience
- Continue to add new health sensors to empower more people to take control of their well-being and fitness
That might not excite you or entertain you. But it will result in a much better user experience. That isn’t to say I’m against a design change. But I don’t believe in change for the sake of change. If you have a short attention span and can’t cope without a design change, I think TikTok has 15 second videos to help.
I'm pretty sure the S4-S7 aesthetics are here to stay for the standard Apple Watch and won't change significantly as the design is instantly recognisable to most of us.
But I do think Apple will experiment with the lineup this year and offer one new model that will feature the more squared "slab" design, the "rugged" AW.
I've read so many AW reviews by outdoors/athlete types that all praise AW but can't use it because of the short battery life and concerns about breaking it.
Offering an AW geared towards the "outdoors" demographic seems like an easy win for Apple.
Always entertaining to see owners of current models complain when a rumor for a redesign is announced.
Although I get what you mean, it was just a bit of an adjustment on an existing design (S4-S6), like, say, the iPhone 8. I can see them keeping the S7 around as a cheaper model and in the future reuse as a Watch SE. That's still plenty of mileage out of a small redesign.
It doesn't seem like Apple wants to add any thickness (depth) to the standard AW. In fact, I think they want to keep making it thinner and only care to increase battery life through a faster chip and more efficient battery life management (low-power mode, etc.).
They'll only be happy once AW reaches standard wristwatch thinness.
My only hope to see an AW with a significantly better battery is this long-rumoured "rugged" AW, one that emphasis durability and battery-life a little more than the standard AW. Maybe something for the outdoors/tri-athlete demographic?
Obviously all speculation. The "rugged" AW could be nothing more than a regular AW with flat sides and stronger front glass.
But I hope it's unmistakably different to the standard AW and has a way bigger battery.
Go try on a series 7. I thought my series 5 was plenty big. Now that i have a 7 I couldn’t go back, it’s exactly the right size. I never realized I needed just a little bit bigger (that’s what she said.)
It would be very Apple to not do any improvements to the S7 chip(S6, really) but instead focus on this "rugged" AW as the "new" thing for AW 2022.
It will have the same old S6/S7 chip and specs, but it will be more durable and have a much bigger battery.
Well, really just a bigger battery would get many, many AW users to upgrade. That's really all Apple would have to do for S8 to keep sales high for AW 2022/2023.
The battery on my S7 is rarely less than 50%. Somedays, due to sleep issues, I have 19 hours credit for 19 hours of standing. My display goes off unless I need to check something. Same with my iPhone Pro Max.
There is more than ample battery capacity if one actually plans a little. And I use the watch phone option quite often cause I left the iPhone in the house when I went out into the yard.
So far in my life, I have not been forced at gun point to buy any Apple product. We all still have a freedom to choose our electronics.
The last 10 years or so there have been no duds for me or my wife. Our Apple products have just worked as advertised on each product's release date. The new modules may perform faster or have newer designs but that can be either progress or planned obsolesence.
If one does not like an Apple product, then do not buy it. If one does not own a particular Apple product, I do not understand how a non-owner can comment intelligently on an item with which they have no actual owner experience.
Just my $.02
There is more than ample battery capacity if one actually plans a little. And I use the watch phone option quite often cause I left the iPhone in the house when I went out into the yard.
So far in my life, I have not been forced at gun point to buy any Apple product. We all still have a freedom to choose our electronics.
The last 10 years or so there have been no duds for me or my wife. Our Apple products have just worked as advertised on each product's release date. The new modules may perform faster or have newer designs but that can be either progress or planned obsolesence.
If one does not like an Apple product, then do not buy it. If one does not own a particular Apple product, I do not understand how a non-owner can comment intelligently on an item with which they have no actual owner experience.
Just my $.02
This seems great for anyone that needs to upgrade from a Series 3 on down but for anyone else to me at least it just seems more practical to keep the watch you have until it can't run the latest watchOS anymore. Or in my case, if they make a big ass rapper from the early 2000's sized watch..
Why? I wear mine every day. Workouts of roughly 2 hours per day counting mobility work and taking my dog for a walk each night, sleep tracking, and I charge it for 10 minutes while I’m in the shower in the mornings and at night. And it’s the cellular version which I use when I’m outside or away from my phone at work.
Reminds me of the comments about the iPhone 4 (“left behind in a bar”) before its official release. Today, the iPhone 4 is considered one of the best iPhone designs
