It’s won’t even be a new chip. The S chips have been practically the same chip for the past few generations.
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Apple Watch Series 8 Model Rumored to Feature 5% Larger Display
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Well, S4 and S5 are basically the same, and S6 and S7 are basically the same. However, S6/S7 are an incremental improvement over S4/S5.
Anyhow, after S6 came out, I picked up a couple of the S5 SS models for half price for the wife and me. Great deal, and both the unprotected SS case and sapphire crystal have held up well. Since S5 I haven't seen any need to upgrade, and probably won't see any need to upgrade to S8 either. We already have the AoD feature, and it looks good.
S8 on TSMC N5P with more screen space looks nice, but I suspect if our Watches don't break before then and the batteries remain OK, we'll be on these until S10 or so.
Until I met an American who found it very difficult to convert centimeters to meters.
Most Americans cannot think in 2 units. When you talk kilometers, liters, Celsius or even "military" time they get completely confused.
When I and others asked Apple for a new device with an iPhone 4 or 5-sized screen, we didn’t mean for our wrists.
I’m skeptical that Apple would increase screen sizes 2 years in a row.
I’m using my iPad Pro on my wrist and I don’t see where is the issue with a bigger display, Apple stop making people buying a 5% bigger display each year, go with the right size directly!
Apple needs to find a way to easily (from a manufacturing standpoint) offer more than just the one shape/style…. Round and rectangle would be nice and open up a whole new word of clock faces For them to offer to their watch buyers. As it stands right now they’re limited. You don’t have to be a health/fintness nut to be interested in some of the things they are able to measure and capture with these things… but when it comes down to it, it’s more of a fashion type of garment… and thats where it will be justified from a price standpoint… until Apple offers more of a choice in this… its not going to grow its user base… and may even lose to the others who are capturing/measuring the same things, but have a more appealing design… its all about the fashion… not the heart rate tool. Thats why there is so much band/case offerings… to try and change the appearances.
I don’t own one for that very reason - i dont like square watches.
I don’t own one for that very reason - i dont like square watches.
No. Anyone can learn this. It’s not difficult. But there’s just no point in doing it. Especially when you have a whole system of units that work together like with SI system.
I’d be ok with Apple bring their flat-edge design language to Watch. Also down with this rumored “rugged” concept.
Basically, I’m interested to see how they evolve this platform. Let’s go!
Basically, I’m interested to see how they evolve this platform. Let’s go!
Further more:
1. Decimal point used together with Imperial.
2. Base 10 numbering system to try to make some sense of Imperial "system".
3. "Imperial" and Mars orbiter fiasco.
4. Decimal is no better than Imperial... wait, it is!
5.
I am happy with the design, size and battery life of the current model. Would like to be able to see ambient temperature and it being thinner though.
Not when they're measuring everyday household items they don't unless they're just being silly - you can't reasonably hold your fingers 0.001 mm apart, and don't try to convince me otherwise (you can't do it for 0.001 inches, either). Engineers and machinists in the US traditionally did a lot of things to thousandths of an inch. But, for "how big is this watch face" (where you're contemplating wearing one, not spec'ing parts for manufacture), both are way overdoing it on accuracy. And for meaningful "roughly how big is this" measurements of small items, millimeters are way easier to work with than inches with lots of decimal places.
Yeah I don’t get it either. It’s like they have nothing else new to offer/innovate, but they need to release a new model every year.
Remember this is the same Apple who keeps selling Series 3 to consumers today, knowing that they won’t be updated ever again.
The new Apple watch has a screen with a diagonal size of 5.343×10^-18 light-years!
I would love a round Apple Watch; along with the ability to create faces.
Depending on the location, Apple may not have gotten it certified as a medical device and thus can't include those features. Not Apple's fault.
Per Garmin:
Get up to 16 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and 42 hours in GPS mode.
I suspect if Apple allowed disabling of all functions except timekeeping teh watch would last a lot longer.
Let me guess - most of yur customers were guys...
You want to see real confusion - watch a non-American try to use an American cookbook.
Awesome! In the future is would also insist on expressing any distance using the speed of light in vacuum.
Also, for the Series 5 44 mm vs 40 mm:
Apple Watch Series 5 Dimensions & Drawings | Dimensions.com
The Apple Watch Series 5 is a smartwatch that is part of the 5th generation of Apple Watches. The watch was released on September 20, 2019. The watch features an always-on display screen with energy saving LTPO OLED screen and is capable of having refresh rates as low as once per second. The...www.dimensions.com
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Series 5
40 mm (759 mm2) - 326 ppi 394x324 - 1.57"
44 mm (977 mm2) - 326 ppi 448x368 - 1.78"
Series 7
41 mm (904 mm2) - 326 ppi 430x352 - 1.69"
45 mm (1143 mm2) - 326 ppi 484x396 - 1.9"
Series 8
?? mm (??? mm2) - 326 ppi ???x??? - 1.??"
?? mm (12?? mm2) - 326 ppi ~506x414 - 1.99"
(506x414)/(484x396) = 1.09 or 9% bigger for largest Series 8 screen
1.78 / 1.533 = 16% change in diagonal.
(448x368) / (394x324) = 1.29 or 29% increase in area.
Similarly, 977 / 759 = 1.29 or 29% increase in area.
For Series 7 45 mm vs 41 mm:
1.901 / 1.691 = 1.12 or 12% change in diagonal.
(484x396) / (430x352) = 1.266 or 26.6% increase in area.
Similarly, 1143 / 904 = 1.264 or 26.4% increase in area. (Rounding error)
This makes perfect sense for a near square rectangle, as area change varies closer to the square of the diagonal change.
So, for Series 8 ?? mm vs Series 7 45 mm:
1.99 / 1.901 = 1.047 = <5% change in diagonal.
(~506x414) / (484/396) = 1.093 = ~9-10% increase in screen area.
I hear you but couldn’t you just select a watch face without the rings or enable a different complication on the watch face you currently use? There is a bunch of different ones built in!