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Apple Watch Series 8 Rumored to Feature New Red Color Option, No Delays Expected
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logging into your mac via apple watch is very very convenient. i didnt think i'd use it once i got the new M1 MBP but it just works. touchid is a good backup and when required, password is easy enough too.
Came here to say the same
I'm hoping the Series 8 has some advancements over the Series 7 as I really regret going to graphite SS from having every other AW model in silver SS.
Yeah, me too. Apple's marketing photos showing the Red watch only with red bands and putting it in its own separate Apple Watch Studio configurator seem weird. It's easy enough to find images of the other aluminum colors with contrasting bands.
I understand that Product(Red) is special, but treating it like a totally different product makes it seem like fewer people would actually buy one.
I had the same thought years ago. Went with a higher end fit bit. It broke. Did a warranty return. The next one broke. 6 months in. Bought at Apple Watch at that point. 25x the usefulness and integration (simply pinging my phone ALONE is almost worth the extra cost) and it lasted 3 years without a scratch. (I got the stainless version the first time).
Sincerely - not just from a apple fan perspective - do yourself a favor and get an Apple Watch. If you want to save some cash, but an older series or the SE. seriously.
Why do you assume they were bought at different times? He says "we" and talks about 3 watches. Likely 3 people are involved, each with 1 watch.
He likely bought the second one after the battery ran out on the first one. And ditto for the third.
Hoping they have the old silver back as an option. I know it's "boring" but that's kinda the point. Still considering stainless this time too. Coming from a 4th gen. It'll be a spring purchase most likely.
Because the other two weren’t mine, they were from my family and I did notice they didn’t really use them but I thought it was because they don’t work out. I do work out everyday and this thing it’s nothing but a glorified heart rate monitor, it can’t even sleep track.
It wasn’t useful wearing it charges either. The only thing you would use it for is for notifications. 500 dollars for notifications in your wrist? Gtfo
Yeah I absolutely hate that they are doing this. And they seem to hold back the best color as well. I don’t understand why they are doing this, beyond the obvious “we hate our users and love money” angle that I don’t want to believe is true but I haven’t seen a better explanation.
What features does it have? Apple can’t even put 10 useful things to do with the Watch on their website.
I love how PRODUCT RED matches the color of blood of the laborers manufacturing them.
“The watch itself starts at $999. Optional wristband available for $199.”
Careful what you wish for.
The word discount is not in Apple’s vocabulary.
Will be disappointing if it comes with fewer colour options. At least hope there will be a red colour in addition to midnight and starlight.
It scratches too easily and can't be polished, and it's an absolute fingerprint magnet... always looks stained and tarnished.
The only thing *you* would use it for is notifications. I use it for other things.
I do think it is expensive and while it is something I do like and think is best in class for my use case, it isn't something I recommend to people because of the cost.
But it certainly isn't useless to me.
The Apple Watch - for me - has become the 2nd most important Apple product after the iPhone. Responding to messages, fitness device, music player combined with AirPods Pro, occasionally a phone call, sleep tracking, ApplePay, etc etc. I owned the Series 0, 3,4 and now 6. Charging is not a problem at all. I wear the watch basically 24/7. it is charged 30min each in the morning and in the evening right before and/or after sleep. Great device!