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Apple Watch Series 9 Hits Record Low Prices Today Only at Best Buy, Starting at $299

Mr. Heckles said:
You realize you are missing A LOT of security updates?

I get waiting a month or so, but I don’t get this at all.
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Considering the dumpster fire that macOS 13.x/14.x, iOS/iPadOS 16.x/17.x have been, I'll take my chances. Plus, macOS 12.7 is still getting security updates.
 
mjs916 said:
I’m curious, what is the battery health at now? My wife is just starting to complain about the battery life on her Series 4.
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It's at 83% battery health. I wear it from about 6:30am - 9:30pm every day and charge it all night.

I'm still running WatchOS 8.8.1.
 
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cawgijoe said:
I'm wondering if sales have slowed due to the blood oxygen removal?
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I have a Watch with a fully functioning blood oxygen sensor. I think I've used it twice just to check it out. Not something I would worry to much about losing.
 
Jordan Klein said:
This sucks. I'd consider upgrading my series 4, but I'd then have to upgrade iOS from 15.7 to 17.4, which I have no desire to do right now. I'd also then have to update macOS to probably at least Ventura, if not Sonoma, again, which I have no desire to do right now.

So, going to continue with the series 4 for now. Fortunately, the battery life is still all day for me.
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Any reason why you stopped specifically at 15.7?

I understand not wanting to upgrade iOS 17 if you really like iOS 15. I only ask because iOS 15 has had further updates since 15.7.

15.8.2 (with security updates, I assume) came out just a few days ago.

I don’t mean to be nosey. I was just thinking that you might not be aware of the most recent iOS 15 update. But maybe you have a good reason for staying with 15.7 specifically.
 
bmark said:
Series 5 watch seems to be doing fine on OS 10. Battery health is at 73% but it still lasts all day for me.
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My series 4 gets hot at times… it never used to. I think ill do a reset and give it a few days to settle down…. Its battery just plummets before my eyes if im actively using it… even for basic stuff like timers and calc
 
Fuzzball84 said:
Unlikely... I think it's too much of a cash cow keeping people in an 'ecosystem'.
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ok, how about the ability to make it more independent? so that, once its paired with the iphone, then it can do stuff on its own?

And wifi5 instead of the existing wifi4

And pair with iPad on addition to iPhone
 
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mattoruu said:
Any reason why you stopped specifically at 15.7?

I understand not wanting to upgrade iOS 17 if you really like iOS 15. I only ask because iOS 15 has had further updates since 15.7.

15.8.2 (with security updates, I assume) came out just a few days ago.

I don’t mean to be nosey. I was just thinking that you might not be aware of the most recent iOS 15 update. But maybe you have a good reason for staying with 15.7 specifically.
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I was on 15.7.2 when Apple released 16.x. I stuck with 15.7.2 because 16.x looked pretty bad based on lots of stories here. Then, Apple changed their mind and stopped supporting 15.7.x on my device (iPhone SE 2022). Based on the lousy reports of 16/17 as well as macOS Ventura and Sonoma, I've decided to stay where I am for now. I don't want to leave Monterey, iOS/iPadOS 15.7.2 for now.

I would love it if Apple started supporting newer devices with 15.8.x again.

I've still not seen a good reason to upgrade any of my systems. Fortunately they are still supporting Monterey with patches so at least my Mac is safe. As for the iPhone and iPad, I'll just have to trust that the sites I go to aren't compromised.
 
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