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Apple Watch Sets New Record With Estimated 11.8 Million Shipments Last Quarter
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About 5 billion in watch sales with total Wearables/Acc/Home sales topping at 7.8 billion. That doesn't look outlandish with no new Home Pod or Apple TV in that quarter.
Larger screen.
I suspect a rectangular screen, same height, but twice as wide (and with asymmetric strap anchoring, or maybe two smaller straps at both ends, to make sure the extra width goes up the arm, not over the wrist) would work well.
Yes, it would look unusual and even less like a watch. I don't care! I want it to become the Wrist Computer is was always destined to be, not just a very fancy digital watch.
Not part of the appearance, but I also think that if they changed the screen to support multi-touch (ie two-finger touch) you could do a lot with that. Pinch-to-zoom of course, but also a power-user expanded gesture vocabulary of two-finger taps.
And under-the-screen fingerprint sensor might be convenient.
Originally had Series 0 - was neat, but functionality due to speed sucked. Jumped to Series 4 years ago and was amazed at the speed increase, this was when it truly became a functional device in my opinion. Just got a series 6 stainless steel and very impressed with overall quality, speed, usefulness, and feel couldn't go back to Alum now. Also, the ability to leave my phone at home with Cell on watch has been a game changer. I didn't think I'd use it that often but have enjoyed the flexibility. Nothing else on the market compares to the capabilities for almost every user.
Yes, should be a huge jump. Daughter has a S3 I have a S6, there was a good jump from 3 to 4, the jump from 3 to 6 is impressive.
I love my series 6...Apple Watch is beyond awesome so much that it’s needed for me to have an iPhone as my daily
They probably back into it with the wearables category total sales and just subtract revenue based on estimates for Airpods. It’s probably not a terrible guess, but it’s still just a guess.
you ain't kidding - one of the guys that used to work there say most of the numbers are made up
Horace Deidu scrutinized their numbers and as expected they are garbage
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No complaints about my Apple Watch. It’s perfect already
Yes, you will experience a noticeable difference in speed and performance.
Just moved from an S3 to an SE (which is equivalent to the 5 more or less). Definitely faster in every regard and noticeable.
I see what you did there. 😂I am happily using my S4 SS, while the wife is using SS S6 and my older daughter is still using my old SS S2. We are very happy with Apple Watch and suckers for stainless steel - once you go stainless steel, you cant go backWe tend to skip few generations to offset the costs of SS - works just fine for us.
Mine isn't. I only wear it when working out (which is still a solid one hour a day), otherwise it's permanently in nightstamd mode.
Wow, so you really just bought it as a fitness tracker? Whatever works best for you of course.
Pretty much yes. I run (indoor and outdoor) and do yoga, the Apple Watch does a good job tracking both. Combined with the Fitness app or one like Habitify it's easy to track how I'm doing, without any extra effort.
I guess if I were to be very detailed, I also wear it to sleep since the latest OS update, but mostly for the haptic wakeup (I wake up 1-2 hours before my girlfriend, this way the alarm doesn't disturb her). I also take it to holidays, especially if I'm planning to be at the beach / in the ocean a lot.
Otherwise I have an actual timepiece for daily use.
I ditched my Garmin for an AW SE because I'm not running as much as I used to. Now I'm only getting in about 30km a week, and the various conveniences of the AW (LTE, notifications, phone, music, dictation, etc.) outweigh the negatives for me as a casual runner.
Back when I was running much more I would have never gotten rid of my watches from Garmin as they have so many watches that are indeed perfect for more hardcore runners.
If you are more of a casual athlete though, I think the AW is superior because the smartwatch features are just awesome (though I still prefer round watches).
The Apple watch isn't meant to be used to diagnose any condition and they state that. The o2 level was just implemented and will need to be improved to actually be accurate (possibly constructing straps with a reflective surface on the band opposite of the sensor so the beams can be reflected back to the watch. I read that the reason the watch isn't as accurate is because finger tip sensors clip around the finger so the beam can go through the finger and reflects back to the sensor which gives a much more accurate reading. Using the wrist is problematic considering how thick it is and nothing to reflect the beams back to the watch.. I personally have never had a reading below 98% which is consistent with my finger tip dedicated o2 sensor but, I've also had times when it couldn't get a reading.. I've noticed all the sensors work best if the band isn't too loose