I am eagerly awaiting the series 6 watch. I needs it. I wants it. Must have the precious.
Hook line and sinker. Apple have you in the net and it's about to be hauled onto the boat.
The pulse ox sensor in the AW6 (or any wearable device) is not even remotely clinically accurate/useful for "early COVID awareness". Not only is any sensor of this type fundamentally compromised by the setting (wrist) and use (movement), by the time your sats have been measurably compromised by respiratory deficit or distress caused by the virus, you'll already know about it as you'll have been seen by doctors and likely already be in a hospital ward under observation.
As for "working out", unless you're into high altitude training, again it's a big no.
The rumor is that iOS 14.0 (and presumably watchOS 7.0) would launch imminently since it would be necessary for new hardware to be supported. Sounds like the iPhones will ship with iOS 14.1 whenever they ship in October or November.Since devices typically go on sale by the Friday after an event, and given that Apple Watches usually launch with a new WatchOS, is it a safe bet that the latest WatchOS 7 beta is the last beta? I've been wanting to upgrade to WatchOS 7, but I don't want to install a beta unless it's one of the last (because you can't go back to WatchOS 6, at least without help from Apple).
Hook line and sinker. Apple have you in the net and it's about to be hauled onto the boat.
The pulse ox sensor in the AW6 (or any wearable device) is not even remotely clinically accurate/useful for "early COVID awareness". Not only is any sensor of this type fundamentally compromised by the setting (wrist) and use (movement), by the time your sats have been measurably compromised by respiratory deficit or distress caused by the virus, you'll already know about it as you'll have been seen by doctors and likely already be in a hospital ward under observation.
As for "working out", unless you're into high altitude training, again it's a big no.
this. I have Garmin's and the Sp02 sensor was interesting for about a week but is now turned off. The battery life hit, varied readings, and fact that I live near the coast, makes it just a gimmick.
Apple will probably put a nice spin on it, and I am interested in the AW6, but dont buy one just because of this.
I expect about a month after release everyone will be complaining about battery life with Sp02. The addition of that and sleep tracking means there *has* to be some sort of battery improvements (whether charging or capacity) in tomorrow's announcement.
I will bet this won’t happen. They announced the event only 1 week ago. If you have 1 week to edit this prerecorded event, adding external people to it, significantly increases the complexity of the editing process.
Apple said we would at WWDC......Really shocked we will see Silicon Macs this year.
2019 is not 2020...you can’t compare the two at all...Have you heard of NDAs? During the September 2019 keynote, developers at TipsWorks and Capcom were invited on stage. Do you think those speakers maybe received invitations in advance of the public?
I do it every day. Take the watch off in the morning and put it on the charger. Put it back on before I leave. It charges enough to last until next morning.You can charge your watch AND use sleep tracking at night? Tell me your secret.
What if this blood oxygen monitor thing is US-only? There would literally be zero reasons/new things in the Apple Watch 6 then for people elsewhere. Really weird upgrade. Even WITH the blood oxygen thing. I mean erm... is that really something people need to check daily/constantly? Will be my first Apple Watch I don't buy.
Still waiting on ECG in Australia. I have a feeling this new feature won’t be available as well.
They also tweeted “no watch this month”, so I’m disregarding everything else they say about the Apple WatchThe notoriously accurate leaker, l0vetodream, noted that the new Apple Watch will have quick charging. This could possibly help to alleviate the battery life issue.
Does that help you?
2019 is not 2020...you can’t compare the two at all...
I get your point but the SiP miniaturization that Apple is doing here is nothing short of a miracle of engineering - to add features it takes time/years as whatever you want to add needs to go into the same die, same limited space and same battery capacity. Also there is marketing angle, I am thinking that the Apple Watch is getting dangerous close to the limit of features that can be added using this current designWell, individual use cases aside, 2 years of minor updates for a key product category isn't a good look for a $2 trillion company that can afford world class R&D.
They also tweeted “no watch this month”, so I’m disregarding everything else they say about the Apple Watch
Really?!??! I see...interesting...we’ve been over this but l0vetodream messages only count as actual tips when they say “in my dream”.
If they don’t say that then they’re just trolling.
You misunderstood what I was saying, which should have been clearer from what I wrote above that.You can charge your watch AND use sleep tracking at night? Tell me your secret.
It degrades the battery quicker, driving you to upgrade a year earlier.I don't understand the need for faster charging on the AW.
The rumor is that iOS 14.0 (and presumably watchOS 7.0) would launch imminently since it would be necessary for new hardware to be supported. Sounds like the iPhones will ship with iOS 14.1 whenever they ship in October or November.
I've been running the public betas on my iPhone, Watch, iPad Pro and Apple TV. The build numbers are ending in "a." So, I think they'll release the GM tomorrow. Pre-orders by the end of the week and delivery the end of the following week.
They can't change it *too* much because apps are designed for the particular form factor. Changing to circular designs, etc. would break the UI and all of your watch bands.
I hated the drone-camera effect.
The oxygen saturation is actually a huge thing, HR goes up and and sats drop rapidly as COVID progresses, may save some lives. In fact, it will. So what do you consider bad? No new colors?It is only a bad upgrade if you have a new model. I still have my Apple Watch 0, so to me it is a major update.![]()
As for the iPad "Air", I was never convinced by this stopgap "watered down Pro from 2 years ago" category between the vanilla budget iPad and the Pro. It's just SKU bloat. I'd much rather they modernised the budget iPad and iPad mini, then give it all for a fantastic iPad Pro experience.