Same as mine. I don't use any advanced functiom(mainly clock/date, notifications, Apple Pay/Wallet and heart monitor), so I'm keeping it for at least another year. Battery isn't great at 78% health, but with my moderate use, I still don't need to charge it every day (it's now down to a day and half wearing it from waking up to going to bed, as I don't like wearing a watch when sleeping, from two days when it was new).
Exactly 👍 and even some over 30. Normal watch is just a watch. Apple Watch is data collector, assistant, help etc. even payment option. It is so much more,… and it also tells time more accurately then any old watch.
A bit over 4 years. I had it replaced as soon as it hit 79%. I could of used it longer as it still made it through the day
I had a Series 4 for the longest time, but just stopped using it as streaming music from local wath storage to AirPod Pro 2's (at the time) would just constantly cut out. AirPod Pro 3's and a Series 10 seem to work much better.
With a protector, aluminium is good enough for me. No need of ceramic.
Yes, especially when Apple will stop supporting the hardware by software means.
Alu version with the sapphire screen would be the ticket, but Apple won’t be able to extract maximum cash from their base.
The series watch is so thin now that the case material is almost irrelevant. I had a series 7ti and felt smug about it until I realised nobody else cared.
Apple plans to resurrect its ceramic Apple Watch casing with this year's Series 12 model, according to the leaker and prototype collector known as "Kosutami."
In a new post on X, Kosutami said that the casing will return with the Series 12. Apple first introduced a ceramic Apple Watch Edition with the Series 2 in September 2016, replacing the original gold Edition model and bringing the line's price down from thousands of dollars to a comparatively modest $1,249.
The white ceramic finish, made from a compressed zirconia and alumina powder polished with a diamond slurry, was marketed as being four times as hard as stainless steel. Apple expanded the material a year later with a gray ceramic option alongside the Series 3, but the Edition line disappeared entirely for the Series 4 in 2018, with Apple dropping ceramic and offering no high-end case option at all that year.
The white ceramic finish returned for the Series 5 in 2019 alongside an all-new titanium option, before Apple discontinued it for good when the Series 6 launched in 2020. The material has been absent from the Apple Watch lineup for six years since. It has since become one of the more sought after finishes among collectors on the resale market.
Earlier this month, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that the ceramic case option is expected to return either this year or in 2027. Kosutami's latest post suggests that the feature will indeed arrive this year.
The Apple Watch Series 12 is expected to feature a new chip for improved performance, alongside a selection of other small upgrades. The device is expected to be introduced alongside the Apple Watch Ultra 4, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and first foldable iPhone next month.
Article Link: Ceramic Apple Watch Rumored to Return With Series 12
With the advent of aod on the se3, there really is no need to spend more than the cost of that for 99% of Apple Watch users. I have an ultra but can’t even remember the last time I took an ECG/spO2 reading.
"Comparatively" was the operative word in the sentence you're referencing. As in, compared to the $10,000 to $17,000 gold Apple Watch Edition that preceded it...
What percentage of sales do you think Apple would be thrilled to see the new Ceramic model comprise? My bet is that it's less than 1%.
