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Daring Fireball: Apple Watch Series 3 to Feature 'All-New Form Factor' [Updated]
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New form factor? That is an odd statement for a watch. In Earth's past, we have had two watch form factors. A pocket watch and a wrist watch. I wonder if Apple will introduce a third innovated place for this time piece?
No way will they do round. EVery single app would have to be redone and updated.
If They offered a 44 MM brushed Space gray stainless watch, consider me sold on day one.
Not necessarily a bad thing. Something to spur companies to revisit their app. As it is apps that haven’t been updated since OS1 (facebook messenger...) are awful but technically usable so don’t need to be touched.
With the watch? Seems to me it's still a little on the fat side, like the iPhone was before the 4 (and the iPad before the 2).
Apple seems to have made them once off. Imagine what they'll be worth in 10 years as an original Apple Watch.
Thin enough - more battery would allow always-on screen and an app store for watch faces. Rather have those than have the watch be a little thinner.
Featuring - a slightly modified watch band connector so you can buy all new series 3 watchbands.
Well we'll find out soon. You've been telling me I've been out of my gourd for suggesting Apple would switch things up with AW this year. I'm glad to see Gruber in this camp too since he's more connected to Apple than anyone here. I don't think he's just looking for headlines here. Again, we'll see, but I'll be especially excited if there is a change and it is round.
It's time for Apple to add some true diversity to the line, not just mix and match bands and different case colors.
I agree, especially as you could only have a full line of text across the centre of the screen. A circular watch suited rotating hands, but a smart watch does so much more, a lot of which benefits from the extra screen space a square gives.
Oh, good! The way it looks is a large reason I didn't bother the first two times. That and the fact that it barely does anything. I have to admit, I look at people weird when I see they have one. Seems like a waste of money until it does more and maybe relies less on the presence of your iPhone.
I agree. I think diversity is needed for the Apple Watch to expand to a further demographic who's not interested in a rectangular design. I for one like the current design, but would also appreciate anround design if that's offered. I don't have interest in LTE, but I do have interest in cosmetic upgrades. Perhaps additional casing color options as well.
I've been swimming and showering with mine on for nearly 2 years, fwiw.
Some would argue that mag safe was a perfect execution of charging. They axed that for a far less superior design.
Three year cycles of the same hardware design are not a good idea going forward, imo.
Hope they do keep the same bands, but it wouldn't be a deal breaker unless you bought a band to match every outfit, these last 2 generations.
An always-on screen would require a massive upgrade to the battery. Probably not feasible even if the entire device were twice as thick. It was possible with the Pebble due to the e-ink display technology, but for a color, animated display, that's basically not an option with current technology.
Don't hold your breath.
I don't see what those have to do with battery life at all. The most likely reason they're not happening is that Apple doesn't want it happening at all because they're not really great proponents of heavily customizable UI. Less likely: they're planning on it, but it hasn't been a high priority.
