Ok hear me out, i know i have a weird angle looking at this, but it is one to consider.
Apple still sells the AW3 new in 2022. It probably will be permanently shelved with the introduction of the AW8 and then the AW4/5/6/7 will become the cheapest option for the next few years.
Is it ok to assume that Apple considers the AW3 hardware and performance acceptable as a apple product to be sold to consumers even after 5 years being on the market and 4(almost 5) newer versions had hit the market.
The more i look at Apple the more i think they deem the AW3 a good product 5 years later, so i stretch this idea and say the last 4/5 apple watch releases had incremental upgrades (which they were) and were not significant enough to entirely replace the AW3.
By still selling the AW3 in 2022 by apple themselves they sort of undermine newer releases, and how i see it now, their incremental upgrades are not as significant as we deem to see it as consumers buying into the marketing of apple.
EGC, AOD, fast charging, yes all very good incremental upgrades, but if the SE is the "budget" version of the current state of the art AW7, where does this leave the AW3?
I wonder now if the AW has a actual cycle of 5 years, and IF you are on a budget and/or wants to buy the next big AW you need to get the AW8 Pro (what ever they name it) and then wait the next 5 years for the next big release.
Reason for saying this as the AW3 will be no longer supported with OS9 as i understood, thus apple sells a product till the very last moment and then dump it to the archives for retirement.
I understand, different incomes, needs, desires, reasons to upgrade AW yearly/2 years etc but i try to understand the Apple philosophy behind this product.
How do you see this? I think Apple uses a 5 year product cycle and then releases a new major hardware/software overhaul on which they work for the following 5 years with incremental upgrades.
And thus i think if you want the best bang for buck and the best product from apple possible is timing your purchase in terms of the AW, so in this case the AW7 is the best of the best of this generation and the AW8 is kind of the guinni pig of version AW12, and dare i say it even a stripped down version of what the AW12 will become, by design of apple and not so much a yearly new technology/invention is being added to the next itteration of the AW release but rather a spread out full product in a 5 year plan.
Apple still sells the AW3 new in 2022. It probably will be permanently shelved with the introduction of the AW8 and then the AW4/5/6/7 will become the cheapest option for the next few years.
Is it ok to assume that Apple considers the AW3 hardware and performance acceptable as a apple product to be sold to consumers even after 5 years being on the market and 4(almost 5) newer versions had hit the market.
The more i look at Apple the more i think they deem the AW3 a good product 5 years later, so i stretch this idea and say the last 4/5 apple watch releases had incremental upgrades (which they were) and were not significant enough to entirely replace the AW3.
By still selling the AW3 in 2022 by apple themselves they sort of undermine newer releases, and how i see it now, their incremental upgrades are not as significant as we deem to see it as consumers buying into the marketing of apple.
EGC, AOD, fast charging, yes all very good incremental upgrades, but if the SE is the "budget" version of the current state of the art AW7, where does this leave the AW3?
I wonder now if the AW has a actual cycle of 5 years, and IF you are on a budget and/or wants to buy the next big AW you need to get the AW8 Pro (what ever they name it) and then wait the next 5 years for the next big release.
Reason for saying this as the AW3 will be no longer supported with OS9 as i understood, thus apple sells a product till the very last moment and then dump it to the archives for retirement.
I understand, different incomes, needs, desires, reasons to upgrade AW yearly/2 years etc but i try to understand the Apple philosophy behind this product.
How do you see this? I think Apple uses a 5 year product cycle and then releases a new major hardware/software overhaul on which they work for the following 5 years with incremental upgrades.
And thus i think if you want the best bang for buck and the best product from apple possible is timing your purchase in terms of the AW, so in this case the AW7 is the best of the best of this generation and the AW8 is kind of the guinni pig of version AW12, and dare i say it even a stripped down version of what the AW12 will become, by design of apple and not so much a yearly new technology/invention is being added to the next itteration of the AW release but rather a spread out full product in a 5 year plan.
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