there will be a Series 9 watch announced on September 12th, 2023 you will be able to order it the same day for delivery September 22nd, 2023.
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Gurman: Apple Planning Major 'Apple Watch X' Redesign to Introduce New Band System and More
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there will be a Series 9 watch announced on September 12th, 2023 you will be able to order it the same day for delivery September 22nd, 2023.
Everyone is saying magnets are not strong enough… but what if the band is a full bracelet that goes all the way around your wrist and the watch just drops on to it… like a MagSafe accessory. A full bracelet would also probably make BP monitoring possible. And as Others have said it could be supplemented with a mechanical connection as well.
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Mistakenly believing X is a cool or special letter.
Mistakenly believing X is a cool or special letter.
LOL no way im buying an Apple Watch with magnetic attaching bands. I want my watch to be very secure. These things crack pretty easily (except for the Ultra) if you drop them. Maybe it could slide into a shallower groove and then magnetically lock into place? I think I still don’t like that, but it’s better because it wouldn’t be able to be ripped off from the normal direction that the band tightens. You would need lateral force to remove. Idk man. Strong neodymium magnets are getting to be expensive and would be more likely to interfere with navigation in such a small case. Maybe they would keep the old style in the more rugged Ultra.
It’s certainly the last product without flat chamfered edges in Apple’s product lineup.
There are a lot of places they could take the hardware. I genuinely think that a small punch hole camera in one corner for FaceTime and a fingerprint sensor in the home button are overdue.
I’m not sure about magnetic band attachments and how secure that would be. I am forever catching mine on clothing and knocking it on doorframes; unless those magnets are very strong it’s going to go flying.
The current band system was developed because changing the band on a traditional watch is a pain in the ass.
There are a lot of places they could take the hardware. I genuinely think that a small punch hole camera in one corner for FaceTime and a fingerprint sensor in the home button are overdue.
I’m not sure about magnetic band attachments and how secure that would be. I am forever catching mine on clothing and knocking it on doorframes; unless those magnets are very strong it’s going to go flying.
The current band system was developed because changing the band on a traditional watch is a pain in the ass.
AW was released in 2015 - that makes it 8 years, so check your math LMAO
It really grinds my gears when people call it the ‘iPhone ecks’ instead of the correct pronunciation of ‘iPhone Ten’. The X was a Roman numeral like that in Mac OS X.
We are reaching the point, I’m sorry to say, that phones should be on an 18-24 month refresh schedule. Which brand will make the switch first….
Listen genius. The AW X will be released in 2024 or maybe even in early 2025. So yeah, that makes it pretty much 10 years! LMAO!
the funniest thing to me is people thinking that Apple hasn’t thought of this all already.
people really think they’d sell a Watch where the band will easily and randomly fall off because they put “weak magnets” in it.
like, be for real lol.
I think enough people upgrade their iPhones every year to still justify Apple releasing a new model every year, even if the improvements are incremental at best. Besides, just because Apple releases a new phone every year doesn’t meant people have to change them every year.
Yes. Life of battery is the number one complaint in far larger swaths than MR members. When speaking with folks, the folks who have a phone who do NOT have an AW cite tha battery as the reason. Or, better yet, the folks I know who have smart watches that aren’t Apple Watches have garmin because of the battery life.
It is absolutely the number one barrier for folks.
Backcountry or not, people would prefer longer battery. So yes, it is more applicable than a currently, hypothetical, not in-use, medical sensor.
I’ll take a new medical sensor - don’t get me wrong. But I’ll take battery life any day. Until it’s a month, I’ll always choose battery life.
Also what for folks with pacemakers who fall asleep and have magnet come near their implanted defibrillator?
Me too. Fewer bands but I like them just the same.
Unless it’s an amazing new concept I’m gonna be pissed.
This is what the iPhone X was to the iPhone lineup, can't wait for the redesign, the current design is due for a change, I don't even know which generation Apple watch people are wearing on the wrist..
I’d want more sensors and will be content for efficient processors and improved battery chemistries to incrementally improve the power-use equation.
I’m one of them…
But we are reaching the point where it cannot be justified, especially environmentally.
It’ll come, no doubt at all, it’s just when, not if, and who goes first.
There are sound business benefits to it, including better profits.
do you really think apple is going to release a watch with bands that detach more easily than those today? the magnetic mounts they are talking about will then physically latch when the magnets connect. the physical latch will have to be released with a button just like today. the magnetic alignment and latches allow for a hugely space saving design without compromising security. tons of action cams used on cars at 100+ mph, surf boards in the ocean and more now use "magnetic mounts" like this but the magnetics align the mounts and latches, but the latches hold it.
I’d like the Apple Watch to have the side opposite the crown to have a circular form. Maybe the side on crown too.
Keep the flat top and bottom for band compatibility.
That extra real estate could add some interesting complications that are easy to see while one is active sports etc.
Keep the flat top and bottom for band compatibility.
That extra real estate could add some interesting complications that are easy to see while one is active sports etc.
From an environmental standpoint, I don’t see the difference between releasing one new iPhone every year, vs every 2 years. You still have to manufacture and ship them, and it still produces the same amount of packaging and waste.
What exactly is the benefit here, barring lower R&D costs, which would be offset by lower sales?
Gone.
You can tell having to fill his newsletter each week has become a real burden, with more and more vague speculation and guess work.
Feels to me more and more that Gurman is dressing up ‘here’s what Apple have done in the past’ (aka iPhone X as Watch X) as informed leaks.
THIS JUST IN: Apple Watch X redesign delayed, might not be called X, might not be redesigned, magnetic bands out (maybe!).
To be honest no one will do it. I’m sure they have to answer to the shareholders and they will not be happy about it.
They can bring a Transformator apple watch pro ultra plus around the corner - i am still not interested. Make it a stand alone, working with no iPhone, then i am in.