I do suppose it is not for the average healthy bumpkin. I did not upgrade to ECG yet, I have a handheld monitor instead, I could use it during heart events, also the oxygen sensor would be interesting during some periods. I have no idea why anyone with healthy heart function would need it. But hey, I'm old school, I don't need a watch to tell me I didn't get enough sleep, or how much I got (that is simple math, went to bed at x, woke up at y)
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iFixit Apple Watch Series 6 Teardown Finds Larger Battery and Bigger Taptic Engine in Thinner Casing
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I’ve been on a series 5 since last November and you can get far more than 18 hours of use out of the 44mm...if you turn off always-on. I appreciate having the screen on all the time, mainly during warmer months when I wear short sleeve shirts more often. In cooler months, when I’m wearing long sleeves (shirts, sweaters, jackets, etc.), there is zero reason to have the screen on all time when it’s hidden from view anyway.
The question we ask Apple every time they release a new thinner device .....
Yes on iPhone/iPad ... it doesn't on the watch. For example I believe one of the most annoying changes for a lot of people is the removal of force touch allowing changing the calendar view. Should just replace that with long press. Now you have to go to settings which is a ball-ache
Still no user replaceable RAM is a deal breaker.. Oh wait!
That's my personal experience. If you love force touch, good for you.
Actually, I'd wager you'd be interested in the sleep analysis as it tells you how much deep sleep vs. light sleep you've gotten etc. and I love the alarm design that can wake you up at the ideal stage of sleep given the time range you choose.
Here's the methodology: https://www.apple.com/watch/battery/
They don't care about whiners and complainers. They do care about liability. They know the watch can get more than 18 hours. Just spitballin' but 36 hours is probably a more reasonable average. But under promising and over delivering is a recipe for avoiding a potential lawsuit for falsely advertising a hypothetical 36 hours, but averaging 24.
I am glad to see the iFixit tear down so quickly. I wasn’t expecting it so soon. I knew ahead of time the new battery would be a very modest increase. With the watch able to charge faster, I am still happy with my new watch. If I can’t take 20 - 30 minutes a day to charge my watch, I have too much going on, or a lack of organization, or both. I am glad to report that even though I stay pretty busy, I make sure my watch has a good charge before going to bed.
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I would say in another 2 - 3 years, we should see a significant change in the watch casing.
I find the crown and the side button to be much higher quality. The crown click feels much better than my S0, S2, or S5. The side button is also very flush. It feels like the allowed tolerance on the side button was greatly reduced this year and it has a much more seamless and nicer feel as a result.
My AW4 LTE has been lasting ~22 hours per day for the past two years. I only take it off to shower and then once per week, give or take, I have to let it charge back to full overnight.
Since installing WatchOS7, the battery has been almost worthless; using not quite 10% per hour.
What suppliers are there to choose from? I was under the impression micro LED could not yet be made in either the size and at the scale Apple Watch would require.
I would like to say that I picked up a watch 6 this weekend, and I almost feel like the battery lasted longer on my every day used 4 year old series 2 than it does with this one. maybe i need to turn the always on display off... i put it on at 6am this morning, its now 5pm and I'm at 60% with little to no use (checking notifications mostly)
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It’s funny, I was going to say that Apple shouldn’t go thinner, but instead go thicker, more like what a mechanical watch dimensions are - then I measured my Seiko Automatic watch and realized the series 5 Watch is almost identical in size (depth and width) to my Seiko. The thing that makes the Watch seem smaller, is the fact that it’s WAY lighter in weight.
That’s the thing I do miss with the Watch, but it also went from being aware of the weight of the watch to now sometimes forgetting the Watch is there (I have the Nike Sport series 5 Watch, so it’s the lightweight aluminum). I’m tempted to upgrade to stainless, but I know it still won’t compare to my Seiko.
Apple should hire you for their watch strategy. Oh wait, they have a dominant position and understand their customers.
This may not help you but both the taptic vibrations and sound volume are WAY, WAY, WAY higher in my aluminum S6 vs. my stainless steel S4. the reason this may not help is I know in the past some felt the denser stainless steel made taptic vibrations less prominent and since i switched I'm not sure if I'm experiencing that or a change in the engine itself (or perhaps both combined.)
Given how everything generally moves to solid state, how much longer do you think Apple will continue to fit a phsically rotating dial/wheel, which is like a fake watch spring winder?
You could still have it look the same, but as you rub your finger around it, it detects the movement, so it would seems like it's moving even though it's static.
Do you think they will do this, or simply scrap it altogether perhaps and just run your finger up/down the side of the watch body?
You could still have it look the same, but as you rub your finger around it, it detects the movement, so it would seems like it's moving even though it's static.
Do you think they will do this, or simply scrap it altogether perhaps and just run your finger up/down the side of the watch body?
I was experiencing the same issue with my AW4 LTE. I unpaired it from my phone and set it back up again. Took about 10 minutes and now my battery performance is back to normal.
It was replaced by a long touch. Pretty much the same though. Although watchOS 7 did away with some of the features that force touch brought. (First thing that comes to mind is pressing to compose a text in messages. Now it does nothing, and you send a message by scrolling to the top and tapping “new message”).
They could have replaced it with a long press. This is so annoying.