Same for me. I have an S7 and will upgrade to an Ultra 2. The Ultra 2 will be at minimum as good as the Ultra 1. Most likely better. The best Ultra so far.
True! I was almost thinking my s4 still would work sometime more, but its 4 years and lately i noe battery struggles too much for me.
When the flat display leaked from the supply chain, a bunch of the usual suspects just extrapolated a flat case to go with it. They were also a year early.
Actually yes I think this is exactly what is going to happen. Once they move to the new connector that will be it. Sure they may sell the odd default white / black band with the old connector , but their focus will be on the new. And I quite like changing up my watch band , Which is why to me I’m uncertain whether it’s worth getting anything until the new connector is established.
I mean, do what you believe and wait until next year.
Well, if you argue that way, I honestly do not think there has ever been - or will ever be - a good moment to buy a certain product from any product line Apple offers. This holds true also for any other similar tech company.
They'll probably keep whatever the series 9 ends up being or some version of the SE in the lineup, so they'll most definitely keep bands available for those. There will also be zillions of 3rd party options for years to come. There are almost 10 years worth of these things out there on peoples' wrists and you can see one just about everywhere you look now. I don't think you need to worry about accessories becoming extinct overnight.
Thank you(and TheGeneralist)
Thanks for the reply. Totally agree except for the fact that the replacement of the band system makes this a little different. Not sure about others but I’ve amassed quite a collection of official Watch bands over the years and so that’s part of my concern about investing further in a system that has all but been concerned (via a controlled leak) as almost obsolete.
You're really doubling down on this controlled leak narrative ey 😆. That's quite an assumption to parade around as truth without anything to back it up. As requested earlier in this thread; please provide some proof of this. So far as I'm concerned there is nothing to suggest this was a controlled leak.
The sarcasm was I think borne from the way you worded the question, no offence intended. Personally I have a few criticisms if the AW.
Why would Apple deliberately leak a future band design a few weeks prior to the release of updated watches with the current band design? That makes no sense.
I’d definitely stick with your current Watch and wait to 2024.
Still, there’s no point to worry about what “could come” next year. I would not be bothered by band connector change because band collection to me would be about style and color, not connector.
Think about this way, you either collect the band regardless, or you collect the band when you buy a new watch so you can use the band with the new watch, whichever comes later. And for the rumoured new connector, using magnet instead of current system is already a massive red flag because we all know how strong magnet can be in that tiny slice of both sides of the watch (Larger magnet tends to be stronger, and naturally have more surface area, all other things being equal), thus extremely prone to being loosen and throw the watch body. It is not even relevant whether Apple choose to leak this design change intentionally or not. I would not trust it either way.
I suspect because the people leaking planted bad info to him ruined their own careers and lives doing so. I honestly wish the entire "leak industry" would die off. It takes the joy out of everything.
