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Is the Series 2 still worth buying?
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Well, rumor has it that it may be able to measure blood sugar levels. OR it may be an add-on modular band, which means that it may be compatible with all generations.
Now, the question is...will Apple change the design slightly to make it slimmer...that would be icing on the cake for me.
OP, do you have an Apple Watch now? If so, then i would wait. If not, then getting S2 at low prices may be a bargain!
For me, if S3 is as dreamy as i envision it, then i will wait a while until Apple sells it REFURBISHED and i will get that...and use money saved to get AppleCare +. That's my plan.
If an Apple Watch launches in September, my thoughts are it will be physically almost identical. The only rumored change thus far was a different Touch display might be used. The biggest rumor was LTE is to be incorporated. I highly question if Series 3 will launch this Fall. I think the major changes with other health advancements are more likely in Early/Mid 2018.
Well, one of the rumor is that the future sensors will be on the band itself and then the band connects to the Watch via Diagnostic port??
There are a few third party bands that already use the diagnostic port,but as the sensors in the second generation Watch work s ok,I see no need for sensors in the band.
What 3rd party band uses diagnostic port? I saw a few kickstarter early on but those never came out i think.
2nd gen Watch sensors are the same as 1st gen, right? 2nd gen just added GPS.
What i was talking about is the sensor to detect BLOOD SUGAR levels. The next gen Apple Watch may have this sensor on the watch itself or Apple may make a band that has it.
A camera would be a nice addition, but it has to be at least 5 megapixel to be worth it.
Not sure about resolution,but as the lens is very small,it's probably not a good camera,guess it's mostly a gadget.
It's a Company named CRMA. The band has a camera embedded into it. It's available Fall 2017.
http://getcmra.com/
Yes the camera is mostly just a gadget but its cool, a little bit of james bond's gadget. I just realized how to take pictures could be challenging since I must aim the camera towards the object. Or it's purpose is for video calls. Eventually any smart watch has to add something new, a camera will most likely be added. And apple watch has to be able to perform tasks more independently. By then it has incorporate a more powerful processor n more memory. The price could reach near an iphone if that happens.
For me, the killer app(s) for Apple Watch is not a camera or being iPhone independent, but what Apple does in the fitness AND health fields. Camera or LTE etc. can be done by other companies (Android Wear or Samsung)...but Apple already has a strong foothold in the health industry (Research APK; most docs and hospitals use apple products) and capitalizing on this is HUGE profits and will result in huge converts from other platforms! Of course, this also means dealing with FDA, which can be a pain...but the end result could be huge!
I disagree. I don't see Apple venturing on adding a camera onto the Apple Watch. I feel they will focus more on additional health sensors into the Apple Watch and/or specific bands that might have battery power related advances. But I don't believe they will add a camera on anytime soon. That's been rumored before, and I truly don't see Apple doing this.
I think for the sake of the iPhone, that's the only camera we are likely going to see with the Apple Watch controlling it. But I don't believe it will have a standalone camera embedded. Perhaps some might appreciate a camera , but I see it as a rather useless feature that will take photos with a low megapixel camera. I don't see the logic behind it.
Monday will dictate a lot.
If Series 3 isn't until the fall, then I assume watch OS4 unveiled on Monday should still work on the Series 2.
But if they preview Series 3 watch and great new features (ie glucose reading, LTE), you'll have to determine what's important to your usage.
If Series 3 isn't until the fall, then I assume watch OS4 unveiled on Monday should still work on the Series 2.
But if they preview Series 3 watch and great new features (ie glucose reading, LTE), you'll have to determine what's important to your usage.
That's because the Apple Watch was not expected for a refresh during WWDC and it wouldn't launch in less than one year from it's initial release last September 2016.
Also, WWDC isn't primarily about hardware as it is the developers And software.