There is a new design, but they called it the Ultra and made it 899 €.
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Kuo: 2024 Apple Watch 'Unlikely' to Have 'Significant' Innovation
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Bought my first Apple Watch in 2020 and I'm not buying a new one until it can measure blood sugar and blood pressure. I know many people say this isn't coming anytime soon, but in that case I'm just not buying a new one anytime soon 
There can be a design change next year without actual "innovation" (like new screen technology, new sensors, etc). I think that may be likely for 2024.
Frankly - a design change without new features is actually a reason to get the Series 9 (or Series 8 if you can get it on sale). More bands available.
Frankly - a design change without new features is actually a reason to get the Series 9 (or Series 8 if you can get it on sale). More bands available.
Unless you work for Apple directly on the iPhone, there is nothing to prove. Apple clarified already it’s the apps.
This product has plateaued, and thats ok, iPhone has only incrementally changed since 11/11 Pro.
I was about to jump from an S7LTE to an Ultra 2 until I saw that its only one generation chipset newer, I may still make the move but now I'll wait until the product starts going on sale. My S7 battery is still lasting basically all day, I wear the device when I sleep as well, so its only off (and charging) when I'm getting ready for work, so its on me 22.5-23 hours per day.
I was about to jump from an S7LTE to an Ultra 2 until I saw that its only one generation chipset newer, I may still make the move but now I'll wait until the product starts going on sale. My S7 battery is still lasting basically all day, I wear the device when I sleep as well, so its only off (and charging) when I'm getting ready for work, so its on me 22.5-23 hours per day.
Wow, that's quite a straw man you've killed. I don't see a single post complaining that it's too complicated. Seems like you're making excuses for a multi-trillion dollar company who is resting on its laurels; or worse, you're actually blaming the public for their lack of innovation.
This feature partially exists via Family Setup; the family group admin can activate an Apple watch and assign it to a member of their family group who does not have a companion iPhone. It still requires the admin to have an iPhone for setup, but it means each member of a family group does not need their own iPhone to use an Apple Watch.
Of course you can use it for sleep monitoring. Plenty of people do, and that’s a feature built into Apple Health. Just charge it during some other time. Having a shower, eating dinner, doing some work. I always track my sleep.
Hard to keep innovating in every area all the time. They did manage to transition to Intel in 2006 and release the iPhone in 2007, though, but they had to take a break with annual Mac OS releases around 2007-2008. Maybe Vision Pro is where all their best engineers are at, which explains incremental updates only are seen on iPhone and Watch. Given these products easily last for years now, incremental updates aren't bad if customers only buy every 5 years.
To be fair, your first Apple Watch is a significant improvement over not having one.
I think this is the thing many people miss, especially with the newer gen watches (I want to say starting with s7?) that charge much faster over the USB c cable. I want to say I get nearly 50% just during my shower and morning routine. I am sure there are fringe cases where this isn't enough, however I suspect it fits well into most people's lives.
Having said that, I would still welcome a longer battery life, but I am that way with everything. Longer life means fewer charge cycles further extending the life of the battery, especially when you can afford to charge to 70-80% per day rather than 100.
I agree with your first point. What would be the benefit of reading QR-Codes on the watch? What would you want to do on the small watch screen after scanning the QR code? Would the lens be under the screen or something?
I don't think I would want my watch to have a camera on it personally. It would just scream even more that this is a gadget and not a watch. Also, seems like it would be a detractor for a lot of people's privacy. I can imagine a lot of misuse of a camera on a watch. Easier to hide than a phone.
I think they just need to make it look new and they will sell a lot. Tons of people are buying the Apple Watch Ultra for the design change alone. My vote would be to make it just slightly thinner/flatter on the wrist.
A new processor that’s even more efficient, is good enough. Two extra hours of battery life would be a game changer. Couple that with improved heart rate sensor, and I can finally move on from my S5.
I don’t mind waiting until 2025 if it means a new form factor and blood glucose monitor. That would be a killer watch. Although I’m worried of course that Apple wouldn’t release both those features at once so as to make you upgrade the following year, too
You say that as though major hardware and in particular health hardware features are casually placed on schedule.
The watch rarely receives any notable hardware features, so if they have world-first glucose monitoring on a wrist, they’ll make it available ASAP.
And no, glucose monitoring will almost certainly not be ready in the next few years. You’re looking closer to 2030 best case.
That makes no sense at all. Sitting on an innovative new feature would just give the competition a hand.