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Kuo: Apple Watch Series 5 Lineup to Launch in Fall With OLED Displays Supplied by Japan Display
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Truthfully I ususually have ~50% left in the evening (10pm or so) when I put it on the charger. Put it back on before sleep and I still have more than 90% in the morning. Battery life is vastly better than my series 2.
Tim Cook disagrees with you, the faster they release upgrades the more people replace their fine working tech, the more money they make...
I suppose it might depend on how well the series 3 runs the latest version of WatchOS. My series 2 is functional but it became way less responsive with successive WatchOS versions. I’ve never used a series 3 though to see how much better they are than the 2.
Consumer Reports do not understand this category. They state that sound quality is the most important factor for such devices.
A) idiotic conspiracy theory? Watch your tone please. I don’t appreciate my thoughts being referred to as “idiotic”. Especially when there have been several instances where Apple doesn’t allow features on older gen devices to sell a newly released one.
B. I’m aware there are other sleep tracking devices. But if Apple makes a better one I’d like to be able to use that one on my S3.
C. I never said you wouldn’t still be able to use 3rd sleep party apps. Don’t know you assumed I meant that from not being able to use Apples sleep app on older devices . People would not take kindly to not being able to use any sleep tracking app whatsoever and it would clearly violate competition laws.
Yes! That's my top ask, but under the screen, though I don't expect it for a bit. Or FaceID. Or some additional biometrics validation. I'd like to have more security into my Apple Watch. I use my Apple Watch for payments, plus I'd like to use it more for authentication situations.
Can you sell me on the cellular version? I’ve always been curious but nobody I know has one.
My Apple Watch A1554 - 1st Gen, aka Series 0 - talks "fine" with my iPhone 8. It is not a speed demon, but I use it every day.
I have one, but only because there was no non-cellular Stainless Steel series 4.
If I was a) an Apple Music subscriber and b) a wireless headphone user like airpods or Powerbeats Pro, it would be pretty slick to stream directly to the watch and be able to leave the phone behind when exercising or walking or whatever. I am neither of those two, however, and don’t need to be available so much as to be reachable on my watch when I don’t have my phone.
I’d be more tempted if it weren’t so expensive to put my watch on my plan. $10+ taxes and fees and such. Too much.
That's what people said about the Series 3 last year
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Series 0 to Series 3 seems to be the initial adoption years where there is a lot of progress made each year for processor speed and health features, similar to the progress from the iPhone 2G to the 4. I think from Series 4 onward Apple will start targeting a 2 or 3 years upgrade cycle.
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New watch faces would be nice as well.
There have been several instances where YOU CLAIM that Apple doesn’t allow features on older gen devices to sell a newly released one...
That is the part that rankles -- your insistence that you know WHY Apple made particular decisions, and your insistence in sticking with your interpretations even when alternatives are presented. For example, I've told you that if/when Apple provides their sleep tracker it may well be keyed into a body temperature sensor, since a slight dip in body temperature is one of the more reliable signs that a person really is asleep (as opposed to just very still and relaxed).
And this fantasy of a conspiracy theory IS unrealistic. For one it flies in the face of the fact that Apple continues to sell those older devices...
Apple continues to sell old devices because its more profitable to do so vs. recycle. I'd be curious to know what features Apple held back from older devices simply because the could vs. because the older device did not have the electronics to support it.
If something was held back simply because of fiat, wouldn't at least at some point at least one current or former Apple engineer leak this ('I was instructed to leave out that feature even though it worked fine') to the public? If this happens often enough, at some point somebody would talk.
What is much more likely is that making a specific feature work on older devices might require significant optimisation work and that money simply wasn't invested.
Umm ya because not everyone in everyone in every market can afford the latest and greatest higher price point version. You don’t think Animoji’s could work on older devices? Maybe not as accurate but they could work. There have been many instances Apples has held back features on older devices that you could then jailbreak your phone to get in the past as well.
But yeah they would rather up-sell you to their newest and more expensive models if they can make more sales revenue and margin. But they also don’t want to ignore large markets that can’t afford the top of the line new release either. So ya they sell older cheaper models. But people who can afford the high end are less likely to upgrade without new features they can’t get on their current device.
Go take a couple business classes and maybe this will sink in.
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An Apple developer us told to do x or y, they are not advised as to why. Most likely features are held back from older models because their design cannot handle those new features.
Have to agree here, but certainly don’t blame Apple, as you mention. They could absolutely make many of their features work on older hardware (The quality, due to stingy hardware in areas, may be questionable)but they are a key differentiator to get people into their ecosystem at a lower cost and work them up. Good business model in my eyes.
This is the biggest shortcoming of the watch for me (coming from a traditional Eco-Drive watch that I have not charged once in nearly 15 years).