I like the rounded design - only thing I'd love to see is a bit more thinner design and less bezels on the display.
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New design for Apple watch 7 on the way?
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Well. If they all of a sudden change design and keep that new design going for years, then my series 6 will seriously look outdated. And maybe they change the strap sizing/ application, then I won't be able to get new straps.
But so far I'm really enjoy the series 6. Blood oxygen, ECG, and fall detection are all cool. And the apps run so fast and so smoothly.
I'm in the same boat, I love my Citizen Eco Drive, purchased in 2008, they employ a capacitor rather than a battery with memory effect and they look fine. What's not to like? Well maybe the UI, I find Citizen controls unintuitive but then I am not continually making changes.
I finally purchased an Apple Watch Series 6 this year having reconciled that it is going to be disposable after probably 4 years, for my age and health the ECG and blood oxygen are toys, especially the latter which appears very sensitive to conditions and method of use, I love the tap on the wrist notification as for some reason I just don't feel my iPhone these days even in my inside jacket pocket. Alas it went back after 48 hours, in that time it had frozen with a dim display, started not displaying Dark Sky complications correctly and crashed twice. I'm of a mind to consider another series 6 or perhaps more likely the SE now that I have got the ECG scratch itched once there is either an obvious update with a fix or the thread posts about crashing AWs die down.
In summary had the AW experience been flawless (no crashes or glitches) I'd have kept the AW6, as it stands I am left questioning Apple QA and testing for the WatchOS7 release given how readily mine had issues and other users appear to too, I didn't go out of my way to stress test the device.
That's one reason why I ordered the S5 at a discount. The inaccurate O2 sensor is of no interest to me, but I wanted to try out the always-on-display, something I couldn't get with the SE.
I don't expect them to do this, but it would be cool if they could release a 40, 42.5, and 45 mm for Series 7, with a thinner case.
The potential design change is interesting.
When the AW first came out I wasn’t particularly impressed with the design, I got it for the features not the form.
Same applies to the iPhones when they went rounded. I never liked the rounded iPhone form and sorely missed the flat edges and the iPhone4 design.
But wearing the AW daily for years saw me grow to like the shape of the AW.
So while I like my iPhone and iPadPro being flat edge am not sure about the AW - perhaps it’s because the AW is part jewellery and body-worn...
I’d buy it of course lol
When the AW first came out I wasn’t particularly impressed with the design, I got it for the features not the form.
Same applies to the iPhones when they went rounded. I never liked the rounded iPhone form and sorely missed the flat edges and the iPhone4 design.
But wearing the AW daily for years saw me grow to like the shape of the AW.
So while I like my iPhone and iPadPro being flat edge am not sure about the AW - perhaps it’s because the AW is part jewellery and body-worn...
I’d buy it of course lol
