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New Image Offers Clearer Look at Apple Watch Series 7 Screen Size Compared to Series 6
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Wow! Thanks for pointing this out. What a cheap trick. So with a black watch face the old one might actually look slicker as there is more glass and less body?
Most people are not looking to upgrade from the series 6 to the 7 anyways, so any such comparison is moot in my book. The target market is the series 3 or 4 user, or an iPhone user who is not already using an Apple Watch.
It's only 2 positives if you have a 6. Most people upgrading won't be 6 owners. So yeah, if you got a 6 and a bigger screen isn't something you care about, this isn't the Apple Watch for you. Don't buy it and make those who do want it wait any longer than they have to.
No Apple Watch: Run, don't walk.
0~3: 100 percent upgrade.
4: Solid upgrade.
5~6: Really want a bigger screen? Get it, otherwise wait a year or two.
But for people like me with a 3, this is gonna be a huge upgrade. Twice the screen real estate!
Plus I think the slightly tweaked design actually looks better. Far better than the ugly box watch in those renders. Imagine that digging into your wrist...
Sounds like a good time to upgrade from my series 4 with LTE-GPS.
I thought about upgrading from my S5... I just don't see a huge reason just for the sake of upgrading. My S5 still works great, battery is still lasting me all day without issue... Unless something happens and it breaks, I'll see what next year has to offer.
As someone said in a different thread. color options matter… So I am looking forward to my S6 to S7 upgrade for several reasons - bigger screen and QWERTY kb, better battery life/faster charging, and Starlight color vs silver/gold.
Plus it helps that by trading the S6 in at Apple it covers more than half the cost of a new S7. Maybe with Series 8 I go SS or Titanium but for now I’m good when it arrives tomorrow.
Plus it helps that by trading the S6 in at Apple it covers more than half the cost of a new S7. Maybe with Series 8 I go SS or Titanium but for now I’m good when it arrives tomorrow.
Series 6 owner (received as a gift) and that was my first smartwatch since the Pebble days. The watch faces I use most often have complications in all corners with a watch in the center, so nothing about a slightly larger screen makes me want to upgrade right now. Not a huge fan of the faces that are full screen images or lack at a glance complications. That is the only reason I'm even somewhat happy with the S6 as it is. More features need corner complications that support actual metrics instead of just an icon without info.
I don't really care what that writer thought of the screen. My eyes see a noticeably bigger screen and a worthwhile upgrade.
It is like people who choose not to see a movie based on a review, that's just someone's opinion. Make your own decisions!
This is what I hate about reviews. Nobody reviews a product as is they review it compared to the previous version of the product. Just tell me is the series 7 a good product or not. I don’t care about it compared to the series 6. Also why are reviewers assuming everyone who might get a series 7 currently has a series 6? The same thing is done with iPhone reviews. Every 13/13 Pro review compares it to the 12/12 Pro as if the only people buying a new iPhone this year are 12/12 Pro owners. It’s so dumb.
Yes but in a way, that is like having longer battery life. 8 mins of fast charge is 8 hours of sleep tracking for those who do that.
I would have gotten one if Apple had normal neutral colors like gray and silver in the aluminum watches. Guess I'll wait for the 8. Big fail on Apple's part to not make the most popular colors in the volume model this year. I'll be holding onto my 4 for another year.