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Next Apple Watch SE Could Be Made From Plastic
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I would love to have a plastic watch as I have enjoyed owning several Casio ones as long as it’s rugged. Aluminum watch makes me be delicate with them.
iPhone 5C is a beauty and is the only old iPhone I still keep as a backup / to use with my other SIM card (I went from 4s to 5C to 6s to XR to 15, 2011-now...).
As a member of the generation that was a certain formative age for the iMac G3's debut: make a Watch with a translucent plastic case, and I will have clicked 'buy' before my brain actually registers a decision.
Well, My watch the screen is not broken, and the screen is not scratched. And it’s aluminum. I don’t understand if you mean by bar aluminum if it’s black or aluminum without any color.
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my guess for all apple Watches (not just SE): maybe 40%? so SE alone, maybe 3 or 4%?
in terms of what % of total North American iPhone owners have an apple branded Watch (all series) is (2022 data) around 30%
The Apple combo: About 30% of iPhone users also have an Apple Watch
When the Apple Watch launched, Apple was selling an average of one smartwatch for every 10 iPhones. The attach rate has steadily grown over the years, reflecting...
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Just call it the Apple Swatch and get a jelly watch band for it. With a clear rubber band thing crossed over the face for protection.
Well donemy guess for all apple Watches (not just SE): maybe 40%? so SE alone, maybe 3 or 4%?
in terms of what % of total North American iPhone owners have an apple branded Watch (all series) is (2022 data) around "around" 30%
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The Apple combo: About 30% of iPhone users also have an Apple Watch
When the Apple Watch launched, Apple was selling an average of one smartwatch for every 10 iPhones. The attach rate has steadily grown over the years, reflecting...
That's why I usually use a Skinomi screen protector and a Spigen thin snap on case.
It looks pretty much like a normal Apple watch.
Any watch is going to get scratches and scrapes anyway from daily use, some basic protection works for all minor damage protection, I would still do it with the SS model.
With all the nostalgia for past decades I'm kind of surprised the multiple Swatch trend of the 80's hasn't come back to some degree.
What happened to Liquid Metal? Apple got a good run out of that - light, tough and shiny. I still have a couple of "Keys" for the iPhone and have continually wonder why Apple has not leveraged their metal. Easy to form in very tight spaces and cheap enough for a key.
- The Swatch Group, was granted an exclusive license to utilize Liquidmetal alloys developed after 2010 in its timepieces.[16]
I was indeed fond of semi-transparent Swatches as well… So much for that whole “I’m not just a thrall of marketing” idea 😬
Will be getting this watch as soon as it comes out. If theres a yellow or green color, then HELL YES im getting it.
I would imagine a 5c colorway redo would pull in a lot of people. It's something they haven't done with this product line.
Yeah, I would buy a candy green one in a second.
I've heard rumors about AW measuring blood glucose like 5 years ago already. I think they've even filed some patent for it.
If they make AW that realiably reads blood glucose, this would be a huge game changer for all diabetics. I know some diabetics and I know that they'd buy it in a heartbeat.
I have mixed feelings about the plastic case. Unless it would be a strictly kids and/or fitness watch - it's a no-no from me. Most people who have a smartwatch wear it to work, to park, to restaurants etc. and a plastic watch, just doesn't look that good. Of course every smartwatch is lower in the "elegance" scale than traditional watches as well.
Also I don't believe in any significant price reduction. As others've pointed out - it's Apple. They don't lower prices. If anything they may even increase the price of AW and AWU. In case of the AW I don't really care about the environmental impact - it's such a small device that the impact is negligable (likely comparable to disposable food packaging for a couple of days per one person).
Still, at least here (Poland) Apple devices are still kind of a status symbol for some and are associated with premium quality and feel. Plastic generally doesn't feel that way. I mean yeah, AirPods and Pencils are ok, but a watch? Nah.