I'll still be ordering one, I will just be sad to lose my special limited edition Japan band that was out during the olympics. I guess I will add it to the pile of a dozen or so others.
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Rumor Claims Apple Watch 'Pro' Won't Be Compatible With Older Watch Bands [Updated]
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Unless they want to be ignored, those people will need to get the Pitchfork Pro and Torch Pro. The regular ones won't do.
According to a post on Weibo by the account "UnclePan," who has shared accurate information in the past,
wow, now we are going to listen to every source we can possibly find ...
IF true, think about it, it for "athletes" and "rugged" - so leather and metal bands are a no no to begin with, or does anyone wear their leather band for a workout???
it'll be really interesting to see what Apples new lineup will look like, rumors about no Ti or "edition" and such ... I can happily wait another 10 days
wow, now we are going to listen to every source we can possibly find ...
IF true, think about it, it for "athletes" and "rugged" - so leather and metal bands are a no no to begin with, or does anyone wear their leather band for a workout???
it'll be really interesting to see what Apples new lineup will look like, rumors about no Ti or "edition" and such ... I can happily wait another 10 days
Honesty, I still love the look of that classic watch shape and would love to see apple make it awesome.
But I also believe apple’s design aesthetics and watchOS approach don’t really make room for that option 😕
The new bands will have exposed electrical contacts on the inside to issue more notable encouragement at the end of the day when your rings are not closed.
Hard to tell if opening the CAD drawings and scaling it by 1.14285 to release a new Watch is a major or minor change.
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The Weibo post says COMPATIBLE, not INCOMPATIBLE. New bands will be a bit wider but old bands will still be compatible.
Source: I’m Chinese
Source: I’m Chinese
Well that sure changes things! Thanks for clearing it up.
Thank you for the clarification. That has been the case before, once or twice. I still have bands I bought for my Series 0 that work fine with my Series 5 (and would also work in a Series 7), despite the Watch sizes changing a bit.
I have used the same band that came with my Watch Series 3. Never saw the interest in buying different bands. Since this is a new SKU though, I probably will wait until the 3rd generation before I upgrade, which pushes that purchase out to 2024.
I'm glad , i Hate my leather magnetic band , it sticks to everything metallic including several iPads
I want a Titanium Band with a Titanium Pro Applewatch
If it's good enough for Iron Man , It's good enough fer me
I want a Titanium Band with a Titanium Pro Applewatch
If it's good enough for Iron Man , It's good enough fer me
I just bought the Apple Watch 7 since I’ve been wanting one for a long time and the green ones are hella marked down at Costco cuz Apple told everyone to get rid of them! I got mine for 275 before taxes and AppleCare. I’ll take your bands?
I've found the 5 buck knock-offs bands online to be of almost equal quality to the 50 dollar apple versions, so I'm not going to get too sleepless or outraged.
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Thousand on bands? You wear a different one each day of the year and two for Leap years?
I experienced quite the opposite: Bargain basement bands can’t stand normal wear and tear (including sweat) for more than a few weeks (at least, if you wear ‘em continuously).
You may argue that you‘d simply buy another band then and are still cheaper. That may be, though I wouldn’t want to buy me a dozen to replace them every other month.
And - more importantly - I’d rather save myself the unknown ingredients of the chemical cocktail in the low-end knock-offs.