Scratching versus Shattering lowdown

[thatsmyfish]

I’m comparing it to upgrading to the iPhone X. A couple of weeks later a coworker asked for help with her 8 plus and I found I forgot how to use the home button for a few seconds.

Do you find the Nike+ bands work as well on the heavier case? I know they’re designed to be porous and light-weight. I was surprised the display at the store had them on SS.

 

[newellj]

Good tip!

I wonder as well if the Nike band is ridiculously light and that led to the issue with the heavier case. Anyone use the Nike band on SS?

Do you mean the band or the loop? My comments above are on the Nike band.
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I’m comparing it to upgrading to the iPhone X. A couple of weeks later a coworker asked for help with. Her 8 plus and I found I forgot how to use the home button for a few seconds.

Do you find the Nike+ bands work as well on the heavier case? I know they’re designed to be porous and light-weight. I was surprised the display at the store had them on SS.

Yes, no difference. I noticed the weight difference briefly. In real life, I don't find it a factor and I don't think most other people would, either.

 

[thatsmyfish]

Do you mean the band or the loop? My comments above are on the Nike band.
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Yes, no difference. I noticed the weight difference briefly. In real life, I don't find it a factor and I don't think most other people would, either.

The band. Specifically the platinum one.

 

[newellj]

The band. Specifically the platinum one.

I have the platinum and the obsidian bands. The SS is absolutely fine on them, no issues at all. And I say that having worn the aluminum S3 for a year and the aluminum S4 for two weeks, both on the same Nike bands.

 

[thatsmyfish]

I have the platinum and the obsidian bands. The SS is absolutely fine on them, no issues at all. And I say that having worn the aluminum S3 for a year and the aluminum S4 for two weeks, both on the same Nike bands.

I’m hopeful I just need that hour to get used to it!

 

[mtntrance]

That would make my life easier! My wife hates watches and is spending $$$ on a three day Phish vacation so I get an upgrade.

I like your wife’s priorities.

 

[Lennyvalentin]

With "smartwatches," even within a single generation of a single manufacturer, it probably gets much more difficult due to the many layers of different materials that make up the display screen and the adhesives that are used to assemble them? Just guessing...

Sure you could do it. Like when crash-testing wildly differently constructed cars of different sizes, materials, methods of propulsion, you run all of them at the same speed into static obstacles of known shape and dimensions in a repeatable, predictable manner and watch the outcome.

Something similar could be done here, but I've not seen anyone try. As it is now, people "test" by dropping phones from their hand, and that's not repeatable or predictable.
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I wonder as well if the Nike band is ridiculously light and that led to the issue with the heavier case.

Nike sport band (IE, rubber) isn't ridiculously light I would say; my Nike Platinum/Black band is certainly lighter than the original white Apple sport band I received with my OG Watch Sport; not just because of the holes, but also because the band itself feels thinner than the early-model watchband. It still has a bit of physical heft to it though, it doesn't feel as if it's gonna do a helium balloon trick and float off...

Nike sport loop (the woven velcro-equipped variety) however IS ridiculously light. It feels as if it weighs almost nothing. Pairing it with a steel watch might feel a bit lopsided, weight distribution-wise. At least initially, and/or under periods of heavy movement.

 

[44267547]

Sure you could do it. Like when crash-testing wildly differently constructed cars of different sizes, materials, methods of propulsion, you run all of them at the same speed into static obstacles of known shape and dimensions in a repeatable, predictable manner and watch the outcome.

Something similar could be done here, but I've not seen anyone try. As it is now, people "test" by dropping phones from their hand, and that's not repeatable or predictable.

I always find it interesting when you have those who commonly use car characteristic comparisons to tech, it never really make sense to me, but seems to be the ‘norm’. Point is, no matter what you drop or how it drops, it’s all based on {impact, angle and surface type}. Those are the three tangents that make up anything with gravity , and it doesn’t matter if it’s the Sapphire Or Ion-X Glass, no two results will be the same.

 

[tromboneaholic]

I always find it interesting when you have those who commonly use car characteristic comparisons to tech, it never really make sense to me, but seems to be the ‘norm’. Point is, no matter what you drop or how it drops, it’s all based on {impact, angle and surface type}. Those are the three tangents that make up anything with gravity , and it doesn’t matter if it’s the Sapphire Or Ion-X Glass, no two results will be the same.

But if you attach Watches firmly to a sled, like they do cars, you can control velocity impact, angle of impact, and surface type. They don't randomly sling cars around, so the idea is the test wouldn't randomly drop watches like the YouTubers do.