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Series 10
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And because of the thinness it sits much better on the wrist. I was very pleasantly suprised what a difference this made.
I'm with you, don't think that's an upgrade that would make sense at all, and not really a fan of how the bezels looks larger in the S10.
No - not really. Especially given the fact that you don't get more complicated watch faces like the Ultra Modular
On the wrist, the Series 10 sits a bit thinner and better - but otherwise it's not a huge difference from the Series 7-9
Mathematically the screen is 7% bigger vs. the S9. The effect on the wrist is quite pronounced, though.
Tbh it’s been a pretty long time since there was a big difference between generations. I tried on the S10 and felt very little difference from my S7. And with both trade in and resale prices in prior gen watches super low, it’s pretty hard to justify.
I‘ve upgraded from the AW Series 9 to the AW Series 10, when it came out.
I like the slimmer profile and the bigger screen (without adding the bulk of the AW Ultra), but other than that, not much of a difference.
If your AW Series 9 is fine and you don‘t need the latest & greatest (which will not be the latest & greatest in approximately nine months time), simply keep it and save the money.
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When it comes to CPU and GPU performance, the S9 and S10 are absolutely identical because they are literally the same chip. Both based off of the A15 with a tiny little NPU.
I find it unbelievable that they still have the modular ultra face locked to the ultra when the s10 has the same sized screen AND a better CPU. I thought the S10 was when I would finally get the face, or at least a variation of it.
Some decision are technical, others are driven by marketing strategy. When the Nike version of the Apple watch was sold as a separate model, you couldn't get the Nike faces on a regular Apple watch even though the hardware was identical. Now you can.
Also, while the square space of the S10 display is slightly bigger than that of the Ultra, the Ultra display is still vertically larger (502 vs. 496 pixels). Plus imagine the S10 46 would have gotten the Modular Ultra face … but the S10 42 wouldn‘t have (because that display is of course still significantly smaller than the Ultra display). Then those folks would have complained …
One issue I had with the Series 10 screen is that the square aspect ratio made some watch faces look strange to my eye. I would imagine some of these may have been fixed with later OS releases, but for example some of the round watch faces, some of the black unity faces, etc looked very stretched out.
Overall Series 10 is a good upgrade - but functionally it doesn't add much over models going back to the Series 7. I compared my Series 7 green aluminum and a Series 10 jet black aluminum side by side for a few days (this is my "dark" watch slot; I usually wear natural TI or SS gold). At $400 I didn't see a real reason to upgrade what was for me a secondary/tertiary watch. I may upgrade at $329 or less or so if Amazon has a sale.
Overall Series 10 is a good upgrade - but functionally it doesn't add much over models going back to the Series 7. I compared my Series 7 green aluminum and a Series 10 jet black aluminum side by side for a few days (this is my "dark" watch slot; I usually wear natural TI or SS gold). At $400 I didn't see a real reason to upgrade what was for me a secondary/tertiary watch. I may upgrade at $329 or less or so if Amazon has a sale.
The hermes faces are locked as well, I think some are nice. I had an Ultra and sold it, but I almost always used the modular ultra face. I tried an aluminum S10 and felt the same as you. However, the S10 was so blasted light in contrast to the weight of AWU, it was a nice change of pace.
Right. I meant I can't believe that they would make that decision for that watch face. Having the digital time front and center with some complications around it isn't exactly cutting edge. That would be standard on any other watch. Saying that you have to buy the most expensive model (that is also much much larger in size) to get that is so bizarre.