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Standard Apple Watch Series 8 Rumored to Feature Same Design as Series 7
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Can't do any real engineering when people are at home. They need to be at the lab.
People said there weren't enough changes in the yearly releases before the WFH age began.
The WFH bias some have is laughable because it falls apart that easily.
Yes, they want you to think they are cool for not raising prices, but all that matters is they are making more profit since there is no R&D.
There weren't major changes before COVID and WFH, so no.
This forum does have a bias against WFH.
I mean yea goto the location once a week or so. Maybe never when you are just doing ideas and design. Then go in some more when production is starting
I'm still using a series 3 and it does the basic things I need it to, so may just continue to keep using it till it basically becomes unusable or the battery can't hold a charge for a full day. So ya, yearly updates of the Apple watch do seem overkill with the small amount of new features that seem to come with a new version.
EXACTLY! And re-tooling increases cost and that cost is passed on to the consumer so be careful what you ask for.
Tim Cook does. He has all the data on employee productivity/creativity. And he wants employees to return to office ASAP.
we need silver and space grey back. hate midnight. series 4-6 was apple watch peak
Reasons to update from a S6 or from a S7?. Plain consumism?. Does S8 offer any value over a S7?.
“Net battery” is not an argument for a full new Apple Watch. Is it?. Just replace the batter in my “old” one.
Or if the screen is damaged or signed, ok. But in my case I can’t see a reason to replace my S6.
Maybe the larger screen.
Is Apple pushing the same product (watch) year after year with a different name basically?.
“Net battery” is not an argument for a full new Apple Watch. Is it?. Just replace the batter in my “old” one.
Or if the screen is damaged or signed, ok. But in my case I can’t see a reason to replace my S6.
Maybe the larger screen.
Is Apple pushing the same product (watch) year after year with a different name basically?.
You have to honestly ask yourself though, what more can they really do with this design? Its a Watch. They could of course introduce a circular model, but the current style is iconic and its doing whats its supposed to do: Notifications at a glance, weather, heart rate, oxygen, tell time. I think the areas where Apple needs to go hard on are more sensors and improving the existing ones making them more accurate and reliable. Also, making the SoC powerful to offload more functionality from the iPhone to watch and of course, battery life. Those things take time and will be challenge due to its size. I also think maybe the screen could be a little bigger.
That is highly simplistic. What is the benefit of a "Series 8" released now that is 99% a series 7 or a Series 7 released a year ago? Processor basically the same. Screen basically the same. Connectivity basically the same. The actual product is essentially the same. Your point would actually make sense if there were distinction between the products.
Meaningful sensors and better battery life will make me upgrade from my perfectly fine Series 5.
Look of it doesn’t bother me, only wear it for activity. Unpopular opinion brought about from liking mechanical watches for decades, but the AW in peak form will always make me snooze.
Look of it doesn’t bother me, only wear it for activity. Unpopular opinion brought about from liking mechanical watches for decades, but the AW in peak form will always make me snooze.
I am hoping for more features like a solar panel that can help to prolong battery life and/or give unlimited battery life when in basic Watch mode.