Upgrading From an Older Apple Watch? Here's How the New Features Stack Up

[Rychiar]

In what way?

no true full functional blood oxygen sensor and the s9 does most of the other new stuff cus its the same chip

 

[dmarkman]

Tempted to upgrade from Series 9 for the battery, but I'm not sure I use my Apple Watch enough to justify it ahh

I’m my experience it worth it, I just upgraded from series 9 to 11. Previously, at the end of the day my watch 9 battery was at around 25% level, now it’s 60%

 

[CmdrLaForge]

They're $10/month...

But the are not offered from any low cost carrier for the iPhone cell service.

 

[NicoTRZ]

I will say, so far I've appreciated that the Apple Watch bands I purchased with my Series 2 continue to work with my Series 7, and hopefully next year's Series 12 (a five-year cycle seems to be what I'm following).

I totally agree, it's fantastic. Since I wear Apple Watch since the very first generation and always bought the "big" model, I now have a large collection of bands with a large variety of colours and sizes. It's fantastic that I can still use all of these.

 

[svish]

Very good article. Definitely no need to upgrade from a Series 10. Those upgrading from a 5 or 6 will see a massive difference. Felt the same when I upgraded from my Series 5 to 10 last year.

 

[Donfor39]

Where is my apw1

 

[Neonblue]

Coming from a S6 I decided to skip the S11 which seem to have very minor updates over its predecessor and went in on a refurbished S10 from Apple for £100 cheaper.

 

[philstubbington]

My Apple Watch Series 6 was one day away from being unusable when we got home to our new Series 11s. Not leaving it that long to upgrade again 😂. Here’s to Series 15 😉

 

[svish]

Tempted to upgrade from Series 9 for the battery, but I'm not sure I use my Apple Watch enough to justify it ahh

For the battery life alone I would not recommend upgrading, unless the 9 is having very poor battery life. I would do it only for LPTO3 allowing seconds hand in watch faces and for faster charging.

 

[jpf293]

I had the original, then s3, s6 and now s10 always the larger version. The ultra doesn't interest me. My s10 was a big upgrade on the s6 and will be fine for the next few years.

The 11 seems like the most incremental upgrade so far, almost an upgrade for the sake of it, so maybe Apple do have big plans for the s12.

 

[yyzguy]

No love for the SE series? I have the first gen, thinking of getting the third gen.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

no true full functional blood oxygen sensor and the s9 does most of the other new stuff cus its the same chip

It has the same SpO2 sensor, you just can't view the results on the watch. There is no difference in sensor performance.

But the are not offered from any low cost carrier for the iPhone cell service.

Visible and US Mobile both support the Apple Watch

 

[PaladinGuy]

I had the original, then s3, s6 and now s10 always the larger version. The ultra doesn't interest me. My s10 was a big upgrade on the s6 and will be fine for the next few years.

The 11 seems like the most incremental upgrade so far, almost an upgrade for the sake of it, so maybe Apple do have big plans for the s12.

Maybe. At this point, I am not sure if they have plans for a big change up at any point. Better battery life and more frequent heart rate readings are two things I’ve wanted most over the years.

They have now taken a step towards better battery life. I don’t think this will change much more for several years, based on how Apple does updates to hardware.

I got a Series 11, and unless they add a new Heart Rate sensor next year, I don’t know what else would really matter to me.

 

[clunkmess]

They're $10/month...

Actually comes out to about $16+ a month with taxes and wacky fees on AT&T!