You should tell that to the Casio Watch app I guess?
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watchOS 11 Rumored to Drop Support for Apple Watch Series 4
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Yeah, maybe. But the AMD 5850 it originally had got its last driver update 8 years ago. Generic windows drivers usually work fine for any old drive, but if there was some critical bug specific to the original OCZ SSD I had, then I'm SOL. My point is that it's not a direct comparison, since while Windows may install and run on ancient hardware, there are thousands of vendors NOT writing driver updates for said ancient hardware.
Also, not fair to talk about skirting the Win 11 hardware requirements. You can do that with old Macs to run newer unsupported MacOS releases... it doesn't mean they're supported.
I still run the series 0... just put in new batt3ry for the 3rd time
Except, the said “years of software support” also slowly destroys said old devices. It’s one thing that Apple provides software support that’s appropriate to the hardware. It’s the other when Apple develops their software so that old device runs slower and slower to the point of no return. Apple is doing the latter.
Respect. That's gotta be rough, unless it's literally just for phone notifications and a clock. I know a guy who still has a stainless steel S0 and it looks great, but he's a very light tech user.
If watcOS 11 drops support for 2018 Series 4 then it is OK as watchOS 10.x will be supported until 2025.
7 years of support aint that bad?
I'd likely keep using the Series 4 until the iPhone I am using stops supporting it.
By then it may be a decade's old? Then I'd jump to a 2028 Series 14.
Meanwhile mine is so bad I have to enable airplane mode all day to avoid needing to charge halfway. And that’s after a brand new battery too. Not to mention general slow response and so on.
The 3 is basically unusable for anything but the simplest of tasks. Even the many of the stock Apple apps don't behave well and haven't for years. But I won't argue with you about WatchOS. If 10 had an optional "ver 8 mode" I'd probably use it; some of the UI changes feel like change for changes sake.
I’d upgrade from my ceramic series 5 if only Apple would bring back white ceramic. Series 5 is next on the list, but just got a new battery, so I can wait awhile.
I'm so over my Ultra 2. I often leave my phone in the locker at the gym and when I do, all hell breaks loose. Music stops and starts. Podcasts do the same if they start at all. The handoff is a disaster. If it was still in the return window, I'd return it. For version 10, it should be better.
So how do you distinguish between unplanned obsolescence and planned obsolescence in this case?
I have my 4, it’s still decent, and I still get a whole day out of it. I figured at this point I’ll wait until the new one this fall.
You aren't the only one.I am so out of the loop with the Apple Watch. I just had to google search my model number to figure out which one I haveapparently it is a Series 6. Going to last me another good 2 years I guess (I just recently got the whole watch replaced with AppleCare+ battery replacement).
I only really use it as a "watch" and as a notification "buzz" so I do not have to check my iPhone all the time.
Why they just can't put "Apple Watch Series X (GPS / Cellular) Material" in the about screen is beyond me...
You would think they would want that information front and center for when the average person hears there's a new model out, and they go to check what they have... 🙄
I mean, iOS 16 runs on an iPhone 8. It just depletes the battery in 3 hours and lags like a budget Samsung phone from 2014 in the process
you mean the ~5 years and then Schluss no matter how powerful and capable the hardware is, right? then after another few years a complete cutoff as the critical apps start demanding OS update
Good. Series 4 was a very overrated watch. Kind of like the 6S of Apple Watches
Better for you - not the 5 and SE owners whose devices are newere and have double the storage.
except, ending support after 2 years would generate more device sales than 5 years of feature updates with alleged slowdowns so that argument doesn't make sense. people want the newest iOS features
That report was about low RAM devices...which is a bit of a misnomer because the current iPhones have as much RAM as their entry level MBP.
They also do a lot of pre-planning, but there isn't a way that they envisioned on-board storage for AI as the reason to upgrade onboard storage for the S5.
As long as it continues to work perfectly with watchOS 10 I think it's fine. I have a series 4 and I really don't even feel like watchOS 10 was that big of an upgrade from watchOS 9 to 10 (even probably watchOS 5-10 even).
Mine is pretty slow, but the only thing I basically do on it is check the time, notifications, respond to messages, and pay (but opening Wallet is admittedly painfully slow).