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What to Expect From the Apple Watch Series 7

Cashmonee said:
It could be psychological. When I stopped wearing an Apple Watch, it took a few months for the phantom tapping to stop. No joke. It showed me just how unhealthy the watch was for me personally.

On a side note, the render of the squared off design looks terrible. The Apple Watch is already not terribly attractive, but a new version with squared edges? Seems a step back.
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I'm both horrified that you, or I could be having some kind of psycho-motor freak out from wearing a watch (like that feeling bugs are crawling on you, which I did encounter after finding a huge pavement ant nest, and found them all over me. It did take a few hours for it to subside. No lie: a doctor friend of mine said do a couple shots of Tequila. It works! The feeling of them crawling on me after two showers and a furious scrubbing went totally away! Who knew!)

Yeah, I read an article saying it was all psychosomatic, and I refuse to believe that. I mean, 1) My AW really doesn't harass me that much to develop a pattern, 2) I'm not that driven by it, and C) YIKES!!!
 
For me, S7 will be a day one purchase. I really do like my S6, as it was a day one purchase too, but the battery is not holding up well - it's already at 87% max capacity. I leave Feb 23, 2022 to thru hike the Appalachian Trail, and battery life is very important to me. I've owned the S0, S1, and S4 before I bought the S6. I've grown up with Amiga and Mac products [I'll be 50 next year], and I have to say, this watch is probably my favorite modern Apple product [I really dug the Newton, though I was already a Palm user and didn't discover the Newton until right before Steve killed it; I also loved the first gen iPod Nano - first iPod in black and just so slick - and my 11" MacBook Air is by far my favorite laptop ever owned, though the 2012 MacBook Pro with matte, hi-res screen is a close 2nd due to the amazing screen and all the ports].

All this to say - even if the insides are slightly better than the prior, I'm still going to upgrade. If the battery life is better than S6, I will use that to justify it :) It's either that, or get Apple to replace my S6 battery before I leave and I'd rather wait till it's at 80% and still covered by AppleCare+ to get a free battery replacement ...
 

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vjl323 said:
For me, S7 will be a day one purchase. I really do like my S6, as it was a day one purchase too, but the battery is not holding up well - it's already at 87% max capacity. I leave Feb 23, 2022 to thru hike the Appalachian Trail, and battery life is very important to me. I've owned the S0, S1, and S4 before I bought the S6. I've grown up with Amiga and Mac products [I'll be 50 next year], and I have to say, this watch is probably my favorite modern Apple product [I really dug the Newton, though I was already a Palm user and didn't discover the Newton until right before Steve killed it; I also loved the first gen iPod Nano - first iPod in black and just so slick - and my 11" MacBook Air is by far my favorite laptop ever owned, though the 2012 MacBook Pro with matte, hi-res screen is a close 2nd due to the amazing screen and all the ports].

All this to say - even if the insides are slightly better than the prior, I'm still going to upgrade. If the battery life is better than S6, I will use that to justify it :) It's either that, or get Apple to replace my S6 battery before I leave and I'd rather wait till it's at 80% and still covered by AppleCare+ to get a free battery replacement ...
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I was an Atari ST guy... ;) Then an Amstrad CPC6128 with a fancy disk drive. Frankly the golden age of computing, it was all so exciting.

S7 an instant purchase for me as well, my S3 is getting long in the tooth and I want those extra sensors now.
 
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jsamuelson said:
I was an Atari ST guy... ;) Then an Amstrad CPC6128 with a fancy disk drive. Frankly the golden age of computing, it was all so exciting.

S7 an instant purchase for me as well, my S3 is getting long in the tooth and I want those extra sensors now.
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PDP-8i, then a PDP-11/34, then a MicroVAX III 'pizza box' (Vax Station?). Still looking for a Microvax II in the B123 'world box'. (I have a TK50 tape of Moria from the day, and loved playing it. It was endless. (One guy played it through the week between x-mas and New Years, and got to the 'bottom', and kept going...) You could play for months on one level alone)

Then I got a PC, and a mac, and other stuff.


I miss the 8i. You really had to want to do some computing to get that thing running, let me tell you! :oops::D:p:cool:


The wife said I could get a new Apple Watch. Titanium, or Unobtainium? Hmm...
 
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tobefirst said:
That 1 extra millimeter is a big one, apparently.
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For a 44mm model, 2.25 % on a side, 4.55% in area. Better than nothing on display size but, with smaller internals, more internal volume to solve the “18 hour” battery life problem that, for my ancient series 4 watch, is now below 15 hours.
I’d like to see battery life for Anne’s watch at 30 hours or better coupled with faster charging times. How about a photo-voltaic watch band that supplements the battery?
 
PinkyMacGodess said:
PDP-8i, then a PDP-11/34, then a MicroVAX III 'pizza box' (Vax Station?). Still looking for a Microvax II in the B123 'world box'. (I have a TK50 tape of Moria from the day, and loved playing it. It was endless. (One guy played it through the week between x-mas and New Years, and got to the 'bottom', and kept going...) You could play for months on one level alone)

Then I got a PC, and a mac, and other stuff.


I miss the 8i. You really had to want to do some computing to get that thing running, let me tell you! :oops::D:p:cool:


The wife said I could get a new Apple Watch. Titanium, or Unobtainium? Hmm...
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So many platforms! Was so cool.

My first ever was a ZX81 with the 16k add on RAM box. No idea where it is now, kick myself I'd love to booth that thing up now and show my children how it all started.
 
I have a S4 so upgrading to the S7, was my original day 1 choice, but with CSAM now being delayed and not canceled, I’m not upgrading to iOS 15 on my 12 Pro Max, so I can’t use the S7. My S4 don’t last a whole day. I don’t know the battery capacity as I’m still on 6.2.8 and not updating until I buy a new watch. It’ll be a waiting game for me now.
 
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solarmon said:
Yeah. I scratched the face of my iWatch 4 weeks after getting it, and have lived with it for nearly 3 years. Gimme something tough.
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I had that issue with my 3, which led me to upgrade to the 6. My wife isn't a techie like me and has been using the 3 since day one and could use an upgrade. Was going to give her my 6, but knowing there will be a rugged version release, I will be waiting for that no matter what.
 
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