And don't forget that unlike iPhones, it most likely won't get OS updates so it won't slow down with age due to updates. I mean, It's possible I guess, but I doubt it.
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Why the Apple Watch Edition (and the rest) won't go obsolete.
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Of course the Watch OS will get updates for bug fixes, new software features, to work with newer iOS, etc.
Yeah but it won't get major updates like iOS. sure it'll get security fixes and stuff like that, but it won't get any major updates
Why not? All iDevices to date have received major OS updates for several years after debut. Whether they run well on the newest OS is another story.
Just because you run iOS 8.2 on an iPhone 4s, does not mean it actually has all features of iOS 8.2.
True, but at least it got updated to iOS 8.2. The poster was claiming it won't get major OS updates at all.
Apple Watch has OLED display, which doesn't last long enough for 10+ years of use.
After 1,000 hours (41 days) of use, blue OLED element typically loses about 12% of its brightness. If the watch's display is used 3 hours a day, you will hit that curve in about a year.
After 14,000 hours of use (1.6 years), brightness will be down to more critical 50%. Or if you use 3 hours a day, within 13 years.
keep drinking the koolaid. anything electronic will always have a shelf-life. it will be obsoleteWonderful proposition. Because you have to charge your Rolex, Breitlings, etc. as well every couple of days to tell you the time...
Clearly you don't know those watches.
Because, in fact, you do have to "charge" those watches.
Unless it's an automatic, and you wear it pretty much every day.
Thanks, I think the brakes on my car have similar stats. Guess what, I change it when it breaks. The display, battery, you name it, can be replaced.
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