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Will upgrapding from a Series 4 To A 7 Be a Big Uprade?
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You take a huge hit, SS doesn’t provide a significant premium when trading in. For example, my SS S4 is only worth $100 via Apple’s trade-in.
that’s exactly how much my aluminum S4 cellular worth.
I sold my stainless steel series 4 for $220 on swappa right before the S7 keynote.
My basic aluminium S5 is worth double.
Don't go longer than 2 year cycles. It kills trade in.
Verizon website gave me $200 for my series 4 SS cellular trade in for the series 7
A 3 years old S4 which has seen moderate to heavy use won’t have the same battery life today it used to have 3 years ago. From that perspective a brand new S7 will improve battery life (not compared to what a brand new S4 would have offered 3 years ago, but compared to what a tired S4 is offering today).
My S4 used to be around 50% battery after a night’s sleep and a full day of use, but it is now closer to 20% (and I don’t do anything different). Part of this is that the battery health has dropped (it is now 84%), but I also think that as a model gets older Apple gets less careful with battery optimisations for that model in every major watchOS release.
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The 4 to 5 felt like a huge upgrade to me. The AOD fundamentally changed my relationship with the Watch and it being 2 generations better in terms of brightness each Gen will make that even more substantial. Plus all of the other little things improved upon for the 6/7 - I fully expect having a keyboard to also be a major shift in how I use the Watch.
There won't be a redesign next year. There was a redesign this year.
Similar to how the X, XS and 11 Pro all shared near identical designs, I think this approach will also been applied to the 12, 13 and next year's iPhone. The same can be said about the S0, S1/S2, S3 watches all being the same with the redesign coming in the S4. Apple has moved to roughly a 3 year period for designing their mobile devices.
My assumption of another redesign next year came from the photos floating around of an alleged Apple Watch with more squared off corners, similar to the iPhone design.
I wear on my left hand as well. Move the watch crown so that it is facing toward your body. That way, if your wrist flexes, it won’t trigger a setting on the watch.I'm going from a Series 4 to the 7, and even gambling the 45mm will fit my wrist. I too would like a bigger screen.
My Series 4 is 44mm, and its case is pretty close to my left hand's wrist joint/bump. I may have to move my newer/larger watch to my right hand, after all these years of being left hand centricOh the sacrifices I make for Steve and Tim
I get it. I was thinking the same. I think that's Apple trying to weed out the leakers.
Tbh they need to have better trade in value, $100 for SS series 4 44mm? This thing was $650+ 2 years ago
Apple's trade-in value on the Series 6 Stainless Steel was $270.
So, I would expect that's the best you are going to get for it as, remarkably, third-party sellers came in under that.
I trade my SS in every year and have done so for the past several releases. I try to optimize upon the $270 trade-in value so I am paying approx. $550 for the watch (with taxes).
Is it the smartest thing to do? No.
I'm jumping from the S4 to the S7 - the display size and always-on, will be big improvements!
I own a stainless gold s4, an aluminum s5, and an aluminum s6.
after wearing the stainless gold s4, I can’t go back to the aluminum watches. The stainless looks so good, I still wear it. So I haven’t used the features of the s5 and s6, and will be going from my s4 to a stainless gold s7. I’m excited about it.
after wearing the stainless gold s4, I can’t go back to the aluminum watches. The stainless looks so good, I still wear it. So I haven’t used the features of the s5 and s6, and will be going from my s4 to a stainless gold s7. I’m excited about it.
I'm upgrading from a S4 to S7. I don't really expect to see a radical difference and I may not even keep it. I'm not too thrilled about the always-on display, and I don't see 1mm making a huge difference in my life. I like the yellow "gold" aluminum bezel. I just more or less was curious what the starlight would look like in person, so I figured it was either order it last week or wait for months if it turned out I loved it.
LOL. Sounds like something my wife would say… save money by spending it. 😇