So anybody here upgrade to the series 3 but not the LTE model?
think it's worth the upgrade just for the speed improvements and siri voice?
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Worth upgrading from series 2 to series 3 for non LTE model?
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I upgraded to the series 3 with LTE from the series 2. I would say the speed improvements are definitely worth it alone.
I came from a series 0 to a series 2 when they first came out and was underwhelmed by the speed improvement between those two. The speed improvement over the 2 to the 3 is what we’ve been waiting for since Apple Watch came out in my opinion.
Honestly I haven’t found a good use case scenario for the LTE for myself yet.
Primarily, you would have to appreciate LTE, audible Siri and there are speed improvements are selling points. But ultimately, I don't consider it an upgrade, as much as I do a lateral grade Over the Series 2. But if you plan on utilizing those features, then perhaps they would be an upgrade in your situation.
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I plan to upgrade from series 0 to series 3 with GPS (not LTE). I’m on a business phone and can’t even if I wanted to. But hoping the speed boost is worth it. I played with series 2 when it came out and while faster wasn’t worth the price to upgrade to me. When watch os3 came out the speed of the series 0 felt like it doubled. Hope the series 3 with GPS feel like i has always hoped for.
The best way I could describe the speed upgrade is in the way the undocked apps load.
When I had a series 0 it probably took an undocked app 7 seconds to load. When looking at the series 2 it probably took an undocked app 4-5 seconds to load. There was a bit of an improvement, but not very noticeable in my opinion. The series 3 takes 1-2 seconds to load an undocked app. In loading time I’m referring to the time the spinning app animation comes up.
There’s an improvement in Siri’s speed too, but I don’t use Siri too much.
Siri is much faster on the series 3 than on my iPhone 6 Plus; it’s embarrassing.
I use Siri on my watch quite a lot, and I’m impressed with how much faster it (and everything else) feels on the Series 3 vs Series 2. Didn’t think we were going to get as big of a performance jump like we did from the original to S2, but it’s quite good.
My suggestion (if you’re not interested in LTE) would be:
Original Apple Watch: worthwhile to upgrade to Series 3
Series 2 Apple Watch: stick with it until next year
Having said that, everyone has their own preference, and I might have even upgraded for the speed and Siri speaks given how much I use it. Feels like early iPhone days when speed bumps were significant & easily noticeable.
Also, definitely depends on your budget too. Upgrading from Original to Series 2 and from Series 2 to Series 3 were both approximately $300 CAD after selling the previous watch. It would be a different decision if I was holding onto previous watches and dropping $900 every year.
My suggestion (if you’re not interested in LTE) would be:
Original Apple Watch: worthwhile to upgrade to Series 3
Series 2 Apple Watch: stick with it until next year
Having said that, everyone has their own preference, and I might have even upgraded for the speed and Siri speaks given how much I use it. Feels like early iPhone days when speed bumps were significant & easily noticeable.
Also, definitely depends on your budget too. Upgrading from Original to Series 2 and from Series 2 to Series 3 were both approximately $300 CAD after selling the previous watch. It would be a different decision if I was holding onto previous watches and dropping $900 every year.
I believe they will, especially this LTE model is already very popular. I guess we will see!
Seeing as it seems Apple are on a yearly cadence now, I would say you're better to wait a year or two until the difference is more noticeable. Unless money is no object to you. In which case, still wait. and donate the money to a better cause 
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It would seem likely, especially having seen from reviews that the S3 cellular seems "just able" to cope with the battery demands of the cell radio. S3 > S4 will likely have cellular performance increases in the way S0 > S2 had CPU performance increases. We may even see the first design change, there were rumours it was going to be this year - maybe it got pushed for some reason.
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It would seem likely, especially having seen from reviews that the S3 cellular seems "just able" to cope with the battery demands of the cell radio. S3 > S4 will likely have cellular performance increases in the way S0 > S2 had CPU performance increases. We may even see the first design change, there were rumours it was going to be this year - maybe it got pushed for some reason.