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Your Apple Watch Bands May Not Work With Next Year's Model
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ill buy a few from ya....bought the official APPLE solo loop midnight and it snapped and they won't replace it because it snapped in the middle and not at the ends where they say its common : (
got a black solo loop (the rubber one)??
I prefer official apple because I think I heard if you use 3rd party and something happens and you weren't using apple band, then you're not covered?....
Still on my S5 because I found a black stainless steel that was below retail of even an aluminum.
LOVE Stainless Black..won't upgrade unless I can afford the Stainless Steel. But man..bigger battery? Ugh.
LOVE Stainless Black..won't upgrade unless I can afford the Stainless Steel. But man..bigger battery? Ugh.
Yes, but watches (and bands) are an established fashion accessory in our society. People change them based on activity, occasion, or even just coordination with clothes, so it’s common to have multiple (bands in this case). This is something Apple knew getting into the watch business, which is why they made the swappable band mechanism and why they market an array of first party designs. Whereas almost all people stick to one phone case if any at all.
If they use a larger battery it will only come to the most expensive models. So the majority of people won’t profit from it. Vance they price being way to high for what you receive.
At this point I’m amazed that they didn’t charge people for both parts individually. Knowing Apple they’d spin it with a fancy marketing story on how it reduces a carbon footprint etc. And earn even more profit.
So much for less “e-waste” although it’s not e-waste itself.
Also, the EU will now come up with the demand of some mandatory universal clip for the bands in the future. This oughtta be fun.
So much for less “e-waste” although it’s not e-waste itself.
Also, the EU will now come up with the demand of some mandatory universal clip for the bands in the future. This oughtta be fun.
I'd have to disagree with that. There will always be a market for precious, hand-made or handcrafted goods. If anything, the more "digital"/"smart"/"AI" a product, e.g. a watch becomes, the more valuable a Patek Philippe, Jaeger Lecoultre or Rolex watch will become.
In the US Apple is the most valuable company, in Europe it is LVMH right after Novo Nordisk and there is a good reason for that.
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True, an original band can still be attached to the latest generation without any issues. Let’s see if the same will be true for Pixel Watches down the road.
You know if he ever got it replaced because of battery life? Because a S0 8/9 years later is impressive.
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Yeah same with the 30 pin to lightning and now to USB C… so unnecessary
No solo loops. I have a LOT of sport loops (20-30), several alpine, probably 8-10 really nice leather, a nice brushed titanium, several braided solo loops, at least one magnetic link, several nylon bands from Southern, and actually have a super cool custom band. To say nothing of the original sport bands ... probably have 15+ of those. I have more than that too. Man I definitely have more than 50...
The EU won’t care about this, like, that would actually be ridiculous. Sorry to disappoint.
bummer, if they do change the bands looks like I'll upgrade from Series 5 to 9 when it goes on big sale next year black friday or something.
They will definitely design the watch to be smart band capable, it’s fascinating they didn’t already release a watch with that capability already considering the current connections would be more than capable. But I guess it makes sense to leave that for the next real redesign, this way they were able to keep the chassis mostly the same without integrating even more micro tech
I have had every watch since the first one. This will most likely be the first time that I don't upgrade if that's true. It's a shame, but I also understand. Things change. I wish they would have made this jump when introducing us to the AWU though.
You still need an Apple Watch or similar accurate time source in order to set the time on your Rolex.
Unless your Rolex is just jewellery of course.
They are not forcing you to buy more though. The selection of band designs allows you to choose the best band when you buy your watch, not necessarily to force you to buy more than one. If that were the case, Apple would be selling watches with a default plain black or white band instead of giving you the option to choose the band when checking out.
Watch bands a novelty that has run its course. No longer care to be changing watch bands unless one becomes inoperable. For those who do, nothing different from legacy watches historically. Most do not fit another Watch.