Apple isn’t serious about Series 3 updates…

[Runs For Fun]

My sisters house have three S3’s.

Original SBSS with 16gb RAM
Original aluminium with 4gb RAM
Recent aluminium with 8gb RAM

The original one with 4gb has update issues every single time. The other two never do.

There is no 4GB S3. The GPS model has 8GB and the LTE model has 16GB.

 

[Okta]

I was hoping I could get a few more years out of the S3. It's a reset machine at this point. It's surprising given apples focus on UX

 

[RPhoto]

There is no 4GB S3. The GPS model has 8GB and the LTE model has 16GB.

The very first post in this thread shows a screenshot with 4gb capacity 🤨

I’m on about the original S3, at launch. The newer models Apple still sell have larger capacity.

 

[Runs For Fun]

The very first post in this thread shows a screenshot with 4gb capacity 🤨

That's the space minus what is taken up by WatchOS itself.

You can see here there is no 4GB model

Apple Watch Series 3 - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

support.apple.com

 

[RPhoto]

That's the space minus what is taken up by WatchOS itself.

You can see here there is no 4GB model

Apple Watch Series 3 - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

support.apple.com

Well now that is intriguing, I assumed the support page just showed the more recent version specs.

It’s intriguing because my sisters launch S3 shows 4gb capacity (well, 3.8 or something like that) but my nephews shows over 5. Both watches are empty of everything and the nephews has never had an issue updating. The original S3 must have another issue at play.

Good to know, thanks 🙌

 

[Runs For Fun]

Well now that is intriguing, I assumed the support page just showed the more recent version specs.

It’s intriguing because my sisters launch S3 shows 4gb capacity (well, 3.8 or something like that) but my nephews shows over 5. Both watches are empty of everything and the nephews has never had an issue updating. The original S3 must have another issue at play.

Good to know, thanks 🙌

AFAIK there is no "original" S3. They have not made any changes to it over its lifetime.

 

[Kevincjz]

AFAIK there is no "original" S3. They have not made any changes to it over its lifetime.

My bad... yeah just realised the OS takes up about 4GB now

 

[Roadster Lewis]

Is watchOS8 compatible with the S3?

 

[Runs For Fun]

Is watchOS8 compatible with the S3?

Yes it is.

 

[Seamaster]

I can't believe Apple are prepared to brazen out the embarrassment of this for another year.

 

[Seamaster]

Fixed.

Latest iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8 betas enable software updates with minimal storage | AppleInsider

In what could be a boon for owners of older Apple Watch models, like the Apple Watch Series 3, Apple's latest beta versions of iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8 allow devices with less than 500MB of storage to perform an update without additional steps.

appleinsider.com

 

[Expos of 1969]

Fixed.

Latest iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8 betas enable software updates with minimal storage | AppleInsider

In what could be a boon for owners of older Apple Watch models, like the Apple Watch Series 3, Apple's latest beta versions of iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8 allow devices with less than 500MB of storage to perform an update without additional steps.

appleinsider.com

In theory. I will wait until users try it and relate their experiences before I will consider it fixed.