Shame they couldn't jump straight to 3nm. Especially if they keep the same chip for another 3 years.
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Apple Watch Series 9 'Basically Unchanged' Other Than Performance Boost From S9 Chip
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Sadly it's a trend in general when it comes to electronics.
3nm (as N3B) is still very expensive I guess. With transition to N3E next year we can expect more affordable waffers.
I just want much better battery life (like 36 hours) and better scratch protection on aluminum model screens.
It works but it is ugly. I know this is personal preference, but when I see an Apple Watch I see a gadget, not a watch. It is a utility, not an adornment.
Like one of the posters above, I’m fairly content with the series 4. I had the battery replaced and felt like it extended the life. May do it again when needed until one of the following upgrades happen:
1.) improved process for chip creation resulting in improved efficiencies and battery life
2.) improved health functions - while I’m not diabetic, I would love to know more about blood sugar levels. I do find temperature interesting, but can wait.
3.) provide an e-ink display that is visible in outdoor sunny skies. I don’t need a color display truthfully, and if an alternative display would allow improved battery life, I’d take it in a heartbeat.
1.) improved process for chip creation resulting in improved efficiencies and battery life
2.) improved health functions - while I’m not diabetic, I would love to know more about blood sugar levels. I do find temperature interesting, but can wait.
3.) provide an e-ink display that is visible in outdoor sunny skies. I don’t need a color display truthfully, and if an alternative display would allow improved battery life, I’d take it in a heartbeat.
Never buying one of these things again.
I think Series 6 was a significant update.
What do you want a new design for? There's nothing wrong with the current one. It's not going to look noticibly different, people aren't going to notice you've got the "new one" on your wrist.
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I would like to see an improved and faster touchscreen. Maybe the new chip will help with that. Maybe not. It looks like a not so exciting upgrade year across the entire AW line. The iPhone 15 Pro better have some killer upgrades because otherwise it’s going to be one hell of a boring keynote this year. lmao.
It really isn't. It's just an inoffensive rectangle shape.
I bought a used Series 7 earlier this year (to replace my Series 4), it was in perfect condition and very cheap. Unless they really wow me with new health sensors (like blood sugar and blood pressure), I honestly can't see myself buying a brand new Apple Watch ever again as nothing ever changes.
Hopefully the 9 will come in space gray and not that blue/black that's available now.
Wonder if we'll ever see what S7** was rumored to be
or if scrapped / was never real in first place
Not this thing again. It was never real just a result of Prosser wrongly assuming that because other Apple devices were moving from curved sides to flat ones then the Apple Watch would follow.
This of course completely ignored that the Apple Watch is a wearable device and it would be ergonomically horrible so was never going to happen. And if anything now Apple seems to be heading back to the curves.
When Tim was in school, he refused to read War & Peace because he considered it too exciting.
I have the AW6 cellular as well. It was so bad on cellular that I cancelled the plan and shut it off! That was my first and last cellular AW unless they can come up with amazing real world battery life improvements on it.
I wish they’d make it thinner. Apple needs a separate product line for people who want thin, sexy devices like they used to make. Then they can keep making chunky, heavy devices for people who need sleep tracking and all that crap.
I don’t care about all day battery life. I wear my Apple Watch for about 10 hours a day and take it off and put it on the charger when I get home.
I don’t care about all day battery life. I wear my Apple Watch for about 10 hours a day and take it off and put it on the charger when I get home.
It hasn’t changed ?
How much did the new battery cost you? Mine died.
I still have a first gen Apple Watch (yes it still pairs with iOS 17)
That’s a darn shame - every year it’s been an incremental / nothing upgrade. I want to buy a new watch so bad because my 4’s battery is so bad but apple keeps giving me reason not to
Honestly I don't need a lot more from this watch except more battery life. For the last three years we had basically the same chip, I hope that this chip upgrade will give a few more hours of battery life.
8 was the same as 7 and now this, the watch isn’t slow, they can’t even think of new ideas, give the series 9 the extra brightness or something
Always on from Series 5 is really a game changer. So is the Ultra.Boo that's a shame
I'm still rocking the Series 4 and have been waiting out on a new design.
I think the only thing that would sway me would a *much* better battery, not sure we'll see that though..
I had a Series 5, replaced it with an Ultra, and now I'm holding out for another few years. Maybe 2026.