Which in turn is basically unchanged from the Series 7...
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Apple Watch Series 9 'Basically Unchanged' Other Than Performance Boost From S9 Chip
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Let me tell you 7 was the 6. An S9 makes zero difference even on a newer nm. I expect Apple is pulling a forced upgrade with WatchOS10 making all previous gens a bit slower for no reason, except to "force upgrade".
They were testing the waters again with their making the screen green like on iPhone with an update few months ago on the Watch.
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They need to focus back on design. Make it a bit thinner with a more elegant design. Looks too gadgety. Keep the ultra for the techies.
It does everything very slowly. It doesn't sound like you actually use it. Try doing anything on the phone that you can also do on the watch, and compare. There is no comparison.
I'm in the exact boat as you. I usually upgrade every 2 years however the Series 8 didn't really do anything for me.
My Series 6 is currently at 81% battery health so once that hits 80% I'll get the battery swapped out (and from everything I've read, you just get a new/refurbished Watch) and then sell it to cover a little of the cost of a Series 9.
If you "don't see it" then I don't know what to tell you. The watch is ridiculously slow. Sit in one place and issue a command on iPhone, then the same on the watch, and see the huge difference.
Still on a Series 3 and I can't for the life me justify the need to upgrade. Maybe ECG yeah, but outside of that the Series 3 seems to be working just fine. I even see people with the latest Pro iPhones still sporting a Series 3.
Want to get Ultra with that new chip, hopefully it'll be more efficient and more importantly lighter.
And there it is. No. The watch doesn't need more battery life just because you can't be responsible enough to charge at night.
At most, the watch needs efficiency improvements so that heavy tasks like workouts don't use as much power. That comes from using a newer and better performing chip...like the article says.
This was definitely them getting their wires crossed with the Ultra, or they just all got fooled completely by fake leaks. There is no way Apple completely scrapped and redesigned the S7 under two months before launch like the rumors claimed.Wonder if we'll ever see what S7** was rumored to be
or if scrapped / was never real in first place
I just “upgraded” from a Series 4 to a Series 8 because my Series 4s glass broke and it wasn’t worth fixing.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 notice literally zero difference. The larger screen is really hard to notice (completely different from the upgrade from Series 1 to Series 4) and the faster processor is barely noticeable.
The new sensors are beyond useless.
Always on display is mostly annoying and I have turned it off. At least this is a real upgrade for people that like it.
The only thing thing I didn’t know I was missing is the battery life bits that’s mainly cause my Series 4 was down to 71% health.
I would keep the 4 if I were you. I am actually a bit sad about mine because it was a cool feeling to have had it on my wrist every day for almost 5 years 🥲
pffft....I'm still happy with my Pebble Steel
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I'm interested in the Ultra, and I'm not a techie. I just want the extra GPS accuracy, battery life for my long trail runs and the metal lip around the screen. I've trashed the screen on my s6 from rock climbing/bouldering.
I might buy the Ultra 2, as long as they keep the silver option. I don't know, though, this s6 just keeps ticking, and I don't care about having the newest models of anything.
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So many people seem locked into that series 4. I didn’t even find the Apple Watch that compelling until the series 5 came out with the always on display. That was the biggest game changer change the watch has ever gotten
At least give us some new screen tech or even thinner bezels
What is the watch going to do with said performance?
Battery life would be useful but I get 2 days nearly out of my series 8.
Battery life would be useful but I get 2 days nearly out of my series 8.
These three years of incremental updates (Series 7 to 9) seem to indicate that next year's Series X will be a big upgrade. I think the 10-year anniversary Apple Watch Series will feature new designs and major new features, pretty much like the iPhone X was a major upgrade compared to the iPhone 6 through 7 era designs. The MacBook Air also got a major redesign in 2018, 10 years after its initial release.
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A performance boost? In what way can they boos the performance from the series 8 besides making it go maybe a 1/10th of a second faster? They can't do much with battery outside of very marginal improvements due to the size of the battery they are limited to. Just curious on what a watch that is already blazing fast can improve on performance wise?
Serious question: Does anyone feel like their Apple Watch runs slowly? I can't say I've ever seen it stutter at all. As long as efficiency improves, though...
S8 upgrade also changed Bluetooth to version 5.3 left out of the article.
My wife has a series 4 which she’s happy about except for the battery life. Was waiting on an updated chip for better performance and the oximeter sensor introduced in series 8. Series 9 should be exactly what she needs.
I'm aware, but maybe people who didn't go for the Ultra last year will go for it this year since the S9 isn't going to be much different than their S8. For those who upgrade annually.
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I hope it's not more performance but more efficiency. Seems like a S year for Apple Watch Series 9.