Thanks. Did you notice the weight difference right away?
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From Series 5 to Series 6 is a huge jump. Details inside.
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I noticed the forums no longer merges posts made right after each other now
I certainly will focus on the negative part of a post if I see it but not because this is a tech forum but because I deal with that sort of thing daily with work etc. If someone sends me an email for feedback/advice but has a dig also, they generally don’t get the answer they were looking for.
It that really? I thought that was part of the new and better, always on display. When I had my S5 during the beta testing, what I described was not possible
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The weight difference is very slight.
The polished stainless steel and sapphire crystal display look and feel very different in comparison with the aluminium case and screen of my series 4. The difference is hard to convey in pictures alone. I have the original (Series 0) Apple Watch in polished stainless steel, aluminium S3 and S4 and now, again, the S6 in polished stainless steel. I realise that this is a very subjective opinion which is likely to attract flamers but I have missed the stainless steel and sapphire crystal combination as, IN MY OPINION WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY VALID FOR ANYONE ELSE, they look and feel better.
The always-on display is really a very nice change in comparison to the series 4. Once you get used to it, it is indeed very hard to go back.
Apart from these considerations, the main improvement over the series 4 is actually in connection with battery life. I got 32 hours out of my S6 watch yesterday - with one 30-minute exercise session and a lot of playing around with it over the course of the day, installing new apps and creating new watch faces, etc. This was with the always-on-display always on.
Yep. A whole 9-10 grams difference between Aluminum and Stainless Steel. That's two teaspoons of water.
When I made the switch I could tell the difference if I thought about it, but in practice it's simply not been noticeable.
From https://support.apple.com/kb/SP826?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I think it's a worthy jump but I went back to series 5 after finding a Titanium in like new condition with applecare+ until 2022. Cancelled my series 6 Ti order which would've been $1200 vs $600.. I miss the faster charging and slightly longer battery life but that's literally it.
Screen brightness isn't an issue for me nor is the performance increase to warrant double the cost
Screen brightness isn't an issue for me nor is the performance increase to warrant double the cost
Whenever i wear my stainless steel mechanical watches I instantly notice how heavy they are by comparison to an Apple Watch. It’s such a nice feeling wearing an aluminium AW for me now and I prefer the lighter feel (never used to). I suppose the stainless Apple watches aren’t going to be heavy in the grand scheme because there is so much material milled out of them, it’s almost a thin shell. I would imagine the aluminium models have slightly thicker cross sections due to the mechanical differences between the two and the fact aluminium is a third of the weight of 316 stainless.
Just curious - how did you get from the $799/$849 S6 Titanium to $1200?
... and for clarity for other readers - the only screen brightness difference between series5 and series6 is with the range of the Always On Display -- S6 can be noticeably brighter in AOD outdoors in sunlight after the S5's AOD brightness is maxed out. Otherwise they'll be the same. As you note though, that may not make a difference to many/some folks - depends on the usage.
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Not a bad move to be honest. The only thing you will have to deal with, is the severe deappreciation even more, especially as the S5 becomes more widespread used leading into the holidays m. Plus, if you’re somebody that upgrades yearly like most of us on here do, you probably won’t fetch much with the launch of S7. Anyways, in terms of the major differences between the S5 and S6, It’s fairly incremental, but does have some decent internal tweaked improvements with the battery longevity, AOD brightness, ect.
I do buy every year, but this was a hell of a deal. I sold the titanium band for an additional $100 on reddit. I'll probably keep this even if I get the S7 next year which i'm 95% sure i'll do.
Yes, I’ve noticed this on my series 5 when I updated to watchOS 7. In particular the animation when you press the crown to get into list/grid view.
Yep me too. I think the animation on the S6 seems quicker and smoother than the S4/S5. That S6 processor is supposed to be 20% faster and i think its noticeable.
One thing I noticed about my AW6 vs AW5 is that bluetooth connectivity with my Airpods (Pro and non Pro) is much better with my AW6. Connects to the Airpods much more quickly and the connection is more stable. Prior to AW6 it was always a battle getting my Aipods paired properly prior to a run.
