Yes I am so exited for more watch bands. Who’s with me?
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New Spring Apple Watch Band Colors Coming Soon
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Every watch since the series 2 was made for swimming and even has workout apps for it. Mines been in so many showers and pools over the yearsNot according to Apple
About Apple Watch water resistance - Apple Support
Learn about water resistance on your Apple Watch and what to do if your device gets wet.support.apple.com
Is my Apple Watch waterproof?
Your Apple Watch is water resistant, but not waterproof. For example, you can wear and use your Apple Watch during activities such as exercise (exposure to sweat is OK), walking in rain, and washing your hands.
I find Apple bands are dainty and feminine. I want someone who can make a band that looks more masculine. Best one I’ve come up has been the oceanic+ watch band. I have people ask me all the time if my Apple Watch Ultra is bigger because the band makes the watch face look a lot bigger.
Sure, but by specifically stating that the Watch is not waterproof, it allows Apple to deny warranty claims if the Watch gets damage by water like how Apple does with the iPhone.
And also, even though it's water resistant, going in a pool is a lot different than going in a river which is more likely to have contaminants that can damage the inside of the Apple Watch.Not according to Apple
About Apple Watch water resistance - Apple Support
Learn about water resistance on your Apple Watch and what to do if your device gets wet.
Is my Apple Watch waterproof?
Your Apple Watch is water resistant, but not waterproof. For example, you can wear and use your Apple Watch during activities such as exercise (exposure to sweat is OK), walking in rain, and washing your hands.
If you have ever been part of a very large org with very large number of engineers delivering very large margins, you might recognize the pattern in which engineering gets reduced resources while highly, highly profitable product lines get priority. It has a lot to do with Options/RSAs and near term returns. Unfortunately Apple more and more appears to have foregone quality engineering for the Options/RSA. Does Tim Apple care...?? He is now a billiionare riding the wave of over $1T stock buybacks, .0005 tax rates, etc. Meanwhile I dread the additional bugs to be found in all Apple SW releases.
Edit... Just saw this... QED:
Ask HN: Has Apple lost it's way? | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
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Not going to buy any new bands before the release of the foretold redesign with the „Apple Watch X“.
Apple often refreshes Apple Watch band colors on a seasonal basis, and code in iOS 17.4 suggests that new spring colors will be coming soon.
As found by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser, the spring colors include Light Blue, Ocean Blue, Pink, Raspberry, Soft Mint, and Sunshine (likely a light yellow). There are also two Hermes colors, Bleu Céleste and Jaune de Naples.
When released, these colors will be available for watch faces that support different color options, and they'll be listed in a Spring 2024 section in the Apple Watch app on iPhone. Right now, the colors are not showing up there.
Apple often also uses these same colors for new iPhone cases and iPad cases. If we get a spring event this year around the end of March, we can expect to see these band options and possibly new cases that offer the same colors.
Article Link: New Spring Apple Watch Band Colors Coming Soon
I too would like some updated bands for the Ultra. I appreciate that it’s “meant” for the extreme sports type, but Apple isn’t stupid and they know that “regular” people are buying this version. Give them something that isn’t drab and rugged.
I won’t be buying unless the rumor that current bands won’t work with the Apple Watch 10 en up being false.
There’s no such thing as a waterproof watch - and no watch manufacturer would ever make such a claim.Not according to Apple
About Apple Watch water resistance - Apple Support
Learn about water resistance on your Apple Watch and what to do if your device gets wet.
Is my Apple Watch waterproof?
Your Apple Watch is water resistant, but not waterproof. For example, you can wear and use your Apple Watch during activities such as exercise (exposure to sweat is OK), walking in rain, and washing your hands.
Watches are typically rated as being water resistant to a particular water depth in metres. Again, no watches are actually waterproof.
However, Apple Watches are water resistant enough for any water based activities which most people are likely to undertake.
I can't wait for them! I literally can't live without them!
Hoping they are made of 'finewoven' and possibly the most fragile and the most carriers of the stupid narratives of our philanthropists who even take the Jet to go fishing.
Hoping they are made of 'finewoven' and possibly the most fragile and the most carriers of the stupid narratives of our philanthropists who even take the Jet to go fishing.
Same article:Not according to Apple
About Apple Watch water resistance - Apple Support
Learn about water resistance on your Apple Watch and what to do if your device gets wet.
Is my Apple Watch waterproof?
Your Apple Watch is water resistant, but not waterproof. For example, you can wear and use your Apple Watch during activities such as exercise (exposure to sweat is OK), walking in rain, and washing your hands.
“Apple Watch Series 2 and later can be used for shallow-water activities like swimming in a pool or ocean…”
So, it should have held up to swimming. However, water resistance does decrease over time as seals age.
And when new iPad and iPhone case colours come, I’ll be sure to update my catalogue website everycase.org right away!
Just a bit of self-promotion here, hopefully no one minds c:
Just a bit of self-promotion here, hopefully no one minds c:
Apple has spent over $100 billion on R&D the past 5 years... also, I still don't know what this has to do with Apple Watch band designs. I can't imagine that eats up a big chunk of their spending.If you have ever been part of a very large org with very large number of engineers delivering very large margins, you might recognize the pattern in which engineering gets reduced resources while highly, highly profitable product lines get priority. It has a lot to do with Options/RSAs and near term returns. Unfortunately Apple more and more appears to have foregone quality engineering for the Options/RSA. Does Tim Apple care...?? He is now a billiionare riding the wave of over $1T stock buybacks, .0005 tax rates, etc. Meanwhile I dread the additional bugs to be found in all Apple SW releases.
Edit... Just saw this... QED:
Ask HN: Has Apple lost it's way? | Hacker News
Stop all the whining. If you can't find a watch band you like from Apple, there are literally THOUSANDS of third party bands out there, from about $2.00 to "Sky's The Limit."
