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Apple Reportedly Planning High-End Watch With New Design, Bigger Screen (cnbc.com) 36

Posted by BeauHD from the new-and-shiny dept.
Apple is reportedly planning to debut a high-end Apple Watch with a larger screen and a new design, according to a Bloomberg report. CNBC reports: Apple increased the screen size with the Series 7 watches last year, which offer an edge-to-edge screen that removes much of the border on earlier models. But Bloomberg said the new high-end model will feature the first big design change since 2018 with a screen that's 7% larger than the Series 7. It will also have a rugged design, longer battery life and a body-temperature sensor, the report said.

It may be a sign Apple is targeting Garmin's Fenix 7 series watches, which have big screens, long battery life and rugged designs. Those watches are popular among hikers and runners who need longer battery life than the Apple Watch offers. [...] Apple is also expected to announce a new version of its $279 Apple Watch SE, according to the report. The SE models typically include features found in earlier iterations of the Apple Watch, but at a lower price.
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  • Wyze makes an acceptable watch for less than $50..

  • Does it look like an Omega yet?

    If not, keep trying. Not everybody wants a 2010's Casio Calculator watch.

    • Not everybody wants a 2010's Casio Calculator watch.

      2010s? How do you have a low ID, son? I had a Casio calculator watch in middle school in the mid-1990s.

      • 2010s? How do you have a low ID, son? I had a Casio calculator watch in middle school in the mid-1990s.

        I had one of the ones that had a TV remote control in it...

        Talk about fun in bars....I'd scan and lock onto their TVs and well, you can guess the rest.

        • LOL... never mind bars, I had one of those watches in high school... a high school that contracted with Channel One to get all those "free" TVs for the classrooms in exchange for a contracted requirement that C1 got all of our eyeballs when it broadcasted, regardless of what the teachers in the classrooms wanted. That last bit is important, because some of those teachers got really pissy about it and would turn them off or disconnect them... in violation of the contract. So, with their "free" kit in jeopa

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by fermion ( 181285 )
      Obviously old people are comforted by the old circle form factor, dictated by design challenges of the time, and threatened by design factors that force them to adapt, like compaq cars.

      But the wonderful thing about the free market is we can experiment with all sorts of form factors and we can choose to celebrate rather than feel threatened and act out. Buy a circle watch. Buy a square watch. Buy a pocket watch. Just have a flip phone. It most cases it is only the obsessive personality that cares. The rest

  • and bigger price tag. Jeenyus!

  • Bigger? (Score:3)

    by divide overflow ( 599608 ) on Monday July 25, 2022 @06:27PM (#62733284)
    If Apple makes their watch faces any bigger Flavor Flav's gonna hang it 'round his neck.
    Heh.

  • Will the bigger face mean a meaningful battery (Score:3)

    by Ed Tice ( 3732157 ) on Monday July 25, 2022 @07:03PM (#62733362)
    No sleep monitoring. Less battery than a Garmin. Lame. The Apple Watch is nothing but a fashion accessory. The battery doesn't last long enough to do anything useful with it. Sleep monitoring? Sure if you've charged the battery fully right before bed. But don't get up in the morning and go for a jog or the battery will be dead before you've gone even eight or ten miles. Want to do a triathlon? Not a chance. Sprint distance at best.

    Is there anything useful you can do with an Apple Watch other than not have to take your phone out of your pocket to see what time it is.... unless the battery is dead in which case you still have to take your phone out of your pocket.

    It's like the Apple designers have never used a smart watch. You need GPS times measured in days or weeks not hours.

    • They won't pull many serious athletes away from Garmin et al until they add a lap button. We've had lots of laughs at our Apple Watch wearing friend who tries to remember his splits on the track since it doesn't have the convenience of a lap button. He also tells stories about having to use dead leaves to attempt to pause his run since his fingers were too cold/wet/something to register on the touchscreen.

    • Re:Will the bigger face mean a meaningful battery (Score:4, Informative)

      by Corbets ( 169101 ) on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:36PM (#62733816) Homepage

      The battery doesn't last long enough to do anything useful with it.

      You have an interesting, and perhaps subjective, view of useful.

      I use mine as a fashion accessory, yes. But I also use it to log sets in the weight room (I have the titanium version, and both it and the Milan band have held up excellently - no visible scratches after two years).

      I also use mine for jogging - the GPS is fine, third party apps are great, and the ability to call home if I twist my ankle is useful. I suppose I could use it for music with my AirPods, but I don’t like music while I run. While I currently run shorter distances, previous versions had no issue with 20+ km.

      Handy for little things, too. I use mine to shut off lights in other parts of the house when I’m not near my phone, or to get/send texts via voice, that sort of thing, since I never go anywhere without a watch on. It’s not a be-all end-all device, but it’s useful.

      So for the vast majority of people who don’t need Ironman durations on their athletic gear, and for those of who don’t particularly see the use in being told that we didn’t sleep well enough when we already damned well know it because our kids woke us three times, the Apple Watch is a perfectly valid option.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

        I have a Xiaomi Mi Band 6 that does most of that stuff, and the battery lasts about 3 weeks on average.

        It doesn't have a GPS, it just uses the one in your phone. Fine for walking and jogging. It has a step counter, heart rate sensor that is reasonably accurate, blood oxygen sensor... You can have it show notifications from your phone too, but I don't bother. It has sleep tracking.

        I dinged it a few times but no noticeable scratches. It's IP68 as well, you can go swimming with it. Actually the only issue is s

        • It doesn't have a GPS, it just uses the one in your phone.

          One of the reasons I got an Apple Watch, was so that I did not need to carry my phone with me when I went to exercise...at gym or riding bike, etc.

          I leave the phone at home.

          • Having GPS in the smart watch is really nice. I used to have a FitBit that used "connected" GPS (i.e. the one in your phone) and had to carry my phone when running. I had more than one incident where I dropped the phone. The new Fitbits have built-in GPS and still get a full week of battery life. Unfortunately very few watches have the "I've fallen and I can't get up feature" of the Apple watch so you can make a call to emergency services if you don't have a phone with you. I don't see any other manuf
      • The ability to call home is quite useful. "I've fallen and I can't get up." It would be nice if this feature were available in other watches. I believe that, here in the US, networks have to carry 911 calls even if you have no service. So the other manufacturers should be able to include a GSM radio without forcing people to pay a monthly fee.

        I'd be curious how you use the watch to log sets when lifting. Is there a useful third-party app? I've never used anything but an ordinary paper notebook. I g

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by Corbets ( 169101 )

          The “Strong” app is quite ok. But it works best if you have a structured program that you create on the phone and only need to alter weights / reps / sets on the watch - not that you can’t add or remove exercises on the watch, it’s just a more involved task that usually has me go back to my phone instead. Since I have a 4 day rotational program, it works well for me.

          And yeah, I forgot about the ET-phone-home bit. Have never needed it, but the day that my ankle breaks, I’ll be g

          • Re: (Score:2)

            by Corbets ( 169101 )

            Heh. Went back and read my comment. No, I didn’t forget about the call home functionality, but it’s early out here and I still haven’t had my coffee. Sorry for not making a lot of sense. :-)

    • No sleep monitoring. Less battery than a Garmin. Lame.

      It's good that you acknowledge right out of the gate that your analysis is ridiculous, with your allusion to the lame Nomad meme. Apple products are for city dwellers. They can charge every night. Apple has never made a rugged product. "The rugged apple watch pro" will be the closest they've ever come, but it will still have a big fat screen that won't be able to take any direct impact, and that screen will still have no cover.

      • The rotation of the earth takes 24 hours no matter where you live. The human body is adapted to this. We have a daily cycle that, unless forced to be otherwise, synchronizes with the rising and setting of the sun.

        A watch doesn't need to be rugged to track your sleep. But it does have to have a battery that can power the device the whole time that you are sleeping.

        A watch doesn't need to be rugged in order to use it while running a marathon on pavement, like the New York or Boston marathon. But the b

    • No sleep monitoring.

      My Apple Watch has had sleep monitoring for awhile now...first through 3rd party apps, but more recently built in.

      The battery doesn't last long enough to do anything useful with it. Sleep monitoring? Sure if you've charged the battery fully right before bed. But don't get up in the morning and go for a jog or the battery will be dead before you've gone even eight or ten miles.

      I don't really have a problem with using mine and it is a bit older...a Series 4.

      But I get in bed about 9-ish

    • Also no blood glucose testing like was rumored a long while back, which would help millions. Ah well back to finger sticks.
      • I'm glad I don't need to monitor glucose. I once tested my own glucose using a friend's equipment. Finger sticks are yucky. There are many companies working on this. Hopefully, soon, there will be non-invasive options. There's a company called Meta working on this but I can't tell if that's the Facebook company

    • You do know it's possible to charge the watch some other time besides when you are sleeping or going for a jog, right? Like when you're taking a shower after sleeping or jogging, or sitting on your ass in front of a computer posting to Slashdot, for example...

      • I do know that. Do you know that if you are running a marathon with a six hour limit and your watch runs out of battery and you have to stop at Starbucks to charge it, they don't take that off of your finishing time.

        Also if you go hiking and want to use the "I've fallen and I can't get up feature," it won't work if the battery is dead!

  • "Apple releases new watch with a screen the size of a tablet!"

  • Convince people you have an Apple watch by saying "sorry my battery is flat" whenever somebody asks you the time.

    - Viz
    www.viz.co.uk

  • Through our planned (for your ego) obsolescence program. You too can contribute to landfill.

  • Apple is getting into the medical business so that its new bigger watches can be placed on the redesigned bigger American wrist. Also why Apple is buying stock in McDonald's.

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