Apple Reportedly Planning High-End Watch With New Design, Bigger Screen (cnbc.com) 36
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.
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.
I'm thinking the other way (Score:1)
Omega? (Score:2)
Does it look like an Omega yet?
If not, keep trying. Not everybody wants a 2010's Casio Calculator watch.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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I can say with relative certainty that nobody wants a Compaq car. We didn't even want their shitty computers.
So basically an iPad-mini with a wristband (Score:2)
and bigger price tag. Jeenyus!
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They're going to keep going until they "invent" an iWatch Pro the size of the smallest iPhone.
Bigger? (Score:3)
Heh.
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Flavor Flav was way ahead of his time.
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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)
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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. :-)
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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.
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My Apple Watch has had sleep monitoring for awhile now...first through 3rd party apps, but more recently built in.
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
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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...
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News release in another year... (Score:2)
"Apple releases new watch with a screen the size of a tablet!"
Viz Top Tip (Score:2)
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
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BUY! (Score:2)
Medical business (Score:2)
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.