Feels like the gap between Apple Watch and competition is only only growing.
Apple's watch CPU is just so far ahead of the competition they have free reign here. That they can continue to ship their 3 year old Series 3 is just brutal for anyone trying to compete here.
By extension, this makes the whole iPhone/ Apple eco-system much stronger.
I like Apple, I like Apple devices... but the argument that they are becoming a monopoly in the US is growing. The integration between their devices simultaneously makes them collectively better, but locks people into the eco-system deeper and deeper. The watch is right in the middle of this.
I’m personally not impressed much by Series 6. I was expecting a lot more on the hardware front, like longer battery life (beyond a day) and some more health related features (beyond blood oxygen measurement). I do expect the Apple Watch SE to sell very well for kids, since Family Setup lowers the barriers to having an Apple Watch.
Family Setup is limited to the cellular models and isn’t available for the GPS (non-cellular) models. I wonder how this works in terms of setup complexity. The current Apple Watch cellular has an E-SIM but shares the phone number of the iPhone its paired with. The Family Setup model would provide the ability to have one main watch sharing the iPhone’s number and the remaining watches having their own individual phone numbers.
It was working earlier - the title said "Apple Event" when I clicked on it and it took me here: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/event-stream/. Looks like the title and URL was edited later.
How could the submitter know that the page that was supposedly up at the time would 404 later on? Especially for a large company where you wouldn't expect such things to happen. Unless I'm misunderstanding the dynamic here and the page was never up to begin with?
Is this a good example of the fundamental attribution error? Given the equally-plausible explanations that the link worked-when-submitted, or that OP submitted a 404 page which was up-voted on title alone, why would we assume OP submitted a 404 page for Karma?
I don't know why would someone buy this when they're selling Apple Watch SE for $279 with most of the features. Unlike flagship iPhone it's probably not going to look a lot different from the most expensive piece.
The comparison page just went up. Series 6 has both blood oxygen and ECG that SE does not. I would prefer Series 6 over SE. https://www.apple.com/watch/compare/
when you decide to buy a watch SE over the watch 3, or no smartwatch at all, you already have disposable income to spend. $120 more for watch 6 is not that big of a deal relative to someone's disposable income level.
Is Apple Watch available on any prepaid plans yet? I'd love to use the cellular model for its intended purpose of reducing phone use but there seems to be no affordable options, at least in the US. E.g. the prepaid T-Mobile Connect plan costs $25/mo, whereas the cheapest postpaid plan with T-Mobile that includes the watch surcharge comes out to $60-70/mo and is on worse terms.
What I want is a health monitor watch that's built from open hardware and gives me complete control over and ownership of my data. I don't trust any profit-driven company, even Apple, with such private information.
Apple's watch CPU is just so far ahead of the competition they have free reign here. That they can continue to ship their 3 year old Series 3 is just brutal for anyone trying to compete here.
By extension, this makes the whole iPhone/ Apple eco-system much stronger.
I like Apple, I like Apple devices... but the argument that they are becoming a monopoly in the US is growing. The integration between their devices simultaneously makes them collectively better, but locks people into the eco-system deeper and deeper. The watch is right in the middle of this.