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Apple Watch Series 5

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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#11

> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display > the screen intelligently dims when a user’s wrist is down and returns to full brightness with a raise or a tap These two statements seem somewhat contradictory.

Well I assume you can still see it when it's dimmed, however if you can't, you can simply lift your wrist.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#12

> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display > the screen intelligently dims when a user’s wrist is down and returns to full brightness with a raise or a tap These two statements seem somewhat contradictory.

They're not. There's an animation. It doesn't turn off. It dims. Like they said.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#13

> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display > the screen intelligently dims when a user’s wrist is down and returns to full brightness with a raise or a tap These two statements seem somewhat contradictory.

> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display

I love that they're touting this amazing feature which exists on any cheap $5 drug store watch.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#14
post #7

Is Google still committed to Wear OS? They're so far behind.

I wish Apple would make their watch work with Android phones, similar to how they made iPods work with Windows computers way back when.

Or make them independent of the phone. It looks like iOS 13 takes some steps towards that independence. I’d honestly like to have a watch instead of my phone.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#16
> all-day 18-hour battery life.

Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#17
post #9

It looks like they dropped the stainless steel case. Too bad, that was always my favorite.

They haven't dropped it, it's available in black, gold finish, and black pvd finish... they've added titanium and brought back ceramic but otherwise the finishes are unchanged.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#18
post #7

Is Google still committed to Wear OS? They're so far behind.

I wish Apple would make their watch work with Android phones, similar to how they made iPods work with Windows computers way back when.

Alternatively they could make their watch work without any phone (stand-alone).

Right now you cannot even set up a new Watch device without an iPhone.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#19
No sleep tracking, no SpO2 sensor.

They must be working on this, it would perfectly well into their health theme, and they bought Beddit.

Another year.

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