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Re: Apple Event 2020

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Post by ericmay »

DonaldPShimoda wrote: post #71
ganoushoreilly wrote: post #42

removing power adapter.. to save the environment. Also you have to buy it as an accessory for $30+ ....

If I remember right, Apple Watch is the most popular smart watch on the market — meaning many people have had one already. Those people don't need a new adapter. It's like the iPhone: if I already have one, I don't need another adapter (lord knows I have enough of them). It's definitely not great for new customers though, and it absolutely should not be $30, but for people like me it's a positive move forward to redu…

Yea but you'll still have a cable. I'm sure you'll find some sort of USB device to plug it in to.

Re: Apple Event 2020

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Post by r00fus »

skibble wrote: post #51
reillyse wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They've got to fix the battery life. I tried the apple watch earlier this year and returned it a couple of days later. After using a whoop (where I get 5 days of battery) the less than one day charge makes the product pointless.

My S4 easily lasts the best part of two days. Perhaps you had a software glitch?

S5 has worse battery life due to always-on display. Presumably if you toggle that, your battery life is much better.

Re: Apple Event 2020

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Post by DonaldPShimoda »

toyg wrote: post #90
DonaldPShimoda wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They've spent a lot of money aggressively pursuing environmental concerns before many of their competitors (like renewable power, carbon neutrality, recycling programs, etc.). While I can appreciate the reduction in cost likely was a factor, I wouldn't doubt that the environmental aspect was also a genuine concern. Their ideal customer is somebody who upgrades devices frequently and then participates in the trade-in…

> While I can appreciate the reduction in cost likely was a factor Another factor is the EU slowly closing down on their loopholes for nonstandard chargers. They are probably trying to minimize costs in preparation for the eventual reckoning (i.e. which production and packaging chains will have to be modified).

Oh that's a factor I hadn't considered. Yeah, you're probably right that that's part of it too!

Re: Apple Event 2020

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Post by r00fus »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #29

Here's the only thing I'm really waiting for today... the Watch SE pricing. $279... gets it into "high quality Fitbit territory".

You can get a Series 4 w/cellular on ebay for $289. If you're buying one for your kids (with Family Setup) that's the best in-price.

Re: Apple Event 2020

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Post by tzs »

ganoushoreilly wrote: post #42

removing power adapter.. to save the environment. Also you have to buy it as an accessory for $30+ ....

I think the point is that it is 2020. Most people won't have to buy it.

Power adapters that use a USB connector have been commonly included with a large fraction of consumer devices for at least a decade now. Most of us already have several that we aren't using.

USB power adapters have also been by far the most common when people explicitly purchase a power adapter, such as when they want a higher wattage adapter to charge faster than the basic one that came with some device, or they want to replace a single port adapter with one with multiple ports to better utilize their outlets.

Result: probably 95+% of consumers in the US who would buy an Apple device already have plenty of USB charging ports available.

Re: Apple Event 2020

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Post by r00fus »

DonaldPShimoda wrote: post #73
suyash wrote: post #46

What are the exact differences between Series 3 vs Series 6 ?

Off the top of my head: always-on display, additional sensors (compass, blood oxygen, ECG, more advanced accelerometer for fall detection), higher resolution display, different speaker system I think, slightly different form factor, uhhh... that's all I've got immediately but I think there's a bit more.

Better processor. Wife has series 3 and I have a 4 - the 4 is 50% faster. I wouldn't buy a series 3 as it's just a bit too slow.
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