Per title. We knew it was coming some day, tho perhaps not this soon. Will you be upset if you need ugly adapter to make your extensive + expensive watchband collection work?
I own one band for my series 5, and one for my ultra. I literally couldn’t care less.
Thanks. I wish I had your restraint!!
i think apple switching to magnetic watch bands is highly unlikely. The current system works flawlessly & the bands are secure and solid yet easily removable. Personally don’t feel a redesign is necessary but if the X really is going to bring an all new design like some people think than i wouldn’t be surprised if they switch the way the bands work as the new design may not support current design
100% agree with your assessment! We’ll all see next year!
I’ve got a lot of bands. Many through review programs. If the new one had something other than just to ‘wrap you wrist around’ (sensor or something) I’d be happy to start over.
Ohhhhh … how does one qualify for that hookup? I’m impressed!!
I spent most of my time with the original AW using a 42mm band on a 38mm watch…So I ain’t scared!
Look at you! Great financial strategy. Sounds like the new features haven’t been enough to excite you yet!
I would, but hopefully someone will have devised some type of bridge to allow for retroactive fitting of the old bands.
You know they’ll hit the secondary market in a hot minute!
I have 4 bands. I’ll be fine.
Thx. You’re a lot smarter than some of us!
I just hope that we alternative watch wearers (who wear it on the underside of our wrist) can opt for a widescreen orientation.
Thanks! Now that would be a great option. Nurse here. Lots of us do that with analog watches.
I won’t be upset, but I don’t think that will happen. I also don’t think there will be an “Apple Watch X” as opposed to an S10 and Ultra 3.
Interesting! So you don’t think they’ll capitalize on “anniversary edition”? Something that makes those before it … from across a room … look “vintage”? Like seeing someone w/iP Home Button, Touch Bar Mac or inch wide bezel on iPad? For some, I think The Look outweighs features.
Wow, you really don’t deserve the downvotes here. I mean, I totally disagree with you, but the questions are worth addressing…
Apple has really only branded one anniversary product, the Macintosh, which was a flop (for a variety of reasons). I tried to find my previous comment on this, but I doubted there would be an iPhone X and about a year later went back to admit I was wrong, so I could be wrong again, but I was wrong about the branding, not the concept.
With the iPhone X, I believe, the development of the device came before the branding. The branding was an afterthought and not really accurate. The iPhone X was the 14th released iPhone and was announced 10.5 years after the original iPhone was released and even longer after the original announcement.
It seems like Apple wanted to transition the iPhone to FaceID and provide a mostly display front side, but knowing this could face resistance decided to release two iPhone lines (the 8, 8 Plus and the X) , with one continuing the old form and one representing where Apple wanted to go. Think X in terms of eXperimental as opposed to 10.
I really don’t think development followed branding, as the goal of Apple is to develop against the competition year after year. Every incremental improvement translates into billions of dollars as consumers choose iPhone over Android, so they don’t hold things back, nor are they motivated by “it’s the 10-ish anniversary”.
The Apple Watch already had its eXperimental transition with the Ultra. It looks like people are going to split between the two and both will be maintained moving forward.
More importantly, the Ultra didn’t obsolete bands.
Band specs have slightly changed over the years, and I believe they will continue to do so. Apple may at some point find some technical reason to make a major change but it will be due to something like sensors or other functionality and not just to accommodate a different aesthetic design and certainly not to do so because of a 10-ish anniversary.
To be clear, Apple may call it the Series X and it may coincide with an upgrade that is more significant than what we’ve seen in the past couple of years (that isn’t hard to do), but it won’t be as significant as the Ultra and if they do an “anniversary edition” it’s going to be something like a ceramic version of the S10 or some other jewelry-like premium edition.
Thank you for the support re: my questions and for thoroughly laying out your case. Very legit reasons presented why next year may NOT be the up/ending change some predict. I guess we’ll all see soon enough. Appreciate you!!
My S7 can last another year or two. I’ll feel less bad about exploring other brands if I can’t use the existing bands.
Obviously I will be glad if I won’t be able to use my watch bands
Even tho I still have about 15 bands I used on my Series watches, I really only use 3 bands for my Ultra and they are all designed for the Ultra.
I’m sure someone will make some sort of conversion kit to figure out backwards compatibility depending on what the changes are.