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If I wasn’t getting an ultra 2 I defiantly would have. Rumor is the s9 is now 5 or 4 mm.
5 or 4 mm? That's awfully small! You getting it for your pup? LOL
If I wasn’t getting an ultra 2 I defiantly would have. Rumor is the s9 is now 5 or 4 mm.
Congratulations! I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts!I just ordered myself a 41mm Apple Watch Series 9 GPS in midnight, to complement my Space Grey 40mm Apple Watch Series 5 GPS. The Series 5 will become the night watch, because the autonomy is 10 hours on its best days.
The only new feature that I can see is the Blood Oxymeter. The other two are improvements: GPS and brighter display.
Am I missing something?
According to Apple's website, the improvements in the 9 series include: 1) new processor (faster S9 chip), 2) double tap (this was the main feature demonstrated at launch), 3) 2X brighter display, 4) on-device Siri processing, 5) better integration with Homepod, 6) more precision in Find-My, and 7) carbon neutral. Other new features are associated with the new OS and thus go to existing watches as well.I just ordered myself a 41mm Apple Watch Series 9 GPS in midnight, to complement my Space Grey 40mm Apple Watch Series 5 GPS. The Series 5 will become the night watch, because the autonomy is 10 hours on its best days.
The only new feature that I can see is the Blood Oxymeter. The other two are improvements: GPS and brighter display.
Am I missing something?
So… for fun, I tested this on both my Series 5 and 9. In the same order:According to Apple's website, the improvements in the 9 series include: 1) new processor (faster S9 chip), 2) double tap (this was the main feature demonstrated at launch), 3) 2X brighter display, 4) on-device Siri processing, 5) better integration with Homepod, 6) more precision in Find-My, and 7) carbon neutral. Other new features are associated with the new OS and thus go to existing watches as well.
1. I know what you mean. I have an S6 and an Ultra and can't really see a performance difference. If something happens almost instantly, then 25% faster is hard to notice.So… for fun, I tested this on both my Series 5 and 9. In the same order:
I'm going to give myself a week, and I'll give my thoughts then.
- I don't see a performance difference between the S5 and S9. It doesn't mean there isn't any, but it is unnoticeable from my experience in the past 24 hours.
- Yup. I literally missed it on the Specs page.
Apple Watch - Compare Models
Compare specs for the latest Apple Watch models: Apple Watch Ultra 2, Apple Watch Series 9, and Apple Watch SE.www.apple.com- I did mention it In practice, it seems brighter, but the Series 5 screen was already bright enough.
- The Apple Watch Series 5 does already on-device Siri processing. It's not new to the Apple Watch Series 9. To convince myself, I put them both in fully disconnected mode, and asked them questions not requiring any Internet service; both replied correctly.
- It doesn't seem my Apple Watch Series 9 supports that. It doesn't even bring the Now Playing screen when something's playing on my HomePods.
- Yup, confirmed.
- Not exactly a feature of the device per se, as much as the manufacturing process