Apple’s Sept. 7 Event

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Arrives quickly enough to go do some trekking with it before outdoor season ends…
 
Oh, and Daughter gets a nice hand-me-down of Wife's current Series 4 :)

The new Watch above hits two ownership milestones: first "fixed size" band (we measured several times ...) and the first cellular Watch we've had. When we were at the theme park this past weekend, a cell Watch would've been plenty for our pretty light communication needs.

I guess the slightly slower delivery time is either a lot of people jumping on 41mm Starlight - or - the custom sized band taking an extra week or so for production.


Nycturne said:
Arrives quickly enough to go do some trekking with it before outdoor season ends…
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Nice!

I was pretty interested in the dive features, but geez, that's maybe once a year, and last trip where I had the opportunity I didn't anyway.

I'm sure there's talk about price, but once you upgrade a Series 8 to a more premium material and add cellular, they're basically the same price.
 
DT said:
I'm sure there's talk about price, but once you upgrade a Series 8 to a more premium material and add cellular, they're basically the same price.
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Yeah, the price works, surprised me a bit. Was actually tempted.
 
BTW, I feel like 1/3 of the presentation was talking about eSIM technology ... :ROFLMAO:
 
Went through the “prepare for preorder” flow on apple’s web store, and ran into some weirdness. Won’t let me pre-authorize with my carrier for my wife’s phone number (i guess because she isn’t the primary on the account?). And for mine, after failing a few times, finally it went through but it warned me I would have to pick up the phone in-person at an Apple Store. (Maybe something to do with security and the fact that these are E-sims? I don’t know.)
 
I'm still on a 12 Pro Max, so I plan to get the new 14 Pro Max. I typically only upgrade every 2-3 years, so I don't suffer as much buyer's remorse as those who upgrade every year.

I'll probably also get a new watch. I'm still on a 4. I'd like the new outdoor model. I'm an indoorsman, but I'm super hard on watches. The current one has dings and scratches and is beat to hell. But paying double is probably not something I'll be interested in.
 
MEJHarrison said:
I'm still on a 12 Pro Max, so I plan to get the new 14 Pro Max. I typically only upgrade every 2-3 years, so I don't suffer as much buyer's remorse as those who upgrade every year.

I'll probably also get a new watch. I'm still on a 4. I'd like the new outdoor model. I'm an indoorsman, but I'm super hard on watches. The current one has dings and scratches and is beat to hell. But paying double is probably not something I'll be interested in.
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I’m also on an Apple Watch 4. Mine is stainless steel. It’s in fine shape, and the only thing I feel like I’m missing out on is always-on-display, so I think I’m waiting at least another year before I upgrade the watch. If the battery starts to fail, that may be the trigger to get me to upgrade, I guess.
 
Update: i re-entered a preorder for my own phone number and this time it didn’t give the warning about needing to pick the phone up in person. I think they are just having system problems as I get different results each time I prepare another preorder.
 
Cmaier said:
I’m also on an Apple Watch 4. Mine is stainless steel. It’s in fine shape, and the only thing I feel like I’m missing out on is always-on-display, so I think I’m waiting at least another year before I upgrade the watch. If the battery starts to fail, that may be the trigger to get me to upgrade, I guess.
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I'm on an S5, it runs solid, works good for the workouts I do, decent water resistance - it was a Swappa score, mint, packaging, with AC (with like 20 or so months left) for $270. It still has nearly perfect battery, feels functional and fast enough, where I don't need a replacement yet.

So a new Watch for Wife, probably looking at a new 14 for Daughter ... I guess I get nothing :D
 
So A16 has about a billion more transistors than A15, battery life is up slightly, and it went from N5 to N4. So I’m guessing that there will be a noticeable speed improvement in the CPU cores (otherwise I’d expect the battery life to have increased by more), but I’m looking forward to seeing some testing once these things are out in the wild. I think M-series chips are going to share cores with A-series chips for the foreseeable future, so it will give us some good insights into what to expect for M3.
 
Cmaier said:
So A16 has about a billion more transistors than A15, battery life is up slightly, and it went from N5 to N4. So I’m guessing that there will be a noticeable speed improvement in the CPU cores (otherwise I’d expect the battery life to have increased by more), but I’m looking forward to seeing some testing once these things are out in the wild. I think M-series chips are going to share cores with A-series chips for the foreseeable future, so it will give us some good insights into what to expect for M3.
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This is what I've been waiting to hear about, thanks @Cmaier. I'm looking forward to your further insights. I'm curious to learn more on the A16, as that info becomes available, since that typically impacts the entire Mac line. It's a shame that the folks who did the deep dives at Anandtech are no longer with them, so we're going to be relying upon you more than ever (lucky you).
 
Colstan said:
This is what I've been waiting to hear about, thanks @Cmaier. I'm looking forward to your further insights. I'm curious to learn more on the A16, as that info becomes available, since that typically impacts the entire Mac line. It's a shame that the folks who did the deep dives at Anandtech are no longer with them, so we're going to be relying upon you more than ever (lucky you).
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If you see anything reported, please post. It’s tough to discern much without seeing die photos and benchmarks.
 
Seems I misunderstood some specs I commented on earlier:

The Pro does have Bluetooth 5.3. The regular 14 does not.
The Pro does have physical SIM. The regular 14 does not.

I heard somewhere that the regular 14 still has 4 GB of RAM, but can't confirm it.
 
TBL said:
Seems I misunderstood some specs I commented on earlier:

The Pro does have Bluetooth 5.3. The regular 14 does not.
The Pro does have physical SIM. The regular 14 does not.

I heard somewhere that the regular 14 still has 4 GB of RAM, but can't confirm it.
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I think the pro does not have a sim in the US?
 

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