the two main things for me would be the battery life and multi-band GPS, though really, Apple has no excuse for those things not being far better than they are on the Series 9 currently.
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i'd be surprised if Spotify allowed it, because even if the Apple Watch has more than enough storage space to handle them, Apple is extremely limiting in how much third-parties are allowed to utilize. i know it's a complete pain in the ass to get even one audiobook downloaded to my Watch using Audible's app.
maybe a few more bucks and/or some promo that throws in a gift card (i'd check Walmart, Target, Best Buy, etc as well). more likely to see larger discounts on Series 8 or Ultra 1 models they're trying to clear out inventory of.
not being used for a long time is probably the biggest component to the degradation. and apple isn't going to care unless it degraded to below 80% within the standard 1 year warranty period.
watchOS 10 must've been designed by someone who doesn't really use their Apple Watch much I assume.
i'm not convinced all that many higher ups at apple use the product at all, which is why it's been so stagnant for years now
it's best suited to people who charge their devices overnight. charges to 80% right away, then charges the rest of the way a bit before you get up and put on your watch and grab your phone to start your day.
depends on what you were doing and how long those workouts were (whether they used GPS or not, etc)
they want it exclusive to the Series 9 / Ultra 2 now.
Europe switched back to standard time today. the US used to do this at the same time, but changed it to the first Sunday in November during the Bush administration (so, you know, kids trick or treating had a bit more daylight on Halloween)
for me, Apple's just not a reliable data source, especially when it comes to their rain prediction.
Carrot lets you switch between multiple sources and choose the one that works best for you, which may or may not be Apple, so you can still use it as a source while getting an app that looks and functions a lot better.
yeah, it'll want a GPS track. the primary ways it spits out a vo2max estimate is by looking at your heart-rate and pace, so it needs distance information. it also wants to know the elevation data so it knows only to spit out an estimate if the run was done on relatively flat ground (it's an estimate because the watch isn't actually capable of measuring vo2max since it can't measure your oxygen consumption).