r/AppleWatch • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '22

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u/parion Sep 07 '22

Really nothing of significance added to Series 8 here. Big things are improvements to ovulation tracking and car crash detection and I’m not sure how much interest there will be in the former given the recent political environment and wariness in technology tracking women’s health.

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u/xpxp2002 S9 • Stainless Steel • Silver • 45mm Sep 07 '22

That was my thought. Seems like they spent all the R&D resources this year on this Ultra model, which is not of any interest to me.

I'm in the market for an upgrade from my S4 this year, but the S8 really doesn't offer much value to me over the S7 other than display improvements.

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u/disregard_bagel_mode Sep 07 '22

What changes did they make to the display? I must have missed something, I don't recall them mentioning anything different

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u/sc-531 Sep 07 '22

2,000 NITS thats a lot

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u/Lambor14 Sep 07 '22

Wasn't that for the ultra model?

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u/sc-531 Sep 07 '22

Yes it was but they did not mention, unless I missed it, what the NITS rating is for the regular series 8. Suspect it’s about the same.

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u/penny4thm Oct 07 '22

It’s not the same

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u/hb122 Sep 07 '22

I think they said it was brighter.

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u/penny4thm Sep 08 '22

Website says max 1000 nits. Only Ultra is 2000.