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?
the past and current selection of original watch bands by apple is trash. i don’t understand why people pay the apple tax for it. i have a few modern buckles i got at discount and they aged so bad. i wear the nylon sport loop 100% of the time because of micro-adjustment ability
Ohhhh!! Ok. Any bands that have velcro aren’t my fave. Dust and hair collect on them
I have very sensitive skin and apple just doesn’t cater to that, despite their claims otherwise. I would like to see bands made from more natural materials like cotton, wool, linen, etc… apple likely doesn’t do it because plastic is cheap as shit lol. that $50 sport loop costs like 5 cents to make.
Def agree on profit margin. Sorry about your skin sensitivity. I’m like that about cheap metal jewelry. I hope Apple will listen and create TRUE hypoallergenic models for you. Hope you’ve gone on their feedback site to say this.
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 have accumulated a large band collection. It would make me very unhappy that they would be obsolete. 🙁
Thanks! Sadly, I’m in same boat with you! I’ll try not to do this again whenever the bands change but … :-)
I would be a bit upset. I have a pretty decent collection of only OEM bands.
Thanks! Same here. I’ll make better decisions if/when new-connector bands drop!!
Enshitification means yes, they’ll change it to make old stuff redundant.
Hilarious! Thank you!
No i plan on keeping my s9 for a couple of years hopefully
Apple has released over 700 official bands since 2015. Many people have highly curated collections of bands.
While Apple has a history of getting rid of hardware (connectors, etc) and discontuining other things (leather cases, whatnot) I just can’t see them telling everyone that your band collections are obsolete.
That’s new info for me!! Wow. Hope you’re right!!
I find no reason why they would switch out the watchband connectors that they have patented to something else… not even changing the two sizes they use.
We’ll see!! I hope you’re right
$50 “Watch band adapter”?
Hey fellow Tigers fan. $50 sounds right
The long term goal is to make the bands obsolete. An Apple certified device will be inserted under the skin and the watch will adhere to it. This is projected to happen with Apple Watch 30 as there are still a few details that need to be worked out. /s
Whaaaat?? At that point … I’m officially OUT!!
I feel like if they switch to a new magnetic system, they would sell adapters for old bands to be compatible too
I personally would be; I love my band and hate the new ones
I’ve got better things to worry about
I hear you!!
This effectively happened to me when I upgraded to the ultra. The old bands fit - but not quite…
Unfortunately if we want Apple to innovate, this is a price for innovation. Maybe they will sell an adaptor ,
Yes!! And we DO want them to innovate. And … be nice if they’d listen to what we’d actually like. Not just change for sake of change.
They’ve been listening more lately.
Agree!! Maybe they spend more time in the “comment section” than we really know.
What issues have you found with your old bands fitting your Ultra?
Apple won’t do that because of their agreement with Hermes unless they change it. Unlikely
Does same apply re Nike bands