I agree. My AirPods Pro have survived a trip through the washing machine and dryer. So far anyway.

One word: optimization

Apple designs the majority of the hardware. And then they design all of the software with that hardware in mind and the longterm feature and capability goals in turn influence the hardware designs. There are considerable advantages in being able to leverage bespoke design on virtually the entire device down to the last circuit and line of code.

By contrast, and this is by no means an insult, as the entire PC industry runs just fine in the same setup, Android device makers as a whole use an OS that they didn’t design with off the shelf parts that they also didn’t design. And Android itself needs to maintain a wide net for compatibility purposes, all of this leads to flexibility, because it has to, but also inefficiency.

Nah.

I didn’t use the fast charger with my AWU at first. IIRC, it charged from around 20-30% to 80-100% (optimized limit) in about six hours a night, even with the optimized charging pause.

That better be optional.

And occasionally AirPods with Find My integration will still occasionally false positive the owner or a travel companion

my Samsung watch was shaped like a watch

Don’t act like you never ever seen a rectangular watch before. 🤣😉

Interesting ideas but I don’t see them manifesting. Apple’s entire sleep tracking philosophy is encouraging regularly nightly sleep habits, not just tracking whenever you randomly nap during the day. That’s why it only tracks during sleep focus and only records if it’s been more than four hours. From Apple’s perspective, you’re meant to be working on a good nightly sleep routine.

I would like intelligent sleep alarms, i.e up to ±X minutes from the nominal alarm time to try to wake you during a lighter sleep phase.

If anything I’d say Apple’s only flaw is that they gamified activity/fitness too well. Perhaps the exercise ring should use a different name like Active Minutes, to parallel Stand Hours.

And then in the other hand, if they put in some sort of rest day mechanic, it would shut up the ring addicts. So maybe I should be for it regardless? 🤣

Mine is set to something achievable even on my off days, but not so low that I’ll achieve my goal by laying on the couch all day. Simply because I want to at least move a certain amount even though I’m not working out.

That’s what I do. I’ve set them to a baseline just to make sure I don’t go full sloth. If I’m actually exercising I’m following a specific workout goal. I couldn’t care less about awards. I’m wearing the Watch, not the other way round.

It’s a problem because they’re addicted to closing their rings and collecting awards can’t see it for what it is.

1. I’d like to go back to just Recent and Favorite timers, instead of Revents and an ever growing list of every random timer I’ve ever set on watchOS 10
2. More customizable Watch faces and options for analog hands or digital display where applicable. Not necessarily third party faces, but say I want to take Infograph and replace the analog hands with digital time on one of the sub dial, or I want to replace the time display on a Modular variant with digital time and an additional complication.
3. Non-invasive Glucose Approximation

My 11 Pro went from then end of September 2019 until February 2023 until I finally talked Apple into letting me replace the battery at 83% health rating. Pretty sure it would still have been at ≥80% by the time my 15 Pro Max arrived at the beginning of November.

The 15 Pro Max is lasting longer than the 11 Pro with a fresh battery and a Smart Battery Case. Although to be fair, the 15 Pro Max gets charged during the two hours of commuting I do per day at whatever wattage my Civic puts out. But then, so did the 11 Pro.

I’ve gone from 100% to 63% in about 12 hours. Heavy usage on WiFi with LPM and AOD off. This battery will probably make it a solid three years before I’ll need to consider replacement.

I’m hoping to see an updated MagSafe Battery Pack with a shallower wider body, now that there’s no Mini. Then I can just use that as needed and set it to limit charge to 80%. Might make it considerably longer before a battery replacement that way.

Well that sucks. But specifically that’s T-Mobile having a shitty policy. No doubt supremely frustrating though.

On the flip side, the cellular providers won’t catch up until they’re forced. They still haven’t bothered with carrier side RCS. Apple’s going eSIM as much as possible now, and how much you want to bet Samsung and Pixel will follow through within a year or two?

But none of that diminishes the pain points for those of you traveling internationally this year, I know.

Or they could just go to the subscriptions section of the their Settings > iCloud, where all their other Apple subscriptions live.