Crystal (glass) material for Apple Watch Series 6?

Mabey they removed that from llisting because its not real sapphire glass

Thank you very much for finding that and posting it.

It did work earlier, they may be updating it again.

Nice! It seems like it was just an oversight when the Tech Specs were first posted.

Thank you

I thought I remembered you were a watch person. And yes, please try not to fall!

I think I might have unwillingly misled you somehow; I’m all about technological advancements 100%. The

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@nsiqueiros. Thank you for posting that. I also set Apple has updated the “tech specs” in the Apple Store to discuss which glass type comes with each case material. Good to know it was just an overnight

Yeah, I really don't understand how they could forget to mention (and still don't do it prominently on the website) such an important aspect of the watch. I guess a lot of people ordered the less expensive one instead of stainless steel because of this missing information. That must be a lost in sales which goes into millions of dollars ... .

The health features aren't "gimmicky" if they were I would be wearing a different watch. The problem is the people who handle this kind of thing are young and techy and they come from a generation that never wore wristwatches. Even though Apple sells more watches than anyone they really are not a watch company like Tag, Concord, etc. and they don't have a staff of watch builders in house. So when it came time to lay all this stuff out and they couldn't fit it all they decided to cut the crystal materials. And I would bet money that the people who made this decision all wear the aluminum model watch.

@Jedi Knife @deggie

I totally agree with you. It is difference between day and night (ion-x to sapphire) and this would be a dealbreaker for me if they would haven't used the sapphire crystal glass on front. As you said. I guess most of the people who made this decision surely wear the aluminium model. I am totally disposed to pay more for quality materials and work ... .

Jedi Knife wrote:

Yes you are right Deggie the health features aren’t gimmicky; I really appreciate the ECG and its one reason why I’m upgrading. Apple should be putting sapphire crystals in all their Watch models for lots of reasons, like you mentioned one of them being that the Apple Watch really is outselling the former standard bearers of quality watch making brands. I guess a good takeaway for Apple would be to make their watches well crafted with as many quality materials as possible throughout their line since they are now a de facto leading watch brand.

It isn't simply a matter of "quality". There are disadvantages to a sapphire crystal that my matter to some people. Although it's more scratch resistant than ion-x, it's also more likely to shatter on impact. And realistically, Apple isn't trying to make a Rolex that will be passed down through generations. It's a cell phone you wear on your wrist with the same life span of a cell phone.

The whole “disposable device” approach to all technology needs to be reevaluated. I’ve heard it quite a bit but I’m not personally sold on it. It’s not environmentally or financially sound. Furthermore the Watch is far more personal of a device than the iPhone; it is something meant to be worn on our body for long periods of time, even during sleeping as it’s capabilities expand. If I had a tattoo I had to look at constantly I would want it to look as good as possible; and same for the Watch.

As far as the mountain bikers go; that may be a good situation for using the Ion-X Glass but are there more mountain bikers that bike to the extent of shattering their watches or are there more users who want to have something that looks nice that they are going to wearing and looking at most of the time? Maybe in the future we will be able to order specific case material and crystal materials to our preferences; that would be a great option!