Question for those who have gotten their Apple Watch series 5 in more premium materials (anything other than aluminium). Other than aesthetics, do you guys intend to use the watch for more than 2 years? Or do you upgrade every time a new watch comes in?
I have been mulling over whether to get the aluminium or stainless steel version. I just cannot justify paying so much extra for the premium materials unless I use it for many years to make the purchase worthwhile.
I am using the series 3 watch aluminum for 2 years now and I must say, I have really used it well. I have a number of prominent dings and scratches on the watch face as the watch is my daily driver for almost everything (keeping time, notifications, fitness, travel etc).
I know that the stainless steel has sapphire crystal which makes the screen much more resistant to scratches. Just how well does the screen hold up against scratches after using it for more than 2 years?
i pick up one every year being a fan of pingguo's
series 0 stainless
series 1,2&3 alu
series 4 stainless
series 5 titanium (and omg its BEAUTIFUL the satin finish very humble quality finish)
generally I am a very careful user. the aluminum at worse i got 1 ding. but never single dent on SS. only the silver chrome SS i got tons of hairline scratch, strangely not on s4's gold SS maybe due to the coating treatment. Screen wise actually the gorilla glass ones are brighter and more vivid than sapphire glass's. Never had any scratches for both screen surface(once again very careful user). I exercise pretty often like 4-5 times a week, the alu's weight is way nicer, SS model is noticeably heavier on the wrist, with running as my main workout, its felt most obvious for the first couple workouts then got use to it pretty quick.
I hand me down the last year's unit to wife, so i can justify buying new one. perhaps you can justify it by selling it off when new gen come out... top up for the next model, then rinse and repeat this?
if apple never launch any new model i would be happy to keep using whichever latest model i holding, alu or any other material.
YMMV!