They were people like Kabir Anwari, a soft-spoken 20-year-old from Afghanistan I met my first day in Greece. He was living amid rows of tents inside an abandoned building in the port of Piraeus. (The government shut down the camp five weeks after we visited it.) We talk about how he came to Greece and what it is like for him being away from his family. "Every day is so difficult for me," he says. And, like so many other younger refugees I met, he asks if we can stay in touch on Facebook and WhatsApp.
This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all, The main street in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesvos, wraps around the here comes the sun iphone case green-tinted Aegean like a horseshoe, Brightly painted buildings line the road while wooden sailboats bob near the pier, It's beautiful, Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic, We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read, Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion..
But with strong signs (price cuts on current models, plus published reports pointing to the announcement of an Apple Watch sequel on September 7) it's time to look at what Apple could bring to the table with new hardware. There's a lot of room to grow. The current model is an imperfect product, in a landscape of imperfect watches and fitness trackers. It's still not a must-have. And it lacks a few key features that are already in other smartwatches and fitness trackers. (One of those missing features is built-in cellular connectivity that would allow you to go iPhone-free, but it's apparently not on the docket for 2016.).
I don't know what's coming, but here's what I would like to see, Better battery life, Even if it means a few more hours, or hopefully an extra day, the Apple Watch could use a battery boost, Mine lasts a day and a here comes the sun iphone case half, roughly, But many fitness trackers last a week or more (Fitbit Blaze and Charge 2 last around five days), and some smartwatches like those from Pebble go for up to seven solid days or more, Samsung's upcoming Gear S3 is bigger but offers more battery, too, The new Apple Watch could go a similar route with a battery-boosted model, Apple's history suggests that the sequel would also be slimmer..
More serious water resistance. Being swim-friendly would be great. The Apple Watch is water-resistant enough to run it under water or dunk it in a tub, but it's not recommended for showering and definitely not for swimming. Bumping water resistance at least up to IP68 (the same as the new Samsung Gear S3) would be welcome. Even better, go for 3ATM or better, which would allow swimming and swim-tracking. Pebble, Misfit and Withings, among others, already can do it. Smarter automatic fitness. Fitness trackers now tend to engage in automatic activity recognition. Fitbit, Pebble, Samsung and others can track exercises and even sleep automatically. The Apple Watch should be able to recognize and record exercise modes automatically, too. Some of WatchOS 3's Fitness features, like a new meditative Breathe mode and socially-connected fitness options, help a bit. Most people buy wrist-tech to track fitness. The Apple Watch -- for a lot of people -- is a essentially a fitness tracker, but it needs to be even better at what those dedicated trackers do. And, maybe, Apple can apply machine learning to offer up better fitness insights; it's an area that some fitness trackers and apps have dabbled in, but few have mastered.
