Lol at Apple. I'm getting €60 when trading in my Apple Watch 4..........lmfao..............Who in their right mind would trade in their Apple products at the Apple store?
Unfortunately can't say anything regarding that, never used a Fitbit. Autosleep has tons of data points in app, but I just use it to have the sleep duration in the ios native heath app and it does that job wonderfully and accurately for me.
The only time my Series 4 has ever died while I was using it was when an iOS 13 beta had a bug that tanked the battery life.
Unless you are just allergic to the idea of charging once every day or two, the battery life is a non-issue.
About Series 5, I'm kinda concerned about privacy.
Would notifications be displayed in the always on display?
I hope not.
Not allergic - it just doesn't do what I need it to. I like to take 3 day hiking trips sometimes. My current watch will track GPS the whole time without a charge.
Plus, yeah I like having the sleep tracking.
Are you into fitness at all? It's fantastic for tracking and cataloguing your activities. Do you work or go to school where your calendar is always updating with meetings and such? It's fantastic for keeping you up-to-date on such tasks and their changes. Beyond that it's a bit more of a splurge than a necessity. Although it is nice to be able to look at texts/weather and messages in a flash without having to whip out your phone. It's a small convenience but a noticeable one once it's gone.I currently am in Apple's ecosystem (phone, ipad, mac, tv) but don't have a watch because, well, not sure I needed it. But $199 for the 3 seems compelling. Is it worth it? I almost always have my phone on me so I can't imagine needing a watch to get to texts that much faster, but it seems like a cool piece of tech regardless. Or is the 5 that much better?
Yes they do. I went for it this time as I have the series 4 and can handle waiting a few extra days when in prior years I was impatient.Do the nike edition always release later? And it's a bummer that sleep tracking is not in.
Waiting the 4 weeks is no problem, but it's a little bit strange though.Yes they do. I went for it this time as I have the series 4 and can handle waiting a few extra days when in prior years I was impatient.
I use mine for sleep tracking already. There are apps on the store for it (which sync with Apple Health), and it lasts the night easily and most of the day as well. I just made the simple adjustment of my charging schedule: plopping it in a charger after I wake up, and grabbing it again on the way out the door to go to work at nearly full charge by that point and repeat.Sleep tracking I can understand more. Honestly I think it'd be possible for them to implement sleep tracking with current levels of Watch battery life as it is, given I have accidentally fallen asleep with mine on plenty of times and woken up to more than 50% battery left. There's been rumors that Apple's working on sleep tracking for the Watch, but how that'll work remains to be seen.
Titanium is more or less as hard as stainless steel, but lighter.How well does brushed titanium hold up to scratches? The space black stainless steel watch I had always looked flawless.
Titanium is more or less as hard as stainless steel, but lighter.
Another post mentioned hiking and camping trips as a use case as well - do you not carry a USB battery pack with you on a hike? It seems like a really obvious thing to bring on a trip like that for charging phones, and it will charge an Apple Watch just as well (without much impact on the battery pack either - Watch batteries don't take a lot of power to charge).
Are you into fitness at all? It's fantastic for tracking and cataloguing your activities. Do you work or go to school where your calendar is always updating with meetings and such? It's fantastic for keeping you up-to-date on such tasks and their changes. Beyond that it's a bit more of a splurge than a necessity. Although it is nice to be able to look at texts/weather and messages in a flash without having to whip out your phone. It's a small convenience but a noticeable one once it's gone.
Between the 3 and the 5 you're looking at a big jump in speed and processing power, which is honestly worth it for this kind of device. I would say the Apple Watch didn't really become the product they promised until the Series 4 thanks to the speed, OS and usability bump. In addition there are other differences like The Walkie Talkie feature, (very useful with family or significant others who have Series 4 and up) and EKG reading. And battery life is better too.
Thanks for this. The fitness part is a huge draw - I'm a big runner and would love to have the route mapping and speed/timing. Calendar isn't as important since my daily work calendar is most important and that's tied to MS Teams. Think I'll splurge on the 5, thanks for the advice.
Just clean it up and sell it on eBay/Craigslist. That's what everyone who buys (rather than finances) their equipment does.Lol at Apple. I'm getting €60 when trading in my Apple Watch 4..........lmfao..............Who in their right mind would trade in their Apple products at the Apple store?
I think I'm going to get this. Looks like a worthy upgrade to my Series 2. Not sure if the LTE option is worth the asking price, though.
What's actually new about the ceramic option? Same option as with Series 4 as far as I can see?
Oh, I didn't even notice that they discontinued it for S4. The share of Edition sales is probably minuscle.there was no ceramic option in S4. it was available in S2 and S3, then disappeared for 4, and is now back for 5.
400 bucks for the convenience of not pulling your phone out. I've never been interested and never will be.
400 bucks for the convenience of not pulling your phone out. I've never been interested and never will be.
How much is it to add the device to a phone plan generally?For me, the extra $100 spread over 12 months is worth the chance I might desperately need the LTE feature one day.
yes, it usually remains an option for release day and after.Will store pickup be available later? I want to buy a watch but I won't be home on launch day.
Usually $10 a month
hmm. i'll consider!yes, it usually remains an option for release day and after.
Usually $10 a month
About Series 5, I'm kinda concerned about privacy.
Would notifications be displayed in the always on display?
I hope not.
Apple's initiative in the Smartwatch game is inching me closer and closer to ditching Android for the first time ever.
Really disappointed in Google's overall efforts.
This sounds great for the mobile Apple gang/Apple users.
I currently am in Apple's ecosystem (phone, ipad, mac, tv) but don't have a watch because, well, not sure I needed it. But $199 for the 3 seems compelling. Is it worth it? I almost always have my phone on me so I can't imagine needing a watch to get to texts that much faster, but it seems like a cool piece of tech regardless. Or is the 5 that much better?
Oh, I didn't even notice that they discontinued it for S4. The share of Edition sales is probably minuscle.
But at the same time, it makes sense to reintroduce it now that the Watch hardware is maturing a bit and will probably remain usable for many more years than early series (batteries aside).
Nope. They have yet to make a Watch app that will actually download songs (the ability has been officially present for a year now)
Why do you regret Stainless Steel?Pretty tempted to pick one of these up and replace my model 3. Really regret having gone stainless steel on that one. That said, I'd love to have ceramic or titanium.
The black one looked more like plastic than anything, and it cost so much it makes me not want to upgrade until I absolutely have to. But these watches are basically disposable within 2-3 years anyway at this point.
It does. It says right on Apple's page "$399 ... with sports band".
Just like the extra monitor stand, the watch now doesn't include the band!
Just like the extra monitor stand, the watch now doesn't include the band!