Will you buy an Apple Watch?

[rvvaquero]

Old thread I know. I have been an Apple user for a long time but have never had an Apple Watch. My second Fitbit bit the dust this week and I am tired of having to get one every year. Looking at a series 10. First thing is going with the Aluminum case because I don't want have to pay the extra $$$ for the Titanium one. So it is $30 to go from the 42mm face to the $46mm face. Doesn't appear to be big difference for $30. Opinions.

The band. Thinking the rubber one as I am outside working (sweating) a lot but recommendations are welcome for the other type of bands.

Basically how do they hold up working in them like mowing, weed eating, carpentry etc? I get dirty a lot.

I have the smaller size. Next one will be the larger, easier to see.

If your phone is with you all the time, no need for the cellular. Cost depends on your carrier. If you have the US Mobile Premium Unlimited, adding watch is free. Lesser US Mobile Plan, the watch cost $6.50 month, including Tax. Verizon postpaid was $15 + Tax month. I think ATT is $10 + Tax. All depends on your carrier, some don't even offer it.

I wear the Sport Loop bands, just throw them in with the laundry ever couple of weeks if they get sweaty smelling. You can experiment with lot's of different bands on Amazon, they are cheap.

For what it's worth, check the price on Walmart before you buy. They have had some great prices in the past on the current model AW and the SE also. My first AW was an SE, then I bought an AW8. Both are great watches. Do a comparison on Apple's website. You may find that the SE will do everything you want.

 

[b4pjoe]

I have the smaller size. Next one will be the larger, easier to see.

If your phone is with you all the time, no need for the cellular. Cost depends on your carrier. If you have the US Mobile Premium Unlimited, adding watch is free. Lesser US Mobile Plan, the watch cost $6.50 month, including Tax. Verizon postpaid was $15 + Tax month. I think ATT is $10 + Tax. All depends on your carrier, some don't even offer it.

I wear the Sport Loop bands, just throw them in with the laundry ever couple of weeks if they get sweaty smelling. You can experiment with lot's of different bands on Amazon, they are cheap.

For what it's worth, check the price on Walmart before you buy. They have had some great prices in the past on the current model AW and the SE also. My first AW was an SE, then I bought an AW8. Both are great watches. Do a comparison on Apple's website. You may find that the SE will do everything you want.

Yeah I have AT&T prepaid and I am not sure you can add it to that but realistically I don't think I need the cellular at all. The larger face seems to be the best fit for me. I don't have the greatest eye sight so bigger is probably better.

I did compare the SE and while I like the price better I want more functions than it has. Buying direct from Apple I can get a 10% veteran discount. I found one on Amazon that was actually less than buying from Apple with my discount but it only had the option of the Textile band and didn't have the option of the XL size band and I prefer the rubber band. I will compare it to what Walmart has though. Thanks for the info.

 

[klang]

One more thing. Did you get the 42mm or 46mm face?

I have the 42mm, my wrist is smaller, the 46mm seemed too big to me.

 

[navychop]

Just saw a lady with her watch glowing. Squarish. Never turned off.

Is that an Apple Watch feature or option? Some other brand?

 

[klang]

Just saw a lady with her watch glowing. Squarish. Never turned off.

Is that an Apple Watch feature or option? Some other brand?

There is an 'Always On' option for the watch, similar to the phone. I use that option for both phone and watch.

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[b4pjoe]

I have the 42mm, my wrist is smaller, the 46mm seemed too big to me.

I went ahead and bought the 46mm and you are right. I should have got the 42mm but I can live with it. Because of their band sizing recommendations I bought the XL band too and that was a mistake. The M-L would have been adequate. I may have to do some surgery on the band because I am not paying Apple $49 for the smaller band.

Always On lasted about a day for me because of the battery usage. Even with it off I still have to charge it daily or the sleep study doesn't work while sleeping if it falls to 30%. My old Fitbit had to be charged about every 10 days but the Apple Watch has about a zillion more things on it than the Fitbit did.

 

[klang]

I charge mine every night. It is usually around 40%. I actually picked up a Fitbit Charge for sleep tracking but I forget to put it on many nights.

 

[b4pjoe]

Do you not do the sleep stuff on the Apple Watch because you don't want to sleep with it on and/or that is when it is charging? Or you don't like the sleep monitoring on the Apple Watch. I did like the sleep feature on my Fitbit Charge 5.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I sleep with mine on and stick it on the charger when I take a shower in the morning. I do like the sleep tracking features on it.

 

[klang]

Do you not do the sleep stuff on the Apple Watch because you don't want to sleep with it on and/or that is when it is charging? Or you don't like the sleep monitoring on the Apple Watch. I did like the sleep feature on my Fitbit Charge 5.

The Fitbit Charge is much smaller and lighter, don't really like sleeping with Apple Watch on. And I always charge it overnight.

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[Foxbat]

I've been wearing mine while sleeping since I got it. I charge it up before going to bed, and find it lasts until the next evening. Yesterday, though, I charged it before our party, so I wouldn't run out while we were out.

 

[klang]

New update for IOS, 18.6.1, turns the Blood Oxygen sensor back on. Downloading now so not sure yet what has changed.

 

[TheForce]

New update for IOS, 18.6.1, turns the Blood Oxygen sensor back on. Downloading now so not sure yet what has changed.

Apple had to work around the suit so it's not quite the same. The new software 18.6.2 allows you to measure Blood oxygen% but the calculation and display results is on the iphone. I have the older Ultra 1 and it was exempt from the suit so I use the O2 % on the watch. My wife got a new Apple watch last April so she has been without until this latest update but not happy it doesn't display on the watch.

 

[klang]

It was a strange update. I installed on both the phone and watch the day it was released but it didn't actually start to work until the following Sunday morning.

I don't really mind looking at the Health app for the results. I seldom have any reason to proactively take a reading. It just runs in the background occasionally.

 

[rvvaquero]

I have begun to see a problem on my Apple Watch 8, which I don't have on my AW SE. I have triggered Fall Detection several times. It's a pain to turn off, especially out in the sunlight. It's now a two step process. I set it off just with a normal golf swing sometimes, if I hit the ground a little too hard. It goes off when I'm in the kitchen, just moving stuff around. I've activated it getting in and out of my recliner. I've even set it off clapping my hands together.

It's my understanding that it's turned on all the time by default for persons over 65, and for workouts only under 65. I like the idea of having it turned on all the time, but it's bugging me. I would expect it to go off during workouts. Their logic seems reversed.

Is there any way to adjust the sensitivity? What are others doing about this?

Thanks

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[navychop]

I've even set it off clapping my hands together.

But does it turn on and off the lights?

 

[klang]

I have an 11. I have had an unexpected Fall Detection event twice I think. No idea what set it off either time. Does not seem to be a way to adjust the sensitivity.

 

[Foxbat]

I have begun to see a problem on my Apple Watch 8, which I don't have on my AW SE. I have triggered Fall Detection several times. It's a pain to turn off…

I was fluffing the pillows making the bed the other day and it felt I had used too much "snap" in my technique, so my Apple Watch Series 8 went into Fall Alert mode and started the countdown. It seems you need to make more effort to dismiss the Alert than when it went off last year while I was hurrying down the stairs at my in-Laws' house. Now it seems it wants to know what the cause was.

The worse time I had was when I actually did fall on the ice while shoveling the driveway. I had to strip off my gloves and pull back my coat to reach the screen so I could say I was okay, no need for an ambulance.

 

[Jimbo]

Apple had to work around the suit so it's not quite the same. The new software 18.6.2 allows you to measure Blood oxygen% but the calculation and display results is on the iphone. I have the older Ultra 1 and it was exempt from the suit so I use the O2 % on the watch. My wife got a new Apple watch last April so she has been without until this latest update but not happy it doesn't display on the watch.

You know you can get O2 readers for about $20 most everywhere, no need to buy a new expensive watch for the Oxygen levels.

 

[TheForce]

You know you can get O2 readers for about $20 most everywhere, no need to buy a new expensive watch for the Oxygen levels.

I wear my Apple watch for convenience. The more it does the more convenient it is. Most of what the Apple watch can do, would require a wheel barrel load of gadgets to do the same.

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