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Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by leggomylibro »

pbarnes_1 wrote: post #83
leggomylibro wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was going to say...even this article's optimism seems disingenuous. >Battery life has been fine. “All day” is about right — charging at night, using it all day That does not sound anywhere close to 'fine' for a watch. I get annoyed at my Pebble Time's battery life from time to time, and it still lasts at least 5 days/nights on a charge.

Uhm, that's how the AW, AW S1 and AW S2 run so that's perfectly fine. He's not comparing it to a Pebble.

Which is fine, comparing it to competitors and past iterations. But as a watch, that is simply not an acceptable battery life.

Something like, 'battery life continues to be poor but manageable' would be far more honest.

Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by leggomylibro »

mitchty wrote: post #87
alttab wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good thing too. Because Pebble owners know what time it is when they wake up in the middle of the night. Apple customers have to pick up their phone or ask alexa, I mean homepod.

Or just look over at the alarm clock.

Is your watch not your alarm clock? Because that's a super convenient feature, whether you wear it to bed or put it on a nightstand.

Plus, one less set of glaring LEDs in the room.

Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by sisk »

Perhaps I'm in the minority but I've decided to purchase this precisely to stay connected while running. To be fair, it's not the during that I'm worried about, it's the after. I've never been able to get used to running with a phone (or really anything other than a watch, for that matter) so I'm always disconnected while exercising. I often, however, participate in races with a handful of other people and have learned that standing in a predetermined meeting spot after a race for an indeterminate amount of time isn't a great solution.

When pebble announced the Pebble Core, I thought I'd finally found the answer to my problem: complete a race—having been completely disconnected—while still have the option to connect afterwards as a means of coordination.

When that product was killed off with the sale of Pebble to Fitbit, I was back to hoping someone would fill that niche. This watch now makes that viable. Yes, it's an expensive price to pay (particularly as compared to the Core) but you only have to stand around windy, 20℉ weather in running shorts for an hour once before the price becomes of less consequence.

Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by dkonofalski »

alienreborn wrote: post #16

Verge[1] (5/10), WSJ[2] has pretty negative reviews esp reg. battery and LTE reception and Apple acknowledged that problem in their statement. This has to be one of the worst reviewed Apple products in a while. However Wired[3] has good things to say about it and NYT[4] found it alright. 1. https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/20/16334066/apple-watch-seri... 2. https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-series-3-review-unt.…

I'm sorry, but I kinda wanna call BS on this. The Verge review even admits that the connection issues were happening when the watch connected to a Wi-Fi network that they had connected to before. That's not really a reflection of the LTE connectivity, only a reflection that the watch can't connect and use Wi-Fi networks that require a captive portal where you can't sign in without your phone first. It seems really disingenuous to me for them to openly conflate those 2 things as a problem with the LTE connectivity.

Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by joselreyes »

5_minutes wrote: post #82

Though always well written, Daring Fireball’s articles are always sprinkled with some fanboyism, I do miss a real critical and objective voice in his writing. Because somehow the voice pretends it is. But actually the glass is always a bit more than half full, no matter what.

Yes, but he is consistent. So you can always read his reviews and peg it down a notch if you regularly slightly disagree with him. I don't mind biases in reviewers if they're consistent in their takes.

Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by sp332 »

sisk wrote: post #93

Perhaps I'm in the minority but I've decided to purchase this precisely to stay connected while running. To be fair, it's not the during that I'm worried about, it's the after . I've never been able to get used to running with a phone (or really anything other than a watch, for that matter) so I'm always disconnected while exercising. I often, however, participate in races with a handful of other people and have lear…

Samsung's Gear S3 http://www.samsung.com/us/explore/gear-s3 and the LG Watch Sport https://store.google.com/product/lg_watch_sport have LTE for $350.

Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by jmull »

jhugg wrote: post #14
minimaxir wrote: post #2

So why does the LTE Watch have the red dot anyways? I asked on Reddit and no one has any idea : https://reddit.com/r/apple/comments/70homi/so_why_does_the_a... The most sensible theory is that it’s related to the LTE antenna, but Apple admitted in the Keynote the Watch screen is the antenna.

It’s because in many parts of the world, people won’t buy expensive things unless there is some way for people to know you spent a lot of money and have the newest thing. I hate the red dot too. Already ordered my WatchDots.

I don't think that could be it in this case.

The LTE version is only $70 more. That's not going to wow anyone. (Well, plus a monthly service charge, which is more significant financially, but has no weight as a status symbol.) Meanwhile, there are more expensive upgrades that are at least as obtrusive, like the stainless-steal case and those designer bands.

I mean, I don't really get it either, but it isn't this.

Maybe it's just a way to highlight a significant new feature?

Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by tempay »

pm90 wrote: post #76
logical42 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can listen to podcasts with the watch series 2 and no phone, you just need wireless headphones.

I don't think this is possible. There is no podcasts app for the watch (shocking). If you have your iPhone, you can pause/play forward/back... but this is the generic player for apps that don't have a version for the Watch. i.e. I use Google Play Music, which doesn't have a Watch version of its app, but when I play music from my iPhone, I can pause/play etc. from the watch.

Until very recently overcast supported apple watch playback, though this recently had to be removed due to API changes[1]. So it's definitely possible, though the experience is seriously lacking until Apple get their act together on the API side.

[1] https://marco.org/2017/08/10/removed-send-to-watch

Re: Apple Watch Series 3

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Post by dkonofalski »

AVTizzle wrote: post #4

>> "When are you separated from your iPhone? When you’re exercising. What do you miss most when you’re away from your phone? Messages and phone calls." Anecdotal, but personally, this is one of the most refreshing and cherished qualities about my exercise time: it's ME time. No messages, no phone calls. Phone goes on airplane mode, and I'm in my own zone for those 60-90 minutes. After reading My Year with a Distracti…

That's the best part about this, though. I have a Series 2 and can already set Do Not Disturb on the watch and also set numbers that I want to come through even in DND. No notifications unless it's from my family or my boss when I'm on call.
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