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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by glhaynes »

piffey wrote: post #110
40acres wrote: post #58

Perhaps it's naive of me to think that Apple will ever detach the Watch from the Phone and allow set up and full use cases for users who don't have an iPhone. I'd definitely buy a cellular enabled Apple Watch and ditch my phone if possible.

This is exactly why I purchased the Apple Watch. I leave my phone at home more often than not. The Watch does just basic comms and I've removed notifications of everything else. It's the essential communication/navigation device that I need and all I really want. For anything else I'd much rather open my laptop. Hoping one day it can be a standalone device.

Hoping one day it can be a standalone device

With all the watchOS 6 stuff that makes it more independent (App Store on watch, iPhone-less apps, etc), I was thinking this might be the year. Oh well, bet it happens next year.

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Post by charlesju »

briandear wrote: post #96
charlesju wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree with this sentiment. But then I discovered the Fitbit has a 7 day battery life. That's a game changer.

Can you make a call from your Fitbit? Considering how fast Apple Watch charges, a 7 day battery life isn’t that compelling considering how much you get from an Apple Watch compared to Fitbit.

If you need a watch that can make phone calls then the Fitbit is not a good watch choice. I personally don't like making any phone calls and if I have to, my phone is usually near by. But that's a very personal choice.

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Post by Tomte »

criddell wrote: post #121
Tomte wrote: post #19

No sleep tracking, no SpO2 sensor. They must be working on this, it would perfectly well into their health theme, and they bought Beddit. Another year.

What do people do with data from their sleep trackers? I tracked my sleep for years with a Fitbit and now I track it with an Oura ring. I look at the results occasionally, but it has never provided any useful information. Is there something I'm not aware of?

If it tells you that you've been waking up a lot or that your oxygen level drops precipitously every minute or so, you go see a doctor.

There are people trying to "optimize" their sleep, of course, but the real benefit is getting a large chunk of the population to notice something is wrong.

The same with the ECG. A one lead ECG isn't much, but it means a lot when you give it without any hassle or additional cost to millions of people.

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Post by graeme »

MBCook wrote: post #89
radicaldreamer wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They haven't dropped it, it's available in black, gold finish, and black pvd finish... they've added titanium and brought back ceramic but otherwise the finishes are unchanged.

It was the polished stainless that I liked though, and that’s not there.

It says they have stainless in silver. Pretty sure that means polished. They said polished on stage.

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Post by stesch »

the_watcher wrote: post #16

> all-day 18-hour battery life. Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

I charge my Series 0 Apple Watch once a day when it's at about 50%.

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Post by thanatos_dem »

noja wrote: post #28
atlasunshrugged wrote: post #23

As a frequent traveler the emergency calling feature in so many countries without needing to sign up for another service is pretty dang cool. I was in an apartment in Eastern Europe sleeping when the kitchen caught on fire, luckily I woke up from the crackling of the walls/roof and no alarms went off. Luckily I had memorized the local emergency number and had a local sim (I don't always if I'm not in a place long eno…

112 for Europe

Wait, it isn't 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 any more?

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by criddell »

stratosmacker wrote: post #126
criddell wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My only Apple device is an iPad. If I could use the Apple Watch with the iPad I might do that! My health insurance company (Aetna) will pay for $150 of it.

wait, how will Aetna do that??? That might change things for me

I think it came as part of the Peerfit plan where you get free fitness classes. I'm not sure about that though.

IIRC, there's a 90 day window once a year right after enrollment time where you can buy a watch through Aetna.

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Post by vxNsr »

52-6F-62 wrote: post #106
deedubaya wrote: post #70

Always on display, but 18 hours of battery life? I'd rather have a display that turns of and 36 hours of battery life.

I'd definitely appreciate being able to change it as a setting. Is there a hardware reason that couldn't have been implemented?

Nope they're just taking advantage of the OLED screen which only turns on the pixels it needs to, I doubt you could double the battery life by turning off always on... you might get 2-3 more hours out of it.

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Post by jansan »

antoineMoPa wrote: post #83
the_watcher wrote: post #16

> all-day 18-hour battery life. Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

1980 watches: battery lasts a couple of months 2019 watches: battery lasts a couple of hours

With watches like Casio's A168WA-1 the battery lasts for seven years!

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by Spearchucker »

Scrolling down there's the Nike and Hermes editions. Maybe this is a cultural difference between here (Frankfurt) and elsewhere - I fail to understand how one would willingly pay extra to advertise a brand. The way I see it is that Nike for example should pay ME to wear their branding.

And even then I wouldn't. I'm not a walking billboard.

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