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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

Spearchucker wrote: post #150

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.

The Nike band is nice because it is perforated, which is great for venting sweat during a workout. Otherwise, I haven't really noticed any "nike" branding on my Nike edition Apple watch. I'm not sure anyone would even know it by looking at me, there is no nike logo anywhere (wait, no that isn't true, there is a small logo....on the inside of the band where absolutely no one can see it).

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Post by theshrike79 »

ricardobeat wrote: post #177
mark_l_watson wrote: post #105

I love my Series 3 Apple Watch, with a data plan. I now usually leave my iPhone at home. I am trying to follow a digital minimalism program, following slow media ideas, and using digital devices for highly productive activities, not to waste time. I find AirPods work really well with my Apple Watch, no iPhone lifestyle.

What do you do with the AirPods? I thought the watch could not yet stream music without a phone.

The watch has enough memory for hours of music / podcasts.

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Post by ben_w »

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

1995: battery lasts a couple of years at least, but I’m not sure exactly because the strap breaks first

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by EugeneOZ »

Spearchucker wrote: post #150

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.

There is no "extra", price is the same for Nike version. Just different band.

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Post by toasterlovin »

sp332 wrote: post #41
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.

It doesn't have enough battery life to last through the night if you've worn it all day. They probably intentionally don't have sleep tracking to avoid emphasizing that.

It probably does have enough battery life if my watch is any indicator. And if it doesn't a small change to your daily routine, such as charging your watch both at night while you prepare for bed as well as in the morning while you get ready for the day, will make getting through the day + night no problem. You get most of a charge in something like 30 minutes.

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Post by handedness »

gnicholas wrote: post #26

They mentioned that the Series 3 will start at $199. What about the Series 4? I hope they don't discontinue it, since this is the model I would plan to get. Bigger screen, but not the top-tier pricing of the Series 5.

The Series 4 is now officially discontinued. I'd set up an alert for the refurb store.

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Post by oh_sigh »

Hamuko wrote: post #198
jedberg wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Making that functionality native would seem to recommend wearing the watch 24/7 Exactly! At this point, my expectation is that I would wear the watch at all times except when I shower in the morning, and that is when I would charge it. But it won't charge that quickly. :( Which means I either have to give up sleep tracking or activity tracking to charge it. It sounds like they need to make it so that the bands can…

As Jobs said: you're showering wrong.

According to jobs you just needed to eat a diet of all fruit juice and then showering would not be necessary.
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