Apple Watch Series 5 • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by petercooper » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 7:54 PM UTC

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.

I can't speak for Germany, but in much of Eastern Europe the Adidas logo and 'three stripes' are almost a type of uniform that people are very keen to be seen in. To me, it seems wearing brands conspicuously is a reasonably global trait in many demographics (or in certain product categories.. who debadges their car?)

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by atlasunshrugged » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 7:55 PM UTC

rimliu wrote: post #167

charlesju wrote: post #35

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

Take a look at Withings. You can get weeks to months of the battery life with limited but very useful features set.

Have you tried the new Withings with ECG? I'm curious about that, this winter I'm going to switch to something new and it's basically between the Withings and the Apple Series 5

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by Zenst » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 7:55 PM UTC

nacs wrote: post #220

Zenst wrote: post #213

"International emergency calling also works with fall detection, if enabled, to automatically place an emergency call if Apple Watch senses the user has taken a hard fall and remains motionless for about a minute." I like how they have thought, don't need a sim to make an emergency call, let alone credit, why not add the ability to call emergency services and use the GPS to pick the right local number. Equally the sa…

> I'd imagine that during that minute a countdown upon the display starts and audible alert of about to call the emergency services There is both an audible alert and a display change with countdown before it starts the call.

Thank you and reassuring. That feature alone will sell this by itself for the older generation. Even those who do not travel will appreciate it for that, people like that reassurance that such an option is open to them, even if they don't utilize it. More so the older you get, least what I have noticed.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by saagarjha » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 7:55 PM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #75

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #53

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Clearly this means they don't intend Apple Watch to pick up sleep tracking though. My Fitbit needs to last a few days because there's only a couple chances I really take it off to charge.

Sleep tracking is a headline feature of OS6. Clearly the marketing department... didn't talk to the other part of the marketing department.

I wouldn't call it a headline feature, since it's not on this page: https://www.apple.com/watchos/watchos-6/. Honestly, did they mention it at all?

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by akfanta » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 7:55 PM UTC

ak217 wrote: post #49

For me, the single biggest problem with Apple Watch is battery life, and they seem to have done nothing to improve it. Garmin has always-on, reflective screen watches that can last for weeks on a single charge. I shouldn't need to babysit my watch.

not even remotely the same feature set, display quality and size. Garmin doesn't have magic batteries. It's all about trade off.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by pwinnski » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 7:57 PM UTC

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.

They've definitely expressed this as a goal, and have moved in that direction, but they're not there yet. Maybe next year. Or the next.

It took a while for iPhone, too.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by stronglikedan » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 7:58 PM UTC

EugeneOZ wrote: post #195

Nextgrid wrote: post #97

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Apple Music is a disaster when it comes to music discovery, and frankly their app is very much behind compared to Spotify. Even on iOS it feels like a web app, something I didn’t think I’d ever say about Apple’s own, built-in app.

I feel strongly opposite - Spotify UI is a reason why I cancelled subscription. Queue management is just awful, other elements are much less intuitive than in Apple Music.

Seems like you two use the apps in different ways. Spotify is acceptable for picking a couple songs and discovering similar music, but sucks at just queuing up the music you already know about. I prefer Pandora for discovery, but it sucks at connecting to external devices. Since device integration is my most important feature, I settle for Spotify's discovery.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by lisnake » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:00 PM UTC

charlesju wrote: post #35

GordonS wrote: post #24

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I quite like the idea of a smart watch, but having to charge it every day is much less appealing.

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

My Xiami Mi Band 4 has 4 weeks of battery life, basically does same things as Fitbit

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by tmvnty » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:00 PM UTC

I actually hope Apple had a “Watch Lite” version. Because I don’t need all the features Watch provides, I just want a smart watch that track my sports activities and health, I DON’T NEED the retina display, multimedia apps or ability to take phone calls, let my phone do those things and just keep the watch minimal and only act as a brilliant health monitor on my wrist

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by buboard » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:01 PM UTC

I find the current generation of smartwatches a complete waste of money. Other than the signaling factor of the iwatch, i found it annoying and utterly useless. Between the wrist-shock vibration (hey my phone is already vibrating in my pocket) to the annoying "breathe" app, this is by far the worst apple product i ve used. But it's not their fault, it's a problem with the genre. Between the daily-recharge hassle, the inability to have an always-on screen, the lack of a killer app and its relative fragility , watches like these are doomed. I much prefer the $30 xiaomi mi band as a sort-of tracker.

(this is just my opinion)