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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by dchest »

biztos wrote: post #353
lowboy wrote: post #334

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wear an Apple watch on the other arm?

Or wear it right next to the mechanical watch? I can't remember the name but when I was a kid, there was a children's book with a gorilla that sold stolen watches, always had a bunch of them on his arm. That look might work, and then I could have a Garmin too in case the battery dies on my Apple.

Swatch Group founder Nicolas Hayek: https://i1.wp.com/beirutnightlife.com/wp-content/uploads/200...

Fidel Castro: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/46/c4/41/46c441dfbc92a5d0d748...

Buzz Aldrin: https://hodinkee.imgix.net/uploads/images/1493225029494-v5fg...

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by Tepix »

biztos wrote: post #332

This is probably off topic for the S5 release, but I keep sort of hoping for a smartwatch I don't have to wear as a watch. Because I wear a nice watch already. It only tells the time, but it's also jewelry. A lot of us still want a mechanical watch on our wrists. So where does that leave us if we also want what the Apple Watch offers, but aren't willing to displace our nice analog timepieces? Sure, I could make an Ap…

Perhaps one day we'll get a wearable device that replaces the wristband of your existing watch.

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Post by flurdy »

flurdy wrote: post #253
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"/

Nope. I will keep using my Pebble. Whilst it still works. I just can't get past the 18ish hours battery. I know when I possible eventually actually own and use an Apple Watch, I am sure some of the features trigger the "once you go x you can't go back" type thing, but until then, nope. Though my Pebble is, unfortunately, starting to creak a little, some notifications are not always shown etc, so a Fitbit may be more…

Though I have to admit my helicopter-parent side is considering an Xplora for my kids. If it gets better battery life (2-5 days currently). An Apple Watch is out of the question.

https://go.myxplora.co.uk/about/

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Post by teniutza »

r00fus wrote: post #340
ses1984 wrote: post #324

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Some people are in and out of the shower in less than 5 minutes, others 60 minutes.

Shower takes 5m, shaving in shower +3m, dressing an additional 5m. Add in breakfast and/or coffee and you’re looking at close to 30m - grab watch on the way out - my series4 is usually fully charged.

Quite a lot happening in the morning, before you go out. Those are many steps which are not reported on the daily summary.

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Post by pintxo »

biztos wrote: post #332

This is probably off topic for the S5 release, but I keep sort of hoping for a smartwatch I don't have to wear as a watch. Because I wear a nice watch already. It only tells the time, but it's also jewelry. A lot of us still want a mechanical watch on our wrists. So where does that leave us if we also want what the Apple Watch offers, but aren't willing to displace our nice analog timepieces? Sure, I could make an Ap…

Completely with you. I used to wear a vivosmart® HR+ [1] next to my mechanical. With the vivosmart rotatet 180° to wear on the inside of the arm, it was an acceptable look. But I was not happy with garmins privacy policy, so I stopped wearing it.

Still looking for a replacement, ideally no display (even longer battery life, smaller), heart rate monitor, motion tracker and everything just pushed into iOS health app or a cloud-less app.

In the meantime I will give the Apple Watch a chance.

[1] https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/548743/pn/010-01955-36

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by drclau »

dsaavy wrote: post #284
fudged71 wrote: post #170

While I am looking to upgrade to the Series 5 from a Series 1, I'm disappointed in the lack of native sleep tracking functionality... it's a glaring hole in the concept of overall health tracking. Similarly, I'd hoped they would announce some standardization to weightlifting in HealthKit. The watch and iphone health options are very cardio-centric, and every weightlifting app has implemented their own internal 1RM tr…

I’ve been using the app called AutoSleep (I think it was like $5) and it’s pretty awesome. You can even export your own data. Highly recommended. Obviously not a solution to the native sleep tracking issue but definitely good for what’s available right now.

Long time user of Autosleep here. It works like a charm.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by jug »

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 don't think there's a standard per se. But I'd like to mention that Apple use to undersell battery life (for once!) and the Apple Watch is known to quite easily last more than 24 hours.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by GordonS »

wlesieutre wrote: post #356
GordonS wrote: post #273

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> proprietary charger Yikes, that would be a total deal-breaker for me. I have enough chargers and cables to remember as it is. Kind of difficult to see why they'd use anything other than micro-USB anyway?

It’s an inductive puck thing that the watch aligns itself to with magnets, honestly a lot nicer than needing to plug and unplug a cable. Feels like it will last longer, and it’s much more reliable than Pebble’s spring loaded charging pins were. Would be even better if it could charge on standard Qi pads, but no such luck. Maybe there’s something about the size of the coils, who knows?

Ah, OK, that does make a difference. I have a Plantronics headset that has a similar charging point, and it is great to be able to almost throw it onto the charger and just have it work.

But - the heatset also has a micro USB port built in, so if I don't have the charging point (or the charging case, which it also came with), I can just use a USB cable. This seems the best approach, IMO.

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