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Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by Moto7451 »

_ph_ wrote: post #246

As I have big wrists and my eyes aren't getting better, I like a larger screen a lot. But for me, the most important update might be, that the screen now updates every second instead of every minute in the "inactive" mode. I do use the seconds display of any watch a lot when timing short things, especially when cooking. Whenever I want to watch the seconds, with my current watch I have to keep shaking my wrist to kee…

With my 9 my watch sometimes falls off my charger as a result of it being 3D printed and my watch having a rubber case on it. The result is sometimes I don’t get a good charge for a day or two and it chugs along. On the newer watches it presents the option to charge to 80% and stop to extend the battery cycle life.

I think you’ll be pretty happy with the incremental energy efficiency gains.

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Post by _rs »

chaostheory wrote: post #86
ValentineC wrote: post #81

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Apple Watches (even Series 9) sold by Apple resellers in the US (Amazon etc) still came with blood oxygen detection, even after firmware updates.

Only those that shipped before this year. They were getting hard to find even last may.

Oh is that true? I was under the impression that retailers still were selling the series 9 with it enabled to this day

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Post by ricketycricket »

kylehotchkiss wrote: post #254

That shiny black watch is going to be littered in scratches after 2 weeks. My Ultra 2 has a big scratch on it. It's not the materials are bad or anything, people just bump into metal often. For me, it's metal tables at the coffeeshop.

That's one reason I like the stainless (now Titanium) models. They have sapphire crystal instead of glass and I haven't had scratches in years. Scratches on the body are just patina.

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Post by ProfessorLayton »

freedomben wrote: post #296
ProfessorLayton wrote: post #172

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To each their own, I wear my watch in the shower so I can change the song on my bluetooth speaker.

I used to do the same thing, but the UX was never great. I've now bought five of these cheap waterproof bluetooth speaker that has play/pause/skip controls on it, and it was a life changer. I keep one in my suitcase for travelling, one in each bathroom, and have a couple paired in stereo that I keep in my office. It sounds amazingly good for the size and price of the speaker. Some of the best $20 I've spent. Brand is…

I went the other way around haha. I used to have a cheap waterproof bluetooth speaker, but upgraded to a much better wall-powered speaker. Ikea sells white-labeled speakers made by Sonos, called ENEBY [1]. Their dual-woofer speaker was amazing for the price, on-par with something like a full size Homepod, for $90!

Unfortunately Ikea discontinued their larger version, and now sell Sonos/Ikea co-branded speakers instead with less drivers, and more money. They sound good, but not as good as their older, larger predecessors.

[1] https://www.siam2nite.com/en/magazine/lifestyle/item/834-mee...

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Post by nradov »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #287
nradov wrote: post #271

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Which features specifically? There are a lot of features that are built in to Garmin devices so they generally have less need of additional apps. But there is a rich ecosystem of apps as well. https://apps.garmin.com/

One feature is heart rate and sleep tracking accuracy. The Quantified Scientist on Youtube has ever-updated charts in pretty much any of his videos that investigate the accuracy of a given health tracker wearable. You can find updated data in newer videos, but here's his video on the Apple Watch Series 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4igZ3DEhrk4 Check out the chapter titles with "Comparison w/ other watches" to se…

Yes, that seems to be consistent with the test results from DC Rainmaker. The Apple optical HR sensor is marginally better than Garmin in a few limited scenarios. So a win for Apple there and very technically impressive, although the difference would only tend to show up intermittently during certain intense activities. Serious athletes who really care about accurate heart rate will usually use a separate chest sensor as there are inherent limits to what an optical wrist sensor can do, especially if the wearer's skin is darker or tattooed or dirty.

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/08/garmin-fenix-8-in-depth-...

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Post by willis936 »

dakiol wrote: post #22

If only it could play mp3 files.

I think there's a TestFlight beta for a foobar2000 watchOS app. I don't have a relevant apple watch, so I can't testify. The foobar2000 ios app is truly excellent though. My only real complaint is the lack of a carplay app.

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Post by whynotminot »

wilsonnb3 wrote: post #128
HaZeust wrote: post #120

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>"You can but in practice this doesn't end up working well. By the time your airpod is out of your pocket, out of the case, in your ear, and connected to your watch, the call has stopped ringing." How is the form factor of this any different than when you connect AirPods to take a call on your iPhone? This exact order of premeditation prior to the action of taking a call is already commonplace if for the iPhone - why…

Well the difference is that I can hold my iPhone up to my ear to take a call in public, whereas the only options with the watch are airpods or speakerphone.

"Hey John, you're on speaker right now -- give me a second putting my AirPods in"

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by 404mm »

I like to upgrade every 2 years to have a fresh tech and battery but I think I’m gonna skip 10 and keep my 8.

9 was already pretty underwhelming and 10 only brings a larger display. I really want a blood pressure sensor. And for the watch to last more than a day.

I used to wear my 8 for 24hr a day and charged it while showering or similar. But the battery took a significant hit after about a year of this and Apple refused to replace it (within AC+) because it didn’t hit the 80% design capacity mark. In real life, the battery life was so stretched out to its limit that even the 10% rendered it annoyingly insufficient (or the percentage doesn’t really represent true capacity and hid the truth).

Having the watch to be rated for extra 6hrs would have been a game changer.

That being said, I managed to crack the display so I just received a replacement with fresh battery.

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