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Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by maipen »

minkles wrote: post #5

Meh. Stopped wearing my S9 in May. Not sure why I bought it. Think AW wore off here finally. It’s a nice toy but useless for me (even cycling / hiking etc). I take an F91W when I go hiking as it doesn’t need charging.

I also ditched my apple watch.

Even when working out I didn't really bother using it to track my workouts. Going to the gym is the only thing that mattered.

For checking the time and apps? I have my phone in my pocket at all times...

Charging it was annoying in my experience, if I didn't wear it for 1 or 2 days, when I wanted to wear it, it was dead...

But I know some people that actualy take advantage of it, so it depends.

If battery lasted a whole month, I would probably reconsider. But honestly I do without just fine...

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by kirktrue »

k2xl wrote: post #30

Been hesitant to get due to battery life. My fitbit lasts for days on one charge. Is there ways to configure the watch settings to extend the battery life for more than a day?

The usual suggestions I’ve read about are to disable the “always on” display, disable WiFi and/or cellular, turn down the brightness, limit notifications, and so forth. However, I cannot state how much impact these would have.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by latchkey »

darknavi wrote: post #42
nextos wrote: post #32

I really wish they made it independent of the iPhone. I think for people that only use smartphones occasionally, it'd be ideal to have just a watch and a desktop/laptop. It'd also be a great move by Apple towards reducing distractions of its users. Watches can be much less intrusive than phones.

A friend has his kids use LTE Apple Watches. He set them up with his iPhone and they don't have them. It supports "Kid" mode on the watches and everything. They can call and text him when ever they want, which is really nice.

Walkie-talkie mode is really nice.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by jameshart »

ValentineC wrote: post #47

Apple introduced a "new" 42mm smaller size, and with that, added a whole lot of confusion to band compatibility. The Sport Loop and Milanese Loop now come in 40mm, 42mm, and 46mm variants. From one of their updated watch strap pages: > Strap Compatibility > You can match most straps with any Apple Watch Series 3 or later case of the same size. > 40mm, 41mm and 42mm straps are all compatible with 40mm, 41mm and 42mm c…

There are still just two strap widths - small and large. Why Apple won’t just come out and say that I have no idea.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

#56

Post by seanmcdirmid »

Etheryte wrote: post #43
zactato wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thats got to be a super tiny population of the world

I wouldn't be so sure of that. There are many studies showing that age is strongly correlated with reduced smartphone use, additionally, youth only makes up a small portion of the whole population.

Youth are fewer, youth have an outsized affect on consumption however. Meanwhile, older people tend to slow down consumption a lot, and therefore you can't really make as much money catering to them.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by amonon »

laweijfmvo wrote: post #7
minkles wrote: post #5

Meh. Stopped wearing my S9 in May. Not sure why I bought it. Think AW wore off here finally. It’s a nice toy but useless for me (even cycling / hiking etc). I take an F91W when I go hiking as it doesn’t need charging.

I still use mine mainly for - sleep tracking combined with Athlytic for Whoop-style metrics (might not be the most accurate, but good enough). also silent alarms - runs tracking -- nice to be able to track my run and listen to a podcast all from the watch - swim tracking -- i guess Garmin is just as good, but love being able to see the screen while swimming to check my progress if the silly cellular plan wasn't such…

What's the value of something like Athlytic/Whoops against just sticking to a routine?

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by zardo »

nextos wrote: post #32

I really wish they made it independent of the iPhone. I think for people that only use smartphones occasionally, it'd be ideal to have just a watch and a desktop/laptop. It'd also be a great move by Apple towards reducing distractions of its users. Watches can be much less intrusive than phones.

Apple might have sold me one last month, but I'm not switching phones just because I'm getting a watch.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

maipen wrote: post #51
minkles wrote: post #5

Meh. Stopped wearing my S9 in May. Not sure why I bought it. Think AW wore off here finally. It’s a nice toy but useless for me (even cycling / hiking etc). I take an F91W when I go hiking as it doesn’t need charging.

I also ditched my apple watch. Even when working out I didn't really bother using it to track my workouts. Going to the gym is the only thing that mattered. For checking the time and apps? I have my phone in my pocket at all times... Charging it was annoying in my experience, if I didn't wear it for 1 or 2 days, when I wanted to wear it, it was dead... But I know some people that actualy take advantage of it, so it d…

I use my watch a lot to unlock things and pay for things. It is weird how much more I use it than my phone now (which can do all those things also, but is usually in my pocket and not on my wrist).

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by jameshart »

colesantiago wrote: post #2

Looks like nothing has been announced that is groundbreaking here. It seems it was rumoured that the Apple Watch Series 10 would have blood pressure monitoring but instead removed the blood oxygen detection from US models in the fine print: "The ability to measure blood oxygen is no longer available on Apple Watch units sold by Apple in the United States beginning January 18, 2024."

The blood oxygen detection is disabled to comply with a patent ruling.
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