Agreed. I had a Gen 2 aluminium that was scratched all over, but my Gen 3 SS is still immaculate and I wear it while working (manual labour). Have to admit, the convenience of always on is negated by how it impacts on battery life.
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Apple Watch Series 5 announced - Always-on Display, new Titanium & Ceramic options, starting at $399 on Sep 20th
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Agreed. I had a Gen 2 aluminium that was scratched all over, but my Gen 3 SS is still immaculate and I wear it while working (manual labour). Have to admit, the convenience of always on is negated by how it impacts on battery life.
I concur. Apple Care+ makes repairs cheap. That's my peace of mind.
I'm not even a fashion person but I had some shower thoughts about this:
A watch is a pretty personal thing because it's worn on the body, it's an accessory as much as it is a piece of tech and Apple's marketing really pushes this. But while Apple Watch is certainly a status symbol, it's not an object d'art and nothing about the design is personal. The people wearing G-shocks do so because it suits their style, the people wearing Apple Watches do so because their spouse couldn't think of a good birthday gift. As a watch accessory it's default. Straps aren't what makes the watch, it's the face. Imagine if you bought a diamond ring but all you saw was an empty socket unless you lifted your wrist to your face. Even Apple's marketing agrees because you won't see promo renders without a watchface even though that's what it looks like 99.9% of the time. Always-on is part of what actually makes it a real personalized accessory, because while 10+ million people are wearing the same body, conceivably they'd have different faces that express themselves. It has small practice uses, but it's really about making something your own. Do you like elegant analog faces? Do you want brutish and modern digital? Crazy Binary? Do you have a favorite character or brand you like to associate with? That's why it matters, especially if you are lying down $400+ for what in all practicality is going to be a glorified step counter.
Would love a series 5, but honestly I think my fiancee and I would be fine upgrading to a Series 3. We're both on Series 1, and it's starting to show its age here and there, and we're both looking for something we can actually take showers in (if necessary).
Can you swim in any of these watches? Also would be a deciding factor for us.
Can you swim in any of these watches? Also would be a deciding factor for us.
Apple site says both Series 3 and Series 5 offer swimming features so yes
I am on an Apple Watch series 3 and usually get 2-3 days of use on a charge. It drains 30-40% every 24 hours. I can't imagine series 4 took a huge leap backward in battery life, or that series 5 wouldn't remedy such a big generational decrease. How does Apple measure those 18 hours?
Well, the 4 does have a larger display and faster processor, which both take more power. But the battery numbers Apple uses for estimations is based on some theoretical person that uses all the watch features, including like 45 minutes a day listening to music directly from the watch while exercising without their phone.
Edit: Here are the actual measurements:
Apple said:
I still wish they'd make a "stainless steel, but no cellular" version. I have no need for the cell radio, but I love the sapphire glass that comes with the stainless - I don't take any sort of care with it, and I've never seen a scratch. I'm still using the $20 stainless band I got from Amazon for my first-gen Watch, and I routinely get compliments on it.
Not to mention there's no way even a max brightness Watch screen is going to be anywhere as disruptive as the blazing rectangles of a lit-up phone.
You must be new to how Apple operates. They focus on wide applicability, not giving everyone toggles for everything.
I think about this every time someone suggests a "setting" for something. Yeah, in a vacuum, that could probably be a setting. But spread out to everyone's requests and preferences and all of a sudden it's untenable. Even Apple has to pick and choose their battles.
PSA for any SPRINT users.
50% off a new S5 if you do the 24 month payments. This doesn't include the stainless version though.
50% off a new S5 if you do the 24 month payments. This doesn't include the stainless version though.
given the way the always-on display on the 5 works (drop refresh rate, hide the second hand, make brightness super low), and the seemingly negligible internal changes aside from the compass, the only reason i can imagine they couldn't do an always-on display with series 4 is not having a display controller that can vary the refresh rate.
The secret with the ceramic as well is that a lot of bands look terrible with it. Especially the connector pieces.
You get 2-3 days of use on a single charge? Usage is based on activities. It'll last longer the more stationary you are. Mine barely lasts a day and a half.
I don't see the point in Apple care for the watch, doesn't seem like the type of device to need it.
Huh, I actually think its the most perfect device for it. The Apple Care is relatively cheap at $79 or $4 a month, and it gets the most exposure of any device. I've smacked mine on plenty of doors and such, so I am glad to have the plan if that kind of contact causes a crack.
I just got an Xr so not upgrading my phone but I've had an Series 3 from jump, how big of an upgrade is the 5 because I may just get that if it is.
Have a stainless series 2 and it it still in perfect condition. A quick polish and it looks new out of the box. But yeah the aluminum models are more prone to damage.
This is why I am not getting it (other than the price). I have too many bands that won't look good with it.
Yeah that too, I buy the Aluminum models for the price and Nike stuff usually. I keep mine about 2 cycles, so I'm now jumping Series 3 to Series 5.
It always shows the watch face / content now at dimmed brightness, when you have the watch turned away from your body
As a former Apple technical specialist, it's the only device I recommend Apple Care for lol.
It's cheap for what it is and it solves all and any issue with the watch including screen shattering. The alternative to any major accidental damage issues on the Apple Watch is replace the whole unit, which isn't cheap. You make your money with the first full replacement and then some
My series 2 got a scratch on it and I was told they couldn't replace the screen only, it had to be a full each swap so I said forget. From that point AC+ seemed useless to me. I've bumped and bang it on numerous occasions and it still working fine. It seems like the most sturdy device to me is also why I think it's useless.
I usually get around 500 calories on the move ring. I don't use the exercise mode a whole lot. Lots of notifications though. I also use it for texting and media control. It's not the LTE version... maybe that's why?
Long rumored as coming in an update. But the bigger problem is with 18 hours of battery you basically have to plan around your watch's charging cycle which is the opposite of intuitive.
Argh that is so cool and tempting. The $100 for a S4 trade-in is borderline insulting, though.
Still...
i wants it
I was tempted by this, but I don't want the LTE version. That is $360 ($15 a month) in services charges added in (what happen to $5 a month I was paying for my series 3 service).
Your Watch backup is part of your phone backup. The phone will ask you if you want to do a current backup and restore from it iirc or choose a previous one. It's absolutely hassle free, you just move the new watch close to your iPhone and set it up.
Oh does it ask? I always unpaired the old watch first which forces a backup, but it makes sense that pairing a new one has it ask you if you want to back up, and then you can unpair the old one.
Huh. Will have to try next Friday
It's a nice feature but after thinking it over I'll just wait to enjoy that down the road. I'm so used to it waking when I lift my wrist that I'd basically never know anyways.
True. Wish the plan was a bit cheaper for what it is. But they knock off $5 if you have autopay, and my wife wanted the cellular version anyway. So it happened to work out for me, maybe someone else will be in the same boat.
I'm not 100% on this, it's been a while. I might be mixing it up with the iPhone setup. But yeah, good advice regarding the unpairing just in case.
It is a good deal if you want cell. If it was still $5 I would have done it, but at the same time Sprint would have lost money on it at $5. So I understand the pricing.
Apple Pay has close to 100% acceptance in the UK, being able to pay using my watch is almost worth owning it alone for me.