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double t33

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Mar 3, 2011
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Anyone else find the alarm on the apple watch way too quiet?

I have the sports watch and love everything about it except that I am having to use my iPhone for the alarm as I never wake up (neither does my wife) to the watch alarm. Its great when I am wearing it due to the haptic feedback but I leave it on a stand charging over night so that is not an option.
 
Yeah I don't think the Watch was designed to necessarily be a bedside alarm clock, that's more of the iPhone's job. Like you said the alarm is really only useful for when you are wearing it, as are most of the other Watch features.
 
The speaker diaphragm is no bigger than the fingernail of your pinkie roughly, so it's not going to make a whole lot of noise. As far as speakers go, this is probably the lower limit of usefulness. :)
 
IMO if the watch is going to feature a 'Nightstand mode' I would expect to be able to use it as an alarm clock with an alarm loud enough to wake me.
 
LewisChapman said:
IMO if the watch is going to feature a 'Nightstand mode' I would expect to be able to use it as an alarm clock with an alarm loud enough to wake me.
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I didn't think of that. Maybe Apple has limited the speaker's capabilities through software and can make the alarm louder than the rest of the normal sounds in later updates. Or maybe they will just drop the dumb idea of 'Nightstand mode' :rolleyes:
 
c55 said:
I didn't think of that. Maybe Apple has limited the speaker's capabilities through software and can make the alarm louder than the rest of the normal sounds in later updates. Or maybe they will just drop the dumb idea of 'Nightstand mode' :rolleyes:
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I was actually holding off on buying a dock for my watch because of this feature. Safe to assume nightstand mode doesn't activate when plugged in but rather when the watch is turned on its side?
 
Ke1ington said:
I was actually holding off on buying a dock for my watch because of this feature. Safe to assume nightstand mode doesn't activate when plugged in but rather when the watch is turned on its side?
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The watch enters nightstand mode only when the watch is (1)charging and (2)resting on the side with no buttons on.

If (1) & (2) arent together then it just acts as normal with your clock face and the charging symbol.
 
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LewisChapman said:
The watch enters nightstand mode only when the watch is (1)charging and (2)resting on the side with no buttons on.

If (1) & (2) arent together then it just acts as normal with your clock face and the charging symbol.
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That's what I figured. Thank you for the confirmation.
 
I agree that the watch's alarm is quieter than my iPhone's, but I like that. I don't need anything too loud. The watch wakes me up pleasantly.
 
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