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Apple Highlights Apple Watch Series 4 Reviews
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Reviews for the new Apple Watch Series 4 models went live this morning ahead of Friday's launch, and in a new press release, Apple has highlighted reviews from several members of the media who were able to spend some hands on time with the new Apple Watches.
Apple shared key review passages from a variety websites focused on tech, health, fitness, fashion, and lifestyle, including The New York Times, Women's Health, USA Today, Hodinkee, Men's Journal, TechCrunch, Vogue, Refinery29, The Independent, Wareable, MobileSyrup, Best Health, The Straits Times, and Vogue Australia.
Women's Health, for example, said features in the Series 4 make it a powerful device for overall well being that could save your life one day.The New York Times said the new model, which can take an ECG reading, is "one of the most significant developments in wearable gadgets in years," while The Independent said the speed improvements and new health features are noticeable "at every level."Apple, of course, only focused on pulling out positive commentary on the Apple Watch Series 4 models, but reviews for the device were largely positive. Some reviewers didn't think it offered enough to entice Series 3 owners to upgrade, but said that it's more than worthwhile for anyone upgrading from an earlier Apple Watch model.
Anyone who has been considering holding out on purchasing an Apple Watch due to a lack of features or slow performance should also consider checking out the Apple Watch Series 4, according to reviewers, because it is faster, more efficient, and more feature rich than previous models.
Apple's full list of review selections can be seen in the article shared via Apple Newsroom, and more reviews can be found in our review roundup, shared this morning.
The Apple Watch Series 4 will be available starting this Friday, September 21. Customers who pre-ordered a device last week will begin receiving their orders on that day, and those who were not able to secure a pre-order may be able to purchase an Apple Watch from a retail store on launch day.
At this point in time, new Apple Watch Series 4 orders will not begin shipping out until October.
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[doublepost=1537409382][/doublepost]As I pretty much destroyed my Series 2 in a bicycle crash a couple of weeks back, getting the Series 4 was a no-brainer. I am looking forward to the health monitoring capabilities.
Reviews for the new Apple Watch Series 4 models went live this morning ahead of Friday's launch, and in a new press release, Apple has highlighted reviews from several members of the media who were able to spend some hands on time with the new Apple Watches.
Apple shared key review passages from a variety websites focused on tech, health, fitness, fashion, and lifestyle, including The New York Times, Women's Health, USA Today, Hodinkee, Men's Journal, TechCrunch, Vogue, Refinery29, The Independent, Wareable, MobileSyrup, Best Health, The Straits Times, and Vogue Australia.
Women's Health, for example, said features in the Series 4 make it a powerful device for overall well being that could save your life one day.The New York Times said the new model, which can take an ECG reading, is "one of the most significant developments in wearable gadgets in years," while The Independent said the speed improvements and new health features are noticeable "at every level."Apple, of course, only focused on pulling out positive commentary on the Apple Watch Series 4 models, but reviews for the device were largely positive. Some reviewers didn't think it offered enough to entice Series 3 owners to upgrade, but said that it's more than worthwhile for anyone upgrading from an earlier Apple Watch model.
Anyone who has been considering holding out on purchasing an Apple Watch due to a lack of features or slow performance should also consider checking out the Apple Watch Series 4, according to reviewers, because it is faster, more efficient, and more feature rich than previous models.
Apple's full list of review selections can be seen in the article shared via Apple Newsroom, and more reviews can be found in our review roundup, shared this morning.
The Apple Watch Series 4 will be available starting this Friday, September 21. Customers who pre-ordered a device last week will begin receiving their orders on that day, and those who were not able to secure a pre-order may be able to purchase an Apple Watch from a retail store on launch day.
At this point in time, new Apple Watch Series 4 orders will not begin shipping out until October.
Article Link: Apple Highlights Apple Watch Series 4 Reviews
You can export health data with a single button in the health app. There are some apps that help you import exported data, though I don't remember the names of any.
Thanks everyone. I’ve never had an Apple Watch but I have smaller wrists and almost got the 38mm but thought it was a little too small (mostly due to the screen) but the 42mm was too big for me.
So I am betting that the 40mm Apple Watch 4 will be the perfect size for me with a bigger screen than the 38mm.
So I am betting that the 40mm Apple Watch 4 will be the perfect size for me with a bigger screen than the 38mm.
My Series 0 regularly has more than half battery life when I put it on the charger at night after using it for 3 years daily.
If I wanted sleep tracking, I could just charge it in the morning until I'm dressed and it would probably keep up.
I charge my series 3 for about 20 minutes a day while taking a shower and shaving. That’s usually enough to get me back to 95-100% charge.
I also use the Autosleep app for sleep tracking. I don’t even have to turn it on. It detects when I fall asleep and has seemed very accurate (although the accuracy seems to have decreased with WatchOS 5 - hopefully they’ll release an update soon).
So even though Apple doesn’t have a built in sleep app, that doesn’t mean the Apple Watch can’t be used for that. Autosleep even send the data to the Health app.
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Yes, I'm very familiar with the export option. It's just that it doesn't work. Not on my iPhone 5s nor on my iPhone 7. I've tried it on my dad's iPhone 5s, as well. Same thing. Errors each time--the errors vary by which version of iOS I've upgraded to, but it has never once worked successfully. It took me a long time to even find someone at Apple who knew there was an option to export the data. I eventually wrote to Craig Federeghi and they got some sort of executive customer support person to help me and capture data from my iPhone as it was trying to export that they sent to their engineering team. And they eventually just stopped following up with me.
Originally it would just time out, even leaving the phone plugged in and the screen set not to go to sleep overnight. I can't remember the exact error message. Then in later versions of iOS it would eventually create a file that is 22 bytes in size (when the Apple Health app has over 16 GB of data). The file obviously doesn't contain the data based on its size and also wouldn't open. I can't remember all the error messages I've seen and their specific wordings. It's varied over the different OS versions.
Yeah but let’s say I talk for 20 min in total for the day. That would still massively reduce the battery if apples battery page is correct.
What’s the point of paying a monthly fee for cellular if it’s so limited.
They do it during keynotes all the time—highlighting the reviews and comments from the tech press.
Not really sure how big of a jump would need to be for someone to upgrade from S2 to S4! I guess it is subjective. For me is good enough to upgrade from my S3, all the new features and particularly the larger display are reason enough for me. Battery life has never been an issue for me since I place it on a dock every night before sleep, just can't sleep with the watch on my wrist. Luckily I will get 70% of what I paid for my S3 when dhe S4 arrives.
One of the local heart and lung center’s where I am are not fans of any wrist-worn heart monitor devices. More times than not, they get people coming in all stressed out and worried about their health because the devices are telling them that something is wrong, and then they go and do some Googling, and start freaking out about all of the worst possible outcomes for an elevated or irregular heart rate. So, they give them a Holter monitor for the day, analyze the results, and everything is normal. Sort of drives them nuts, to the point that they don’t recommend them. They especially despise the Fitbits.
When I spoke to them about the S4 Apple Watch’s ECG capability, they were extremely sceptical about its accuracy. It seems a lot of these types of devices need to be treated with a dose of scepticism. Even those automated sphygmomanometers are known to measure higher than what the actual BP is for people. Most people don’t realize it. Of course, it’s better to be safe and get checked out, just in case, but you’d think the manufacturer’s would put more effort into improving the accuracy.
People need to understand that any reviews before release are because the reviewers have agreements with Apple to get early access to the device and they're therefore very keen to maintain those early access privileges. You're not going to get an unbiased review until post release from reviewers who have no relationship with Apple.
This is the first Apple Watch that looks pretty good to me, but it's still hamstrung by battery life. I'd also have liked the bezels to go even slimmer still. For such a small device/screen it needs an almost "infinity" look around the sides, even if the curvature of the glass at the edges causes distortion so the very edges aren't entirely useable, it still creates a pretty cool impression.
This is the first Apple Watch that looks pretty good to me, but it's still hamstrung by battery life. I'd also have liked the bezels to go even slimmer still. For such a small device/screen it needs an almost "infinity" look around the sides, even if the curvature of the glass at the edges causes distortion so the very edges aren't entirely useable, it still creates a pretty cool impression.
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I am not the greatest fan of Apple but I so wish this watch supported Android phones mainly because of the built in heart monitor which can detect tachycardia and bradycardia. That can be a lifesaver especially for someone like me who was born with a enlarged heart. But I need to be able to still get my text messages and text back from my watch, hopefully Samsung gets something like this for the next Galaxy watch 2. Bravo Apple......for this watch and not their phones.
"...features in the Series 4 make it a powerful device for overall well being that could save your life one day."
So now they're scaring us into buying their stuff....lol
Going with the "it's healthy for you, if you don't buy our stuff you could be seriously jeopardizing your health or life" is always such a noble way to market electronic gadgets.
So now they're scaring us into buying their stuff....lol
Going with the "it's healthy for you, if you don't buy our stuff you could be seriously jeopardizing your health or life" is always such a noble way to market electronic gadgets.
Which happens to be unavailable in the US until later and will probably never materialise at all in Europe due to strict health care laws. So the only improvement is a bigger screen and slightly improved speeds.
So in theory it's a great improvement, in practice it isn't. I also find it appalling that the current reviews wax poetic about the great new features when in reality, said features can't actually be reviewed at all as they're not here yet.
Not if you use AirPods to make calls. Calling on the AW isn't convenient at all, I don't have the cellular version but I sometime answer to a call on the Watch at home. I need to have my wrist close enough to my face so after a couple of minutes I either end the call or switch to the phone.
On my series 1 watchOS 5 feels slower and battery life isn't great, I love the new features but the overall experience isn't great