Apple Watch 6 - impressions

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Got a 44mm with cellular yesterday my first Apple Watch since a brief foray with a 0 when it first came out, I got the blue with sport loop.

Not too impressed at the moment. I should not have got the cellular as I naively thought after 5 years that all the networks would support it out of the box and it turns out that the Three network doesn't - crazy. I also assumed that Spotify could download to the watch so I could listen on my run without my phone but it appears it can't do that either. The oxygen thing seems like a gimmick, and the pulse rate is still as inaccurate as ever so that was also disappointing.

The sport loop was the one recommended to me for running and gym but it is no way suitable for this task! it will mop up sweat and stink after a few days so I think I need to get another strap already.

Positives? not many so far but it does look good and the GPS at least worked fine for my morning run. I will persevere with it and try and find some uses. It does tell time pretty good so that at least is a plus!

 

[MJ22]

The Spotify thing is commonly known and could have been discovered with the slightest bit of research.

I run 35-40 miles a week and sweat like crazy and don’t have that issue with sport loops - they dry quickly and don’t smell. Regardless I throw them in the wash every so often and all is well.

I just don’t understand how people don’t do any research and then complain about the product. If it’s not for you, you could’ve known that well in advance.

 

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Admittedly I didn't do too much research but I naively thought things like this would have been sorted by about Gen 3 - as we are now on Gen 6 it seems odd that something like that does not work - I assume I will have to go back to Apple Music for this feature.