Watch is not a watch. Not in the traditional sense. It’s a mini iPhone. No other watch gives you resolution and functionality. It’s like using a tiny iPhone minus some features. It’s worth it to me to charge daily.
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Apple's Wearables Shipments Increasing, but Losing Market Share to Smaller Competitors
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Same here. I had a Samsung Gear Fit Pro 2 which was great actually, but I wanted more integration if I was to be wearing the device. Picked up a Watch SE, and was actually pleased I did. I use it for the tracking and its handy for some notifications and control of music etc. The thing was I had to get an Apple phone , as I have been Android since the days of iPhone 6. So the new iPhone 12 is great. Camera amazing, 128GB and Watch SE. Complements my iPad pro well. Been thinking about a M1 Macbook.. hmm.. see what Apple did there!!
When the rest of the companies make up over 70 percent of wearables marketshare, yeah, they're competitors.
What is your functionality tho.
Probably doesn't have a full color screen, probably can't stream music directly to it, probably doesn't have 4G LTE etc.
I could care less if my Watch needs to be charged daily. It charges so quick.
I do. Had every model except AW3. Also owned a couple of models of Garmin FR’s. I wore AW daily for 1.5 yrs. It was battery life that drove me away.
I’m 99% all in w/ Apple and 10 year user, but the daily charging on AW drives me nuts. I keep coming back thinking I’ll get used to it but nope. I never make it more than 3-4 days before putting the Garmin back on. When AW can last a week, I’ll go 100% Apple. So yeah, there’s people like us out there.
…and IMO, them leaving out Android users or needing the AW for Fitness to fully function is just petty. There’s no technical reason I see for it. They know it forces buy in and halo effect. Good for them but they shouldn’t punish Apple curious people with Health being the carrot.
If that’s the way you use it (as an iPhone replacement) yes, I agree. Worth the daily charge.
FYI, I found this out a few weeks ago, if you hold the iPhone ping button, it'll also flash the flashlight on the phone.
And the daily charging on your iPhone doesn't?
But why is BPM during workouts so valuable? Sure, I want to know my distance, maybe steps etc, but my iPhone can do that.
I can charge it every day if I want to, but like I said, most of the time it just doesn't bring me the utility to make it worth it.
If you only care about specific features, a point solution is superior and will take sales from a general solution like Apple watch. You have to define the arena of competition. If you want the most flexibility then Apple watch stands alone.
I have Apple Watch since the original one launched and it -charging every night - has never been a problem for me.
I honestly cannot understand the craze for this product. I tried it and the shortcomings were too many and too great.
- Very poor battery life, it didn't last even an entire day (brand new).
- The heart features were very interesting but never really worked well, supposedly it had to have good contact with skin but no matter what I could not get it to work consistently.
- The sleep tracking feature, which I was excited about, could not really work because the watch was dead by that time, so either it charges during the night or then I could not use it during the day.
Because BPM is one of the most important elements to calculate calorie burn (together with accelerometers etc.), and is important to calculate the differential between BMR and active state. In addition to some element (exercise selection, input of body weight etc.) the calculation is more precise.
The biggest threat the Apple Watch has is people reject the concept of the smart watch altogether.
Well, not every product is for everyone. For my wife, it has been a life changer under many aspects (not only fitness). For me, it's helping me in my fitness goals and is helping me to focus more at work.
This is odd. Mine lasts about 24 hours, no charge. However, I have no social media on it (esp. facebook) and no email on it. Most push messages are either SMS's or fitness stuff.
Never had this problem with one notable exception: sometimes when I run, the first 5 minutes have no BPM... can't figure out why.
90 minutes of charge will get you to 90% or so.
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I have a series 4, and I'm easily getting 23hr/1hr life. My wife's series 5 with the always-on display struggles a bit to make it all day.
I wear my Apple Watch 3 all the time, charging it every 32 hours or so. I don't take it off to sleep. Sometimes I charge it while in bed reading, then put it back on. Battery life is not an issue when compared with what it does.
I know people who bought bands, and other watched. One client even bought a Louis Vuitton Watch for thousands of dollars, told me she was switching out of the Apple Watch. 2 months later she told me she likes the Apple Watch better.
And this was someone who can afford whatever device she likes.
I recommend turning always on display off. But I am biased, I don't like the feature 😊
I wasn't aware that could be done, but I'll suggest it to her, thanks. I'm with you, I prefer how my series 4 works in that regard.
Heart rate measurement is great for keeping track of your cardio fitness. Before I got the Watch, I tracked walking / running distance on my iPhone, but for the past ~2 years I've had the Watch, the measurement that actually helps me understand my health much better is my heart rate.
When I work out, it's easy to see if I'm hitting my max heart rate, and for how long, then seeing how quickly my heart rate returns to resting, which are all important metrics to know. Even watching my resting heart rate decline from the upper 60's to the lower 50's / upper 40's over the past 6 months is proof that the exercise I've been doing is paying off, at least as far as my cardio / heart fitness goes.
Clearly there are other devices out there that can do similar things, but having the Watch, which I also use for calls, texts, checking emails, weather, podcasts, music while out and about hiking, biking, swimming, etc., and not requiring me to carry my iPhone, it's been an awesome piece of tech.
And this is coming from a guy who previous to getting the Watch, wore my beloved Seiko Automatic watch every day for 15 years and never thought I would give up wearing the mechanical marvel that it is. It's still ticking away, but unfortunately lives in a drawer now and I don't see going back to it any time in the near future. In fact, I'll upgrade from the Nike 5 Watch I have now, which I bought not knowing how much I would like it, to the next titanium version so I get the sapphire crystal and better quality case material, knowing full well it will get worn and used daily.
How to use Apple Watch Always-On display, how to turn it off - 9to5Mac
This step by step guide discusses how to use the new Apple Watch Series 5 Always-On display feature and also covers how to turn it off.
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