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Best Buy are basically giving away Series 0 Stainless Steel

afctee said:
For $249, you can get: Apple - Apple - Apple Watch (first-generation) 42mm Space Black Stainless Steel Case - Space Black Milanese Loop Band - Space Black Milanese Loop Band

And here I am, paying $549 for my Series II, Stainless Steel Space Black, with a Sport band!!! Ugh, all to have the latest technology. Frustrating (Yes, I know I could simply not buy it, but...)
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Yes, this exactly. But I live by the beach, and the waterproofing was a deal breaker for me on the first gen. Still, gives pause on keeping the SS over the aluminum...
 
afctee said:
For $249, you can get: Apple - Apple - Apple Watch (first-generation) 42mm Space Black Stainless Steel Case - Space Black Milanese Loop Band - Space Black Milanese Loop Band

And here I am, paying $549 for my Series II, Stainless Steel Space Black, with a Sport band!!! Ugh, all to have the latest technology. Frustrating (Yes, I know I could simply not buy it, but...)
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If this was still available to order I'd be all over it. Unfortunately it was short lived!
 
anticipate said:
For someone who never had an AW the SS S0 looks fine and will do the job with WatchOS3 - but the battery life will be fairly bad if you workout. If you are coming to AW S1 or S2 the S0 will feel lethargic. The S2 is far faster - and it's not a "nice to have"; it makes the watch far less frustrating (i.e., smooth) to use in most any circumstance. The S0 is just slow to boot, to load anything, it locks up or stutters. Watch OS3 improved this a LOT but it's still nowhere near the S1/S2.

I had S0 SS since launch and had WatchOS3 on it all summer. It does improve the watch... but the S2 is just much better. It's all relative I suppose.

Personally, I would only recommend a S0 at any price now to someone who just wants notifications, time, and basic workouts. That's it. And for some people - that's awesome! If you want to do any more with it though.... definitely S1 or S2.
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Thats really all I want the watch for. I tried a bunch of apps other than weather and banking haven't found a single one worth my time. Uber works well enough but I always want more information than the watch can show anyhow.

I am curious what apps you use that you feel are compelling.
 
Yeah these deals are super hard to pass up. I just scored on the non black SS link for $250. Keep checking throughout the day because it pops up randomly, it didn't have a shipping option before. Now I have the SS and SB SS links coming in next week. Which one to keep......
 
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I should know this already, but what's the difference between Series 0 and Series 1? I thought that all the old Apple Watches were updated to Series 1.

Edit: Nevermind, iMore has an article on the differences.
 
rwilliams said:
I should know this already, but what's the difference between Series 0 and Series 1? I thought that all the old Apple Watches were updated to Series 1.
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Series 0 = Original apple watches left in the wild without updated processor
Series 1 = Original apple watch with updated processor
Series 2 = New apple watch with updated processor, water proofing or whatever, and GPS
 
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rwilliams said:
I should know this already, but what's the difference between Series 0 and Series 1? I thought that all the old Apple Watches were updated to Series 1.
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Series 1 has a faster dual core processor and full water proofing down to 50 meters. The Series 2 is that plus GPS and a brighter screen. Zero functionality differences between all 3
 
noobinator said:
Series 0 = Original apple watches left in the wild without updated processor
Series 1 = Original apple watch with updated processor
Series 2 = New apple watch with updated processor, water proofing or whatever, and GPS
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Thanks. So the Series 0 watches are the original ones that were discontinued, so all the retailers are trying to unload them. Series 1 & 2 are just going on sale now. Got it.
 
barjam said:
Thats really all I want the watch for. I tried a bunch of apps other than weather and banking haven't found a single one worth my time. Uber works well enough but I always want more information than the watch can show anyhow.

I am curious what apps you use that you feel are compelling.
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I use a lot of workout apps like fit weightlifting, gymaholic, I also use a few weather apps like dark sky, carrot, and radarscope. I use drip to look at my nest cam, deliveries, hue, vidgets, just press record, chronicle, ETA, and more. All of which were just too damn slow to load on the S0 or after were in the dock they'd unload due to lack of memory over time.

Now (and this is key) while working out I can go from the active workout app running in the background through a few different apps, like to check email etc, and go back to the workout without anything stuttering or stopping. Or I can have 8-10 active apps running at once with no slowdown due to the 2x RAM (2GB vs 1GB). The S0 just can't do that beyond a 2-3 apps at once, smoothly.

It depends on what you're doing. I never really did anything but activities, messages, weather, and time on the old watch due to lack of speed. So the watch was absolutely fine in that context.

Now I use all of the above without having to pull out my phone (or when I say, leave it on my desk charging as I move about the office). It's a revelation.
 
the1payday said:
I can't believe how insane these deals are. I just grabbed a 38mm Stainless Steel w/a Link Bracelet for $250!!!!!

This time last month, that same watch would have been $950. Nuts!
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through best buy? did your store have some?
 
WTH now the SS link has free 2 day shipping. I paid $13 for 2 day 3 hours ago... anyone know if you can get a refund on this? It's already shipped
 
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