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Charger RIPS the heartbeat sensor OUT of watch
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Seems like the same thing that happened to this poster
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/aw-broken-while-charging.1900192/unread
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/aw-broken-while-charging.1900192/unread
I got a feeling your water resistance rating has just gone down.
Seconded. That thing looks absolutely filthy.
I have to say that I am a bit surprised that these watches rely on adhesives to stay together. Seems to me all other watches I've ever owned were held together mechanically.
Given that this has happened to two different Sport watches, the weird thing is that the connection between the charger and the phone isn't even all that strong on the AWS. I had a sport and the charger would lightly attach to the watch -- sometimes I wasn't even sure if it was on. The connection is much stronger with the SS.
Were those other watches *mechanical* watches?
Apple uses glue on friggin' everything these days. Can't say I'm surprised.
Lol.
It's probably a size issue. Otherwise they'd need to use screws or some other type of fastener, which wouldn't create as tight a seal (necessary for the waterproofing of an electronic device) or would take up more space.
The glue saves time and money, driving up Apple profits to keep them happy. It's their basic business practice.
Oh wow, sorry to hear but interesting to see the guts like that. I just encountered the other poster's sensor detachment thread last night. Clearly a failure of the adhesive or maybe the application of it. Surely they will want to track it back to see where or why this happened. Not good though.
To me some of the comments make it sound like Apple is the only one who uses adhesives. I'm assuming it's pretty much industry wide as things get smaller and smaller and harder to otherwise secure parts in place and avoid vibrations loosening connections. Does Samsung or LG do anything different to secure their sensors? I do wonder if the adhesive or bonding agent used for the sensors is specific to the type of metal for the different cases. Could be a simple problem of someone using the wrong specified agent. Well in any event Apple will undoubtedly make it right for the user and I'm sure they will be looking over these bonding failures carefully. Ah, the fun of being a first gen owner. Still I wouldn't trade my watch for anything right now.
OP keep us updated with how it's handled.
To me some of the comments make it sound like Apple is the only one who uses adhesives. I'm assuming it's pretty much industry wide as things get smaller and smaller and harder to otherwise secure parts in place and avoid vibrations loosening connections. Does Samsung or LG do anything different to secure their sensors? I do wonder if the adhesive or bonding agent used for the sensors is specific to the type of metal for the different cases. Could be a simple problem of someone using the wrong specified agent. Well in any event Apple will undoubtedly make it right for the user and I'm sure they will be looking over these bonding failures carefully. Ah, the fun of being a first gen owner. Still I wouldn't trade my watch for anything right now.
OP keep us updated with how it's handled.
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