Don't buy an Apple Watch

[Mr Magoo]

I still dont get the recharging issue - for me it charges on my breakfast / shower which is around 30 mins and then lasts my day easy - I know YMMV but I don't see this as a particular problem really in the grand scheme of things especially when usually my phone is charging too...

I would think unless you're prepared to dump everything for battery life and then just have fitness tracking not buying an apple watch extends to both google and samsung too.....

I don't like having a mini phone on my wrist. It's main purpose is training and sleep tracking. Main selling points for me not needing to charge all the time and not being disturbed by updates all the time.

 

[Naraxus]

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Man, I HATE the Apple Watch repair depot.

A senior advisor at Apple authorized a replacement watch after submitting extensive evidence that my battery is failing even though it’s at 85% health. This took 5 hours of calls and days of gathering data.

I got the box on Friday night. Packed the watch up Sunday. Mailed on Monday. Apple opened the box at 10:30 Tuesday and mailed it back to me with no action taken 90 minutes later.

I open the box today and immediately, there is a new hideous dent in the side of my watch that I get to pair with my still-failing battery. This is the second time the depot has damaged a watch, failed to replace my battery, and sent the newly damaged product back to me.

Excited to spend another several hours to try to get a real resolution now 🙄

Where's the dent? Not saying it's not there but it's hard to tell where it is.

 

[Brettka7]

Where's the dent? Not saying it's not there but it's hard to tell where it is.

Hard to capture through the stainless steel reflections, but it is at the edge of the speaker opening.

 

[BigMcGuire]

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Hard to capture through the stainless steel reflections, but it is at the edge of the speaker opening.

Thanks for that - I can see it now - that's really pronounced.

 

[Brettka7]

Thanks for that - I can see it now - that's really pronounced.

I can’t even imagine how they would have done it considering they didn’t care to keep it for testing longer than 90 minutes! Curious to see what their module looks like when they plug the watch up. I think most likely, it was dropped.

 

[Naraxus]

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Hard to capture through the stainless steel reflections, but it is at the edge of the speaker opening.

Oh jesus. I didn't even notice that. Boy I'd be pissed as well. And that's a Hermes edition as well it looks like. That's totally unacceptable.

 

[Brettka7]

Oh jesus. I didn't even notice that. Boy I'd be pissed as well. And that's a Hermes edition as well it looks like. That's totally unacceptable.

Judge me all you want, but this is my fourth Hermes and they still treat me this way. Definitely voting with my wallet here on out. I’ve mostly returned to traditional watches outside of workouts, anyway.