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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 436 16.5%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 965 36.5%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 525 19.8%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 178 6.7%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 105 4.0%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 77 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 221 8.4%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 67 2.5%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 31 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,646
do any of you ever double up on bands? I have 2 spicy orange sport bands
I regret not getting a second English lavender braided loop. Its without a doubt my favorite band I know its only a matter of time until something happens to it. I have failed to find another one, even used.
 
Nike Obsidian Mist / Black

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That's a lot of watches! I've started to collect them too, but for now I'm only after the stainless and edition models. Aluminum is fun, but I personally can't look past the ion-x. I need my sapphire crystal.
Yes, somehow it escalated quickly 🙈 It‘s even worse.. It actually started quite late when a colleague raved about her AW4 Nike. I got the same one and misery took its course 😂 I then wanted one from each series and my colleague's little AW4 Nike is now also part of the collection (she has a new one) ☺️ The different colors give you so many Possibilities to combine cases and bands depending on the occasion and mood 😍 I just didn't want to say anymore, hey, the bracelet has a great color but doesn't match my case. If only Apple could raise the five watch limit 🙄


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do any of you ever double up on bands? I have 2 spicy orange sport bands
I never intend to double up. But I have Marigold, then when I got my Hermes AW7, I automatically got the Hermes Orange. To me, both are kind of "spicy"! :)

I own English Lavender, then got Fog Blue. To me, they look awfully similar. :D
 
Yes, somehow it escalated quickly 🙈 It‘s even worse.. It actually started quite late when a colleague raved about her AW4 Nike. I got the same one and misery took its course 😂 I then wanted one from each series and my colleague's little AW4 Nike is now also part of the collection (she has a new one) ☺️ The different colors give you so many Possibilities to combine cases and bands depending on the occasion and mood 😍 I just didn't want to say anymore, hey, the bracelet has a great color but doesn't match my case. If only Apple could raise the five watch limit 🙄


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How often do you rotate pairing and unpairing all the watches? I have 8 watches and wondering how to wear all 8.
 
Just to be curious: I had a weird issue with Cellular when I used two watches. It would constantly not activate (even after restarting the watch) or deactivate randomly. When I returned to the One Watch Lifestyle, the problem was gone. Has anyone seen that too?
 
How often do you rotate pairing and unpairing all the watches? I have 8 watches and wondering how to wear all 8.
To be honest not too often. I paired the five I wear most often. I only pair the others with my „normal“ Phone if I want to wear one for a longer period of time or if I want to use all the functions that require pairing. Otherwise, they are paired with an old iPhone so that the settings etc. do not have to be redone every time. Those Watches paired with the old phone I use it via the hotspot of the normal iPhone. So you have at least some of the functions. Totally annoying that you have to deal with it like that. To be honest, that also keeps me from buying the new green and red ones. Because I know that the non-coupled ones are used less often. I have no idea why Apple didn't increase this to ten watches. It doesn't cost them anything extra.
 
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To be honest not too often. I paired the five I wear most often. I only pair the others with my „normal“ Phone if I want to wear one for a longer period of time or if I want to use all the functions that require pairing. Otherwise, they are paired with an old iPhone so that the settings etc. do not have to be redone every time. Those Watches paired with the old phone I use it via the hotspot of the normal iPhone. So you have at least some of the functions. Totally annoying that you have to deal with it like that. To be honest, that also keeps me from buying the new green and red ones. Because I know that the non-coupled ones are used less often. I have no idea why Apple didn't increase this to ten watches. It doesn't cost them anything extra.
Yeah I was going to say, that sounds like a lot of unpairing and repairing. I only plan to collect up to 10 that I'll cycle through at a time just because that's how many my shuttle holds. Of those 10, 2 will be Ceramic S3's, which will mostly remain unpaired, and a Ceramic S2 which I've stopped using months ago. so... 7.
 
To be honest not too often. I paired the five I wear most often. I only pair the others with my „normal“ Phone if I want to wear one for a longer period of time or if I want to use all the functions that require pairing. Otherwise, they are paired with an old iPhone so that the settings etc. do not have to be redone every time. Those Watches paired with the old phone I use it via the hotspot of the normal iPhone. So you have at least some of the functions. Totally annoying that you have to deal with it like that. To be honest, that also keeps me from buying the new green and red ones. Because I know that the non-coupled ones are used less often. I have no idea why Apple didn't increase this to ten watches. It doesn't cost them anything extra.
I guess I may have to buy another phone just to use with the extra 3 watches. Should be able to find an older iPhone at a reasonable price.
 
Just to be curious: I had a weird issue with Cellular when I used two watches. It would constantly not activate (even after restarting the watch) or deactivate randomly. When I returned to the One Watch Lifestyle, the problem was gone. Has anyone seen that too?
Yeup. I've seen it with two watches. I had a cellular watch and added a second watch to my account. The issues didn't go away until I removed cellular and got rid of the additional watch. I decided to use the new watch as an upgrade and replace the previous watch. Making that change was an entirely different headache.
 
Yeup. I've seen it with two watches. I had a cellular watch and added a second watch to my account. The issues didn't go away until I removed cellular and got rid of the additional watch. I decided to use the new watch as an upgrade and replace the previous watch. Making that change was an entirely different headache.
Which carriers?

I have to hand it to Verizon, they’ve had their ish together for awhile now. Some slightly weird behavior when turning off and it thinking some other watch was supposed to turn off but it resolved itself.

Now just let’s make upgrade and activation fees illegal!
 
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Which carriers?

I have to hand it to Verizon, they’ve had their ish together for awhile now. Some slightly weird behavior when turning off and it thinking some other watch was supposed to turn off but it resolved itself.

Now just let’s make upgrade and activation fees illegal!
I'm almost scared to try activating cellular on my watches, something tells me they'll be carrier locked or something.
 
I'm almost scared to try activating cellular on my watches, something tells me they'll be carrier locked or something.
I mean all Verizon LTE devices have to be unlocked by law based on their spectrum purchase, right?

Imagine you yoink some amazing steel/ceramic Watch and it’s stuck on Cricket or Comcast. Or do they not even work on MVNOs?
 
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I mean all Verizon LTE devices have to be unlocked by law based on their spectrum purchase, right?

Imagine you yoink some amazing steel/ceramic Watch and it’s stuck on Cricket or Comcast. Or do they not even work on MVNOs?
if I get a ceramic yoink, I'm activating it just to make sure its clear. I don't think the words "ceramic" and "yoink" will be happening in the same sentence for quite a while, though.
 
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They should really put those back on sale. I like these bands too. especially the one with the square buckle. Luckily, every once in a while you can find one of these for a really good price. The connection fits perfectly with the stainless steel watch , that would really be a reason to get one.
 
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