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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 36.4%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 525 19.8%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 178 6.7%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 106 4.0%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 77 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 221 8.3%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 68 2.6%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 31 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 5 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
    2,649
It’s dark now so terrible photos, apologies. However I’ve just taken a delivery from Amazon Renewed (which some of you may have been following from the other day) and I now own a new band...

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Slightly annoying as the band was £389 and it only came with the S/M piece...but handy as that’s my size!

Oh, and of course it also came with a Ceramic S5! Which appears flawless, aside from a couple small marks on the underside that are probably from resting on a charger. Screen appears perfect and it’s all setup on my Apple account, which tells me it is in warranty until Jan 2022!

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Downsides? It has 100% battery health which may or may not indicate the battery has been replaced (but Amazon Renewed guarantees a battery health of at least 80%. That may rule out a change as it wouldn’t have degraded much over the year, so it may just not have been used much?!).

Also, it came in a plain box, wrapped in a felt pouch with just a standard white puck charger (which may or may not be Apple).

So it appears, so far, that for £389 I may have found the Yoink of the year! Assuming you can live without the original box and the M/L band piece missing, which I think I can!

Still can’t quite believe it to be honest, best band purchase I ever made 😳😅
Congratulations I’m happy for you🎉🎉🎉
 
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How about SBSS?
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It’s dark now so terrible photos, apologies. However I’ve just taken a delivery from Amazon Renewed (which some of you may have been following from the other day) and I now own a new band...

View attachment 1719240
View attachment 1719242

Slightly annoying as the band was £389 and it only came with the S/M piece...but handy as that’s my size!

Oh, and of course it also came with a Ceramic S5! Which appears flawless, aside from a couple small marks on the underside that are probably from resting on a charger. Screen appears perfect and it’s all setup on my Apple account, which tells me it is in warranty until Jan 2022!

View attachment 1719244

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Downsides? It has 100% battery health which may or may not indicate the battery has been replaced (but Amazon Renewed guarantees a battery health of at least 80%. That may rule out a change as it wouldn’t have degraded much over the year, so it may just not have been used much?!).

Also, it came in a plain box, wrapped in a felt pouch with just a standard white puck charger (which may or may not be Apple).

So it appears, so far, that for £389 I may have found the Yoink of the year! Assuming you can live without the original box and the M/L band piece missing, which I think I can!

Still can’t quite believe it to be honest, best band purchase I ever made 😳😅
Oh wow! Congratulations 🥂
 
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Now very rare to find. The Midnight Blue SL 2nd gen.
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It’s dark now so terrible photos, apologies. However I’ve just taken a delivery from Amazon Renewed (which some of you may have been following from the other day) and I now own a new band...

View attachment 1719240
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Slightly annoying as the band was £389 and it only came with the S/M piece...but handy as that’s my size!

Oh, and of course it also came with a Ceramic S5! Which appears flawless, aside from a couple small marks on the underside that are probably from resting on a charger. Screen appears perfect and it’s all setup on my Apple account, which tells me it is in warranty until Jan 2022!

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Downsides? It has 100% battery health which may or may not indicate the battery has been replaced (but Amazon Renewed guarantees a battery health of at least 80%. That may rule out a change as it wouldn’t have degraded much over the year, so it may just not have been used much?!).

Also, it came in a plain box, wrapped in a felt pouch with just a standard white puck charger (which may or may not be Apple).

So it appears, so far, that for £389 I may have found the Yoink of the year! Assuming you can live without the original box and the M/L band piece missing, which I think I can!

Still can’t quite believe it to be honest, best band purchase I ever made 😳😅
What a fantastic outcome - congrats, enjoy it!! Seems 389 pounds is about $530 USD....what a screaming yoink!
 
It’s dark now so terrible photos, apologies. However I’ve just taken a delivery from Amazon Renewed (which some of you may have been following from the other day) and I now own a new band...

View attachment 1719240
View attachment 1719242

Slightly annoying as the band was £389 and it only came with the S/M piece...but handy as that’s my size!

Oh, and of course it also came with a Ceramic S5! Which appears flawless, aside from a couple small marks on the underside that are probably from resting on a charger. Screen appears perfect and it’s all setup on my Apple account, which tells me it is in warranty until Jan 2022!

View attachment 1719244

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Downsides? It has 100% battery health which may or may not indicate the battery has been replaced (but Amazon Renewed guarantees a battery health of at least 80%. That may rule out a change as it wouldn’t have degraded much over the year, so it may just not have been used much?!).

Also, it came in a plain box, wrapped in a felt pouch with just a standard white puck charger (which may or may not be Apple).

So it appears, so far, that for £389 I may have found the Yoink of the year! Assuming you can live without the original box and the M/L band piece missing, which I think I can!

Still can’t quite believe it to be honest, best band purchase I ever made 😳😅
Congratulations! I am beyond jealous.
 
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If the band wobbles, you might be able to get a replacement from Apple by claiming it’s defective. When I got my replacement band, the rep hinted that they would have replaced it for free if it was defective (as opposed to just missing).

Be sure your 2-year warranty activates too. You’ll need to register for that, and Apple may ask for a copy of the receipt.

I went through all this a while ago and posted on it here if you want to go back and look.
Isn’t the 2 years auto activated like normal apple care?
 
So can someone check this out???? Is it faded Alaskan??? Either way I think it is going back. next to azure.. just to give you guys a known color
 

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