I am an Apple nut, I own so many Apple Products, and that is because of so many positive experiences. I typically upgrade my iPhone, Apple Watch, and iPad Pro when they update them. My experiences are typically positive, and any minor shortcomings are typically fixed with an update fairly quickly.
This is the first time I am disappointed with the performance on an upgrade. I ordered a Space Black Series 5 Titanium to see how I will like the finish, I should be getting it Thursday. In the meantime, I purchased the Space Black SS in store Friday so I could see which finish I prefer. Transfers were nice and fast, and I initially liked the Always on. I am really hoping these are WatchOS bugs, but outside of the Always on feature, I am feeling this watch is a bit of a downgrade from Series 4.
First thing I noticed is the battery life is not as good as Series 4. It's meeting the advertised 18 hours, but Series 4 would easily get me a day and a half no problem from the very beginning. I could still chalk it up by the screen being on and new battery, jury still out on this one.
2nd thing I noticed is the screen response from dim to bright is laggy. I wouldn't mind that, but the waking up and responses are slow. An example is someone was calling me, I felt the vibration from my iPhone, there was a delay to feeling it on my wrist. I always look at my watch to see who's calling, when I raised my wrist, it was still showing the time. I had to tap on the screen twice to get it to properly wake up and show who's calling, and a second later caller ID showed.
It also seems like it is going into such a deep low power that my text and email notifications are vibrate alerting me on the phone, and then a few minutes later push to the watch where I usually don't get any notification on my phone at all.
I let the battery go from yesterday afternoon around 12 noon off the charger to 10% battery this morning around 9:30 and put it on the charger. Every other Apple Watch I had charges to full in less than an hour, 2 hours in I am now at 89%.
On Thursday when I get the Titanium, I am considering unpairing and returning the Space Black Stainless. I will see how the Space Black Titanium performs. If I get the same results, I may just keep my Series 4 for another year and see what they do with Series 6 next year.
I'm not seeing a lot of complaints, so I am hoping this is an exception, I will post updates when I get the new one.
This is the first time I am disappointed with the performance on an upgrade. I ordered a Space Black Series 5 Titanium to see how I will like the finish, I should be getting it Thursday. In the meantime, I purchased the Space Black SS in store Friday so I could see which finish I prefer. Transfers were nice and fast, and I initially liked the Always on. I am really hoping these are WatchOS bugs, but outside of the Always on feature, I am feeling this watch is a bit of a downgrade from Series 4.
First thing I noticed is the battery life is not as good as Series 4. It's meeting the advertised 18 hours, but Series 4 would easily get me a day and a half no problem from the very beginning. I could still chalk it up by the screen being on and new battery, jury still out on this one.
2nd thing I noticed is the screen response from dim to bright is laggy. I wouldn't mind that, but the waking up and responses are slow. An example is someone was calling me, I felt the vibration from my iPhone, there was a delay to feeling it on my wrist. I always look at my watch to see who's calling, when I raised my wrist, it was still showing the time. I had to tap on the screen twice to get it to properly wake up and show who's calling, and a second later caller ID showed.
It also seems like it is going into such a deep low power that my text and email notifications are vibrate alerting me on the phone, and then a few minutes later push to the watch where I usually don't get any notification on my phone at all.
I let the battery go from yesterday afternoon around 12 noon off the charger to 10% battery this morning around 9:30 and put it on the charger. Every other Apple Watch I had charges to full in less than an hour, 2 hours in I am now at 89%.
On Thursday when I get the Titanium, I am considering unpairing and returning the Space Black Stainless. I will see how the Space Black Titanium performs. If I get the same results, I may just keep my Series 4 for another year and see what they do with Series 6 next year.
I'm not seeing a lot of complaints, so I am hoping this is an exception, I will post updates when I get the new one.
