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Hands-On With the New Apple Watch Series 4
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2nd person in line this morning and they didn’t have any 40mm SS 
so I settled for the gold SS (looks more like copper )
so I settled for the gold SS (looks more like copper )
Mine are sitting on the kitchen counter until the wife gets home, at which time she'll either be glad that she gets to open hers with me.. or pissed that I don't have them charged and ready to go.
Anyone seen a heart rate accuracy comparison of the series 4 with previous models? I'm curious how different the new sensor is compared to past models.
Me too but I'm so jealous of those that already have their new watches.
Gave in and got on line for 10 minutes today, (9/22), and walked out with a 40mm SG with sport band.
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"or pissed that I don't have them charged and ready to go."
Mine came out of the box with over 80% charge and raring to go.
TNT delivery here in Aus pulled the stops out to get mine to me yesterday. Hadn't delivered by 5pm so I thought that would be it until Monday. Got a call around 5:15 to let me know they were wanting to deliver around 6:30pm. And they did.
I've moved from a 3 to the 4 and have to say the difference is really noticeable. The Infographic face is good but I'd like to be able to choose from a larger list of complications. BTW, loaded Carrot Weather but it only appeared as a complication after restarting the watch.
Mine came out of the box with over 80% charge and raring to go.
TNT delivery here in Aus pulled the stops out to get mine to me yesterday. Hadn't delivered by 5pm so I thought that would be it until Monday. Got a call around 5:15 to let me know they were wanting to deliver around 6:30pm. And they did.
I've moved from a 3 to the 4 and have to say the difference is really noticeable. The Infographic face is good but I'd like to be able to choose from a larger list of complications. BTW, loaded Carrot Weather but it only appeared as a complication after restarting the watch.
Given how they are packaging the watch by itself it makes no sense to price the watch the way they did. All models should be $49 or more less depending on the band. 44mm Stainless Steel would be $700 instead of $749. You just buy it in stainless or aluminum or Nike with the latter 2 in GPS only or with LTE and in the variety of colors. Then let us choose a band. If I want a Space Black Stainless, let me by a Black, White, Red, which ever band I want. Why force Stainless Steel silver watch buyers to get the White Band?
I picked up my 44MM Space Grey Aluminum GPS a few hours ago. Much faster than my S2, as expected. Screen is noticeably larger (maybe even a touch too big for my wrist). I also noticed the crown has a nice haptic feedback as I scroll through lists.
Everything works great - already did a couple outdoor runs and the controls and response are clearly improved. Very pleased so far!
Everything works great - already did a couple outdoor runs and the controls and response are clearly improved. Very pleased so far!
Expensive gamble for "just in case." On top of the higher price of the watch, keep in mind the additional $10p/month to have that feature from your carrier.
Honestly, I don't think it is worth it. I am in the same situation as you. The only time I don't carry my iPhone is when working out and I like the idea of not being interrupted by a call during those times.
I have a SSSB S0 and a SS S0 they are two plus and 3 years old and not a single scratch on either screen. I tried the Series 3 Sport in Space Grey and after 15 days it looked like I had used sandpaper on the screen. I am going to hold out and get a Series 4 stainless I just can’t decide between the 40 and 44 mm.
They were charged really well, which was nice.
Wife's first Apple watch and all her questions made me realize I didn't learn a lot in 2 years.
Once you have the SS model it's tough to go to the aluminum ones. When I upgraded my S0 to the S2 I tried but failed to accept the aluminum one as a viable choice. The SS one is really just nicer.
Apple today began shipping the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and Apple Watch Series 4 out to customers today, and customers have been eagerly awaiting their shipments today to get their hands on Apple's newest devices.
We picked up one of the new wrist-worn devices to see the design changes for ourselves and to provide a glimpse at the new device to MacRumors readers who are either awaiting their orders or who are still on the fence about making a purchase.
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Apple Watch Series 4 has a little bit bigger footprint but is slightly thinner than Apple Watch Series 3, and the larger display (35% larger on the 40mm watch and 32% larger on the 44mm watch) is the first thing you'll notice about the updated models.
Yes, the Apple Watch no longer comes in 38 and 42mm sizes - it's 40 and 44mm now. In the video, the watch we're demonstrating is the larger 44mm model, but for those of you getting a 40mm model, it's worth noting that the 40mm screen is bigger than the screen of the original 42mm Apple Watch.
The new display of the Apple Watch Series 4 is a hugely welcome change because it offers up much more area for apps and complications on watch faces. Series 4 comes with a unique Infograph watch face and the new Vapor, Fire/Water, and Liquid Metal watch faces were built for the device and fill up the entire screen.
Inside, the Apple Watch Series 4 has a new S4 chip that's twice as fast as the S3 chip in the Series 3, and the back of the device has been improved with a black ceramic and sapphire crystal backing. All Apple Watches now have this feature, which improves cellular connectivity by allowing radio waves to penetrate the front and back.
Stainless steel Series 4 models are using sapphire glass, which is resistant to scratching from everyday wear, while all aluminum models continue to offer Ion-X glass, which isn't quite as scratch resistant.
New this year is a gold shade, which matches well with the new gold color available for the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max. Apple has also introduced an ECG feature, but it can't be tested because it's not rolling out until later this year.
Apple Watch Series 4 models sold out quickly after pre-orders began on September 14, and orders placed today won't ship out until October.
Did you get a new Apple Watch Series 4? Let us know what you think in the comments.
Article Link: Hands-On With the New Apple Watch Series 4
Thank you so much for telling me that specs for any apple device that you are purchasing has specs to be found by accessing somewhere in the support pages section.
I was not aware that the Spec page is not found usually next to the Purchase button.
I will remember next time I am looking for Specs.
Thank you.
I wonder why that link's "spec" page does not list the watch face material. hmmm.
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Thanks. That link link was useful.
Yeah, I wore my series 3 (base model LTE version with ion-x glass) for the last year and there are very faint scratch lines that requires a very hard look in certain light to see. But I wore it like I would wear any of my other watches and it banged against walls, doors, desks, etc... and unless you look in the right light and very closely, you'll never notice. You'll be fine.
The much-photographed Infograph watch faces, with the 8 complication choices, do not have either the Phone or Nike Run Club in their complications menu choices and I see no way to add them.
This is a little odd since Apple is a partner with Nike (with the Nike Run Club edition of the watch) and the Phone is one of the major options on the watch. The old Modular face allows both but it is limited to 5 complications and looks just like the Apple Watch 3. Each watch face is very particular about the complications you can use but how can they have rejected the Phone option? You can’t use this face if you want these two things visible.
This is a little odd since Apple is a partner with Nike (with the Nike Run Club edition of the watch) and the Phone is one of the major options on the watch. The old Modular face allows both but it is limited to 5 complications and looks just like the Apple Watch 3. Each watch face is very particular about the complications you can use but how can they have rejected the Phone option? You can’t use this face if you want these two things visible.
You have the ability to select contacts in the complication, but not the phone dial itself, when it comes to that particular watchface.
I didn't download the Nike Runclub on my watch to see if that was a complication, so I can't confirm that for you.
Don’t worry about scratches, you wouldn’t want to use the watch more than 2 years too. It’s outdated pretty fast.
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They won’t allow us to make our own custom faces, because there’ll be hermes custom faces all over the place with the hermes fake bands from ebay.
Yes, the Nike Run Club is listed under the Complications general list in My Watch, but neither it, nor the Phone, nor Contacts either, for that matter, are in the dropdown menu associated with the Infograph watch faces.
Of course you can run all these things by pushing the crown and selecting them from the long list of options, but they don’t work as Complications on the watch face itself, which is what makes it them ”Complications” and so useful. There are 23 choices, plus Off, for each piece of the Infograph face and the three options I listed above are not among them.
Funny, I just said I've been wearing my Series 0 for three and half years. If I felt it was outdated I would have replaced it already.
I may be one of the few but I love these new Nike watch faces. Too bad I had not the same patient to wait for it though. Got mine yesterday.