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Is the Apple Watch as functional as you thought it would be?
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The AW is nice but no where near what I was hoping for in the fitness area. The HR sensor is inferior to other hardware that cost much less. It gives my phone notifications which is nice but most the time I need to pull out my phone to handle it anyway and I like my new 6S+ and do not mind using it so the watch does not really impress me in that respect.
Worst is all the apps that Apple hoped would be written will not happen. Very few developers see any reward for an AW app and we will see very few now and in the future.
I'm one that promotes Apple products to my friends. I buy 95% of everything and I _mean_every product & peripherals Apple sells. And have for years. Both for business and personal, but for fun as well.
After ten days with my SS Apple Watch I returned it. A personal record... As I never return what I buy. Sure I buy a lot, but they are well thought out and not impulse buy.
The Apple Watch was bought out of sheer curiosity and burning desire to have a first hand experience. I never make buying decisions solely on what others like.
I love watches... a lot. Yet nothing About Apple Watch impressed me. After the newness wore of it was a terrible annoyance to manage the frequent reminders, a display that is just too small for the apps, indicators etc.
The joy of buying it was replaced by the greater joy of getting my money back.
I enjoy my Watch very much. I look at it as a watch with perks. If I have my phone in my pocket and get a call I don't need to answer getting that notification is just fun and convenient. Same with texts that just need a response of ok or sending a text via dictation just to say I'm on my way. Reminders are good, calendars and to do's. Sometimes I set up Sports notifications I I want to keep up with NFL scores.
It's just a fun device in my opinion. Not a necessity just a extension of my device flow of Mac,iPhone, and iPad.
I don't feel compelled to wear it everyday because of the cost. I like to wear it if I'm out for more than a few hours or the entire day. I just enjoy it however I want. There are no rules to its usage or lack of usage.
The Apple Watch is the one and only product I've ever owned from Apple that I can't enthusiastically recommend to any of my friends or family. If I had it to do over again I wouldn't buy one, but since I got sucked in to the hype and bought one on launch day, I've stuck with it so far. I haven't found it to be useful to me for much more than just telling time and getting text/email notifications on my wrist, which for me isn't worth the $500+ I paid for it including the optional band. I've also found the fitness functionality to be less useful & accurate than I had hoped it would be too. A Fitbit probably would have been the better way to go for me but as I said, since I've already spent the money, I'll continue to stick with it.
This is available now. I raise my watch with "Hey Siri, call xxxx". It will make the call and the connection is automatically on my bluetooth headphones connect to my phone.
My headphones always had the option to answer the call.
Overall my answer is yes and yes as well for many of the already stated reasons. Especially I love
- to control pause, play and volume for my bluetooth headphones or external bluetooth speaker
- use it as remote for Powerpoint presentation - just connect the iPhone to a HD TV or other projector, call up PowerPoint and I can walk around the room and can start, stop, move a slide forward or a slide back in the presentation from my wrist.
I recently presented in front of approx. 30 to 40 people in a small stage setting. I had some sound in my presentation. I had my UE Boom setup and was able to control the slides and the volume all from my wrist. They were stunned that all it took was an iPhone, VGA adapter and bluetooth speaker. My setup was ready to present in seconds, rather than minutes
I bought it mostly for fitness (running actually) but also notifications. Fitness is a bust but notifications is great and I now use Apple Pay (where available) more than when I only had an iPhone -- to me the difference between taking a wallet out of your pocket and a phone is 12 eggs vs one dozen.
But lately I've been using it to ask Siri to remind me of something and also locking my door w/ the August app vs. using my key. Also love the complications -- I use sunset so I know how much time I have left to run in daylight, and weather because everyone wants to know what the weather is and will be.
But lately I've been using it to ask Siri to remind me of something and also locking my door w/ the August app vs. using my key. Also love the complications -- I use sunset so I know how much time I have left to run in daylight, and weather because everyone wants to know what the weather is and will be.
Yes for notifications within apple's own apps such as iMessage, mail, etc. Non-apple apps are hit or miss with the notification functionality, but it's still nice to have. I will say that I initially imagined I'd use the watch to respond to iMessages, etc., but I have rarely done so. This is partly because the set responses are kind of useless for the texts that I receive, and also because I am rarely in an environment that is quiet enough for Siri to capture what I say (e.g., walking on a city street, being in a public area, on the train.)
No to the fitness tracking abilities. Aside from spotty readings at times with certain "workouts", it's really more of a gimmick than a legitimate fitness device.
Overall, it's just too slow, despite having slight speed improvements with the successive OS upgrades.
No to the fitness tracking abilities. Aside from spotty readings at times with certain "workouts", it's really more of a gimmick than a legitimate fitness device.
Overall, it's just too slow, despite having slight speed improvements with the successive OS upgrades.
Thanks for the replies! I stopped by the Apple Store yesterday. First to get the new Apple TV but it wasn't in stock yet so I ordered that online when I got home. Then I spent some time with the 27" 5K iMac. Very nice but I didn't see it being worth me spending close to $2500. My current Mac Mini with Thunderbolt display works fine. Then I ventured over to the watch section. I love new technology and have been eyeing the AW since it was released. Looked at one of the stainless versions with the classic buckle for a little while. I then walked about $811.00 lighter.
I tend to have my clearest thoughts of the day when I first wake up. I woke up asking myself why I spent over $800.00 on a watch and do I really need it? I don't need it but it's interesting. Maybe I should have bought the less expensive Sport version without Apple Care for about $400.00 with tax.
So far the watch does most of the same things that my phone does. I find the heart rate monitor to be interesting along with making calls and controlling my music without pulling out the phone. I'll give it more time to see how it goes.
I tend to have my clearest thoughts of the day when I first wake up. I woke up asking myself why I spent over $800.00 on a watch and do I really need it? I don't need it but it's interesting. Maybe I should have bought the less expensive Sport version without Apple Care for about $400.00 with tax.
So far the watch does most of the same things that my phone does. I find the heart rate monitor to be interesting along with making calls and controlling my music without pulling out the phone. I'll give it more time to see how it goes.
Welcome aboard! I was kind of the opposite, I originally purchased the Sport model, liked it so well I went back and upgraded to the Black SS model. No regrets here.
Yes. I originally said "no" then remembered some threads about people banging/scratching their watches. The watch costs as much as an iPad, it will be worn daily and has no protection so I figured the coverage would be worth it.
I didn't take it out right away but thinking I may take it out before the December deadline
Have fun with it. Set it up for things you may want to be notified with. For example as far as emails go I'm only notified of vip emails mainly business contacts.
Check out the apps that are for the watch and see if there are any that can make the experience enjoyable. Customize some watch faces with complications you may like.
I have a custom modular watch face that I use when air traveling. In my opinion the price is always worth something you want.
I was thinking there is a lot to learn about the watch last night. Much more than my phone/iPad. I'm getting used to it now. I found some good info that was posted here in May. Helped me understand the different watch faces - https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/choose-apple-watch-faces/
I still have a lot to learn with this one but I'm getting used to it.
I still have a lot to learn with this one but I'm getting used to it.
Too expensive. iPod Touch plus Apple TV will stream almost everything you need (yes, really; it has Safari, right?).
I've been quite satisfied with my Apple Watch, mostly because of its ability to display and let me respond to texts and emails, as well as show my upcoming appointments. My biggest disappointment is that the modular face isn't as customizable as I'd like. I want much more flexibility in arranging the layout, size, and color of the complications. I hoped that would have come with Watch OS 2.0.
I had an androidwear watch previously... and like this better. That said, the use case for me isn't really strong. If I had to sell the watch, I would not miss it much... but at the same time, It is the first watch I'll reach for in the morning.
I've tried both. Between android wear (moto 360 gen 1 $100) and an apple watch ($350-400) the apple watch currently doesn't add an additional $250-300 worth of functionality. Plus if you want to use a "nice" band with your sports edition it could cost you another $100. It's hard to justify that difference in price on top of the watch OS having its own issues with it's advertised features.
I currently am using an aw
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Why compare the price with last year's model? This year's Moto 360 starts at $299, and I believe last year's model was priced similarly when it was new.