Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Someone just gave me a new Series 3. I find out it cannot update to watchOS 9 and unsupported after September, seem like pretty stupid to open it. I plan to just return it. Well new budget Apple Watch should be just SE after SE 2 comes out, but I don’t think they would sell it with Series 3 price $199 at all.

depends on what you mean, they bought you it as a gift and you can return it, or they gave you it second hand.

if its the former, AND you dont mind adding a bit to the cost to get an SE or SE2 depending on what Apple release.


if you are stuck with the series 3 , its fine. i keep thinking about upgrading mine as ive got the itch to buy a new gadget, but tbh it works fine and isnt even slow and does all i need it to do. there's nothing in wOS9 that would change my life so buying a new one would get me a slightly bigger watch and some new faces.

with the unique and crazy situation of AW3 still being on sale, i am sure wOS8 will be supported with security updates for a while and given that there are never any new apps for wOS i doubt i will lose out on any.

ill still think about buying a new one and might do, but it will because i want to buy something rather than my S3 not being supported, and ill give my S3 to someone to give to their kid.
 
Return it and go to Walmart and pick up a series 6 Nike edition (grey) for $249
 
I have been using the S3 for few days, so far it is pretty good. Apple store in my city does not have return policy but S3 is good enough for me.
 
  • Like
Reactions: madeirabhoy
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.