Looking Back on Five Years of Apple Watch
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Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
I remember this article:
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You Guys Realize The Apple Watch Is Going To Flop, Right?
I’m just saying what a lot of people are thinking.
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thisismyusername
macrumors 6502
Every year I say the same thing "this will be the year I jump on the train and get an Apple Watch". I've still never owned one. I came really close with the most recent version (always on display is something I really wanted) but I just can't pull the trigger. Maybe this fall 
CWallace
macrumors G5
I purchased the Series 0 primarily as a motivator to get active and the Series 4 for the extra health features and performance.
When Apple first launched the Watch, it was more a fashion accessory than a functional piece of tech. By the Series 2, it had swapped those roles.
When Apple first launched the Watch, it was more a fashion accessory than a functional piece of tech. By the Series 2, it had swapped those roles.
diamornte
macrumors 6502
If you ever do pull the trigger, go for a nice material you would love to wear for many years (since you held out this long for one)Every year I say the same thing "this will be the year I jump on the train and get an Apple Watch". I've still never owned one. I came really close with the most recent version (always on display is something I really wanted) but I just can't pull the trigger. Maybe this fall
tokajilover
macrumors member
5 Years? WTF
my Jeager Le Couture runns on my arm since 1987.
don't care about the wodoo it can do, that a iphone does anyway!
my nephew had 3 iwaches in 5years - that's just a waste in money and bad for environment.
my Jeager Le Couture runns on my arm since 1987.
don't care about the wodoo it can do, that a iphone does anyway!
my nephew had 3 iwaches in 5years - that's just a waste in money and bad for environment.
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pharris123
macrumors newbie
I was working for Apple retail the day it launched - it was an exciting time, and we weren't able to see the watch or get any actual education on how it worked and what it did until an hour or so before the store opened that day. We all got there early to try it on (and learn how to put it on guests who wanted to try it on!) and to learn how it functioned, etc.
I bought one a month later (Apple employees were - and I think still are - able Toby the Apple Watch within 90 days of it launching, or of the start of their employment with the company) and wore that damn thing for over 4 years. I replaced it with a series 5 this past fall, and gave the series 0 to my 10 year old son who had been camping at the bit for an Apple Watch.
And yes, it still runs great, it isn't as slow as some would have you believe and the battery still lasts the better part of a day. Five years later.
I bought one a month later (Apple employees were - and I think still are - able Toby the Apple Watch within 90 days of it launching, or of the start of their employment with the company) and wore that damn thing for over 4 years. I replaced it with a series 5 this past fall, and gave the series 0 to my 10 year old son who had been camping at the bit for an Apple Watch.
And yes, it still runs great, it isn't as slow as some would have you believe and the battery still lasts the better part of a day. Five years later.
mariusignorello
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I, like many, was stubborn too. I wouldn’t buy one. I thought it was a joke and didn’t know why it was so special. Hell, I wouldn’t even wear a normal watch. But this is one purchase I haven’t looked back on. Picked up the Series 4 mainly for the ECG feature, which I consider the most groundbreaking for a consumer device. It tracks my workouts and provides music in the gym while ignoring bothersome notifications, you can respond quickly to messages and get a glimpse of what’s going on without being overwhelmed by information. Love it!!
az431
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This is a curious statement. I own a series 1, 2, and 5, and there is little difference across the three. There may be when running certain apps, but in general there isn't a noticeable difference in "speed" in day to day use.
naturalstar
macrumors demi-goddess
Happy 5th Anniversary! I absolutely love this device. It's become so integrated into my life.
I use the timer when cooking (mainly so I can multi-task and not forget the time), record workouts, alerts/messages/notifications, boarding passes (when I was traveling), unlock my MBP, check weather/time/date, quick voice memo, phone calls when getting my phone is inconvenient, just a lot. I'm aware when I don't put it on for the day - I end up missing it at some point. I can still get 2 days use if the messages aren't constant.
I didn't jump in until S3 when LTE finally was introduced and I haven't looked back. I have the S4 currently, skipped the S5, but am looking forward to when sleep tracking is added. Hopefully it will be in S6 as rumored.
I use the timer when cooking (mainly so I can multi-task and not forget the time), record workouts, alerts/messages/notifications, boarding passes (when I was traveling), unlock my MBP, check weather/time/date, quick voice memo, phone calls when getting my phone is inconvenient, just a lot. I'm aware when I don't put it on for the day - I end up missing it at some point. I can still get 2 days use if the messages aren't constant.
I didn't jump in until S3 when LTE finally was introduced and I haven't looked back. I have the S4 currently, skipped the S5, but am looking forward to when sleep tracking is added. Hopefully it will be in S6 as rumored.
danny842003
macrumors 68020
people who bought that watch really aren’t the kind of people who are going to be worrying about it a lot.
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I never had the first but the speed between the 2 and the 4 is night and day. I’ve no idea how you can make a comment like this in all seriousness.
iapplelove
Suspended
I still have yet to buy even the entry level.
maerz001
macrumors 68030
Probably none. I was wondering why apple didn’t offer a logic board upgrade for them
yaxomoxay
macrumors 604
Easy. With the $17K created the idea that the AW was a deluxe product, and that $400 for it are not that bad...
itsmilo
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I already use an app and it seems actually incredible accurate for example I wake up at least once every night and also wake up half an hour before my alarm automatically and I can see it in the report the next day. Also when I fall back asleep, but not deeply, it shows.
HOWEVER at the end of the day it’s just a report of something I can’t really influence anyway. If I wake up I wake up, it’s not like my watch can force me to stay longer in the REM phase
yaxomoxay
macrumors 604
Well, the day you won't you also won't need a report...
Uh... that's not how bits work.
In any case, Watch 6 needs to finally have AC WiFi. And sort out the darn music sync issues. It's slow AF, even with the "disable BT and pull down the charger and put back on" trick, it just randomly stops, and random tracks are missing. I hate it. I sync the first playlist, there's 789 songs, so it takes like a full night, but it syncs them all, great. Alright, add the 2nd playlist, another 968 songs, so it should be 1757 the next morning, right? Wrong! It's 1708. Ok, something went wrong, so remove the 2nd playlist and try again next night, right? NOPE. Still 1708. WHY.
And no, it's not "incompatibility", I convert ALL songs with the same settings to the same format (MediaMonkey).
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In the past four months, I've become heavily reliant on my S3. There are things that drive me mad... trying to reply to a text on the watch. 3rd party complications not refreshing until the app is opened, and all sorts of inconsistent results with audio and the Nike Run app (Music plays in AirPods, app time updates audibly heard from watch speaker, not AirPods 40% of the time). But, it's a good device. In a jam yesterday, I was answering a call on it, and the guy on the other end had no clue I was talking to the watch, and not in to my phone upstairs.
I rely on it HEAVILY for interstitial glucose tracking, using Dexcom (Their app is useless, again complication refresh issues on the watch), but with help of an iPhone app called Sugarmate, detailed information can be pushed to the calendar, and displayed on the watch at all times... with better information than Dexcom. I'm consistently checking the face of the watch 60-100 times a day, without having to open my phone, and my T1D control is the best I've ever had in 34 years.
Just... the workaround preventing apps from refreshing their complication runs in to a hard stop after 24 hours, and requires my iPhone to be powered off and on to resume.
I'll live with that for now, but really would like the complications refresh issue addressed in a future WatchOS update to make this THE device to own.
I rely on it HEAVILY for interstitial glucose tracking, using Dexcom (Their app is useless, again complication refresh issues on the watch), but with help of an iPhone app called Sugarmate, detailed information can be pushed to the calendar, and displayed on the watch at all times... with better information than Dexcom. I'm consistently checking the face of the watch 60-100 times a day, without having to open my phone, and my T1D control is the best I've ever had in 34 years.
Just... the workaround preventing apps from refreshing their complication runs in to a hard stop after 24 hours, and requires my iPhone to be powered off and on to resume.
I'll live with that for now, but really would like the complications refresh issue addressed in a future WatchOS update to make this THE device to own.
PickUrPoison
macrumors G3
The most brilliant marketing promo ever.
I think maybe you misunderstood the Context of first Apple Watch Gold Edition. The point of it, which is just to gain attraction and Apple also probably had a different view at that time of the Apple Watch, when it was more of a ‘fashion device’ where as today it has converted to a ‘Health device‘. The 18K Edition was simply a marketing piece, And it worked. Anyone that purchased it, obviously had the expendable income that wouldn’t care regardless of it’s worth today.