Hey guys! So for Christmas I'm getting my first ever Apple Watch! It's the series 3 with gps+ cellular. 42mm stainless steel space black. It's coming with the black sport band but I also went ahead and purchased a black stainless steel link bracelet as well. Just popping in to say hello and you all will prolly be hearing me ask questions and stuff in the upcoming days. It's supposed to arrive Friday! I'm very very excited! If anyone has any tips or anything for newbies to Apple Watch that you can only get from someone who's had one, please do let me know here!
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You picked easily the best finish in my opinion. I’ve got that same model and I absolute love it! Congrats mate!!!
Just upgraded my SS series 0 to SBSS series 3. Beautiful watch.
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SBSS is the best even if you never use LTE.
I plan on using the LTE and I almost opted for the silver SS but upon seeing them both on display and learning the space black has a special carbon coating to protect against from scratches I was sold on the finish. It just looks so so much sharper in my opinion than the silver. Plus I think it would look good with more band options than the silver would.
The screen just melts into the finish. It's really the best looking of the lot imho, tho you sometimes lose out on band options.
And surprisingly, you can find quite a few band options that pair with the black stainless. I thought it would be difficult as well with mine, but having brown leather/black leather bands, all different sorts of sports bands, I have two stainless steel link bands, and some nylon bands.
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I've had two SS silver models and went SSSB this time. WOW I love it. Once you've had SSSB, there is no going back 
It seems to me with the SB SS I would have more band combos.. everything goes with black right? Lol. I dunno but all the videos and everything I've seen the SB is just absolutely gorgeous! Just checked the status. The watch is now in a UPS airport facility only 2 hours away! I'm so excited!
A lot of Apple’s leather straps have the silver stainless steel finish at the part that connects to the watch. The black goes with most things— all the sports bands and the leather loop, and Apple has Space black versions of the mill loop and the link bracelet, but it looks a little weird to me when paired with either the modern buckle or the classic leather buckle. Still, there are plenty of options and the gorgeous look of the Space black is worth it imho. But the most versatile of the bunch of def the normal stainless steel, that literally goes with anything — that is, until you scratch it
Having both the SS and SBSS, I agree the SS goes with more bands than the SBSS. There are more than enough bands that look good on the SBSS.A lot of Apple’s leather straps have the silver stainless steel finish at the part that connects to the watch. The black goes with most things— all the sports bands and the leather loop, and Apple has Space black versions of the mill loop and the link bracelet, but it looks a little weird to me when paired with either the modern buckle or the classic leather buckle. Still, there are plenty of options and the gorgeous look of the Space black is worth it imho. But the most versatile of the bunch of def the normal stainless steel, that literally goes with anything — that is, until you scratch it
Only bands that look weird on my SSSB are the Apple tan leather band and the silver Milanese. Apart from that anything goes I think
I love the stealth look of the black Milanese with the SSSB. Gorgeous!
I love the stealth look of the black Milanese with the SSSB. Gorgeous!
Congrats on the new watch. My SB SS s3 will be a week old on Saturday. I am glad I returned the GPS model and got the SS version with cellular.
Heh, mine is is two weeks old tomorrow. SB SS ftw!
I have a question about the Apple Music integration with the series 3. I was curious if the series 3 speaker actually plays the streaming music if you don't have any Bluetooth headphones attached?
With black lugs on a tan leather band I think looks good. Silver Milanese not soOnly bands that look weird on my SSSB are the Apple tan leather band and the silver Milanese. Apart from that anything goes I think
I love the stealth look of the black Milanese with the SSSB. Gorgeous!
You can store music on the watch and play it back through the watch speaker but, it’s not high volume or good fidelity.
Ok guys it's absolutely AMAZING!!! I have it updating to the newest version of Watch OS right now. When it's done I'll post pics. It looks sooo beautiful and shiny in real life!
Also still have the black sports band on because I need to add a link to my stainless steel black link bracelet. I'm not confident enough to do it myself. Lol
Awesome. I got the same one today too. Your wrists are def on the bigger side, btw. Are you on the last pin hole on the sport band??