so I noticed a problem with my Apple Watch recently which looks like the oleophobic coating coming off. It’s only three months old. If I clean the watch it seems to be looking better but after a short amount of time the issue comes back.
I took it into apple today and the apple rep said this wasn’t the oleophobic coat coming off and what I was experiencing was normal. When I said my three year old series 0 watch didn’t have this problem he more or less ignored this comment.
So in the end he has sent it off to the service department for me. I should get it back in 7-10 days once they have checked it over but he doesn’t see a problem with the watch. Has anyone else had similar experiences? Not impressed with it at all, three months usage and for the cost of the stainless steel model quite disappointed. Hopefully apple will replace it.
Some pics below to show how it looked. Last one is how it looked in the store once it was cleaned but it does come back. The rep said to me if it was the coating then it wouldn’t disappear when wiped and I would be able to feel a difference on the screen where the coating is coming off. What do you think?
I took it into apple today and the apple rep said this wasn’t the oleophobic coat coming off and what I was experiencing was normal. When I said my three year old series 0 watch didn’t have this problem he more or less ignored this comment.
So in the end he has sent it off to the service department for me. I should get it back in 7-10 days once they have checked it over but he doesn’t see a problem with the watch. Has anyone else had similar experiences? Not impressed with it at all, three months usage and for the cost of the stainless steel model quite disappointed. Hopefully apple will replace it.
Some pics below to show how it looked. Last one is how it looked in the store once it was cleaned but it does come back. The rep said to me if it was the coating then it wouldn’t disappear when wiped and I would be able to feel a difference on the screen where the coating is coming off. What do you think?
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