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Some Apple Watch SE Owners Experiencing Issues With Overheating [Updated]

Geez, I hope that person who was burned (or not?) is okay.

No SE is for me. I’ll wait for sales on the s6 then.
 
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Heatgate!! Bring the fire baby!

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LogicalApex said:
That burn looks pretty serious. Is it heating up rapidly and then burning the wrist in an instant?

Otherwise, why wouldn't they remove the watch as soon as it started to get warm...

Ideally Apple gets to the bottom of this, but it looks like it may be a battery manufacturing defect.
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That's not a burn. My arm looks like that after wearing mine all day and take it off. Nothing new.
 
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Sounds like the battery supplier produced a (hopefully small) batch of bad batteries. Isn't this just like other instances of over heating for numerous vendors which was caused by battery contamination? (except Samsmug, they just put the cathode and anode too close together - battery go boom)
 
AManInACan said:
Am I the only one to notice that the issue manifests as a yellow discoloration and the watch in one photo is right next to a yellow Sharpie marking pen? Coincidence? Maybe... or not.
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No. I too found that shot interesting. Not saying they used a yellow sharpie to make a yellow mark on their watch screen (don't even think that possible). More just an entertaining coincidence on a Monday.
 
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I just got my SE today. No issues for me so far. I don’t intend to sleep wearing it, either. My guess is a lithium battery issue.
 
Actually this has happened to my gf with her new Apple Watch Series 6. At least that's what it seems to be now. For a while we thought it might be a rash but now that I have read this and seen the pictures it looks way too similar to be a coincidence.

(And we're in Germany, not South Korea. 😉 )
 
i noticed my watch gets pretty warm after charging, sometimes warmer than i'd expect. New Series 6 Watch.

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Though it hasn't burned me, nor is it uncomfortable.
 
BornAgainMac said:
I have the series 4 and didn't think the series 6 was worth the upgrade. The series 4 doesn't get hot and I still get all day battery. Maybe the Apple Watch Series 7 will include a small fan to keep it cool.
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It'll be an automated fan at the end of a tiny robotic articulated arm.
 
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