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The merged "I returned/sold my Apple Watch because..." thread
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Not sure how to do that with words that wouldn't violate forum rules. LOL. Think about it. If you literally "wanted" in one hand and "" in the other, which one do you think would fill up first? You can want something all you want, it doesn't mean you're going to get it. (I can't believe I just had to explain something I've been hearing since birth )
Why bless your lil ole cotton pickin heart!
I am going to sell mine now. Had it since Christmas and after 2.5 months of use I have had enough. My reasons are:
1. It only does one thing well and that is tell the time.
2. For fitness use it is useless, inaccurate monitoring and dreadful health app.
3. Apple Pay is useless as well. It is easier to pull out my phone.
4. While I was initially impressed with the alerts. it has got to the point where If I get the vibrate I just pull my phone out.
To sum up it feels like a work in progress. maybe Apple Watch 3 will get to the point where it becomes useful.
1. It only does one thing well and that is tell the time.
2. For fitness use it is useless, inaccurate monitoring and dreadful health app.
3. Apple Pay is useless as well. It is easier to pull out my phone.
4. While I was initially impressed with the alerts. it has got to the point where If I get the vibrate I just pull my phone out.
To sum up it feels like a work in progress. maybe Apple Watch 3 will get to the point where it becomes useful.
I just sold mine. It wasn't very good at fitness. The only thing I liked it for is notifications.
Funny thing is I miss the notifications. I keep looking at my wrist looking for emails/texts.
Funny thing is I miss the notifications. I keep looking at my wrist looking for emails/texts.
I 'm glad I found this post. My mother bought me one for Christmas, but I'd seen so many poor reviews of the applewatch beforehand that I'd already decided not to to get it and took it back the next day.. I think the slow 3rd party apps would bug me out... I also wondered in general if I really needed it... Well, hopefully the second generation will be better and will spark my interest.
After reading through this threat I think I will wait with my APple Watch order.
All I want from the Apple Watch is to be a great finenss tracker and to get notifications, thats it...
maybe with gen 2, the fitness oart gets improved....
All I want from the Apple Watch is to be a great finenss tracker and to get notifications, thats it...
maybe with gen 2, the fitness oart gets improved....
The fitness part is absolutely fine.
I think it is majorly overblown and people expect miracles from a wearable when in fact it will get you very accurate information within a low percentage of the exact statistic.
I think people need to garner their expectations and what they are doing from a fitness realm and how much it actually makes a difference from what is being reported.
My opinion of course.
I think it is majorly overblown and people expect miracles from a wearable when in fact it will get you very accurate information within a low percentage of the exact statistic.
I think people need to garner their expectations and what they are doing from a fitness realm and how much it actually makes a difference from what is being reported.
My opinion of course.
Fitness isn't that great IMO. It's not bad by any means, but average at best. Certainly improvements can be made. For me the Fitbit Blaze is easily a better fitness tracker with a good set of notifications. For my needs it suits me better. For my 'wants' the Apple Watch is king but needs long battery life and faster performance.
For me the Fitbit Blaze does what I was using my Apple Watch for, but better, cheaper, and longer.
If and when Apple makes the watch last a minimum of 3 days and 3 nights and adds sleep tracking it's a done deal for me. I need look no further.
For me the Fitbit Blaze does what I was using my Apple Watch for, but better, cheaper, and longer.
If and when Apple makes the watch last a minimum of 3 days and 3 nights and adds sleep tracking it's a done deal for me. I need look no further.
But goodness is that thing ugly!!!
Kidding of course as everyone's personal sense of style is different. Enjoy
But goodness is that thing ugly!!!
Kidding of course as everyone's personal sense of style is different. Enjoy
Haha I guess with everything else on me being so attractive I can afford to have an ugly thing on my wrist ;-)
But in all honesty it is not a very "jewelry" looking item and I don't think it's trying to be and if it is it certainly failing at it. It's a fitness tracker first and a watch second. I don't think (I hope) it set out to be an Apple Watch replacement but rather a more feature rich fitness tracker.
I don't believe an Apple Watch battery will give 3 days with average use(using all available functions), at least in the next few years. Technology just isn't here yet.
How long did your Apple Watch battery last?
Yeah and that's why I'm okay with not owning one for now. My priorities in a wearable is fitness and sleep tracking. Everything else is an added bonus I can live without.
When I used it I was charging every night. I would be willing to bet I could have went to bed with it and woke up with power percentages in the teens but I never went that far. But I often sat under 40% by then end of a 10 hour office day.
What I do when I want to track my sleep is charge it up before I go to bed, put it on to sleep, then charge it again in the morning while I'm taking a shower.
Sampling the AW seems more feasible for me now as the used prices have softened; I have an offer to buy a 42mm Sports for half orig cost, it has warr til June. I can remember dumb iPods costing almost that. As long as AW2 is not due too soon, this seems a good value to try one out.
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I have a question to you AW owners. When I spend 500€, I will get a perfect classic Tissot automatic watch, this one will last for a really Long time.
When it Comes to AW and longlievty, what do you guys think? An AW for 450€ is an investment but how Long will it last? isn't a watch in that price category supposed to last for let's say 10years? Also, future Software updates might slow the watch down and sooner or later there won't be updates at all..
When it Comes to AW and longlievty, what do you guys think? An AW for 450€ is an investment but how Long will it last? isn't a watch in that price category supposed to last for let's say 10years? Also, future Software updates might slow the watch down and sooner or later there won't be updates at all..
It's really two different things now. Like comparing apples and oranges. I think of a Tissot at $300-$500 should last 10 years or maybe a really long time. Even a $20 Timex might last forever. Like a home phone would last forever or 10 years. Eventually we move into a new realm of technology.
Comparing a smart watch to a mechanical watch is just not the same. It would be the same as comparing a home phone to a smart phone. One will last forever and cost $100 or less and do one thing really good. The other will last 2-5 years and cost $700 or more and do a lot of things.
People want the Apple Watch to be on all the time like a mechanical watch. Why? They are stuck on comparing what was once the only way. Why didn't we stick with a flip phone that would last almost forever and start spending $700 every 1-2 years for a new phone that does basically the same thing?
Why not stick with the tube tv that last forever for the latest and greatest flat screen. We can still use TiVo and DieectTV with the tube tv.
Time changes everyone's realm of thinking for time frames and we either ignore because we don't want the change or we adapt and change because we want it. My beautiful Tissot sits in my drawer because I want more than just the time. If my Tissot was another brand that cost $40,000 I would never have an Apple Watch but only because of the cost and status.
@BlueMoon63 Fitbit Blaze is IMO a much better fitness tracker than the Apple Watch. Of the "lots of complaints" sure, it's not perfect, but for fitness if you ask me it's a much better solution! Your response to my post has a tone of, "Apple Watch is better" and it certainly is overall, but as I said before, the Fitbit Blaze is a tracker not jewelry! It is equipment to assist in fitness. Of course it's gonna feel cheaper by comparison.
I have no proof of my claims other than my experiences and testimonials with both units. Opinions and POVs from my own experiences are the only thing I have and that's fine. It is for me after all. If the others are saying the Blaze is a POS then 'their loss' from my stand point.
All Fitbit products aren't as "luxurious" as an Apple Watch but as I previously stated its a fitness tracker first with smart watch conveniences.
For me during a run with the lighter weight of the Blaze (because of its cheap materials) is less obnoxious, during lifts and weight training it stops reading my heart rate during the weight training until I stop moving. Muscles contract and make optical readers struggle. The same thing happened with the Apple Watch but with the Blaze it resumes reading after a short 10 seconds or so. Apple Watch took longer. Yep that means I have to stop what I'm doing and wait but it is on my wrist not "way up my arm" as the others are suggesting.
Look I get it, the Apple Watch is deserving of people's money, but as a former user I personally cannot spend money one one until battery life improves. It's not a bad product just doesn't have a spot on my wrist. Others can feel differently and that's okay. But my contribution to this thread is, "I returned it for x and y, and went with Blaze for A and B."
You don't need to follow my path just understand why I justified my decision.
I have no proof of my claims other than my experiences and testimonials with both units. Opinions and POVs from my own experiences are the only thing I have and that's fine. It is for me after all. If the others are saying the Blaze is a POS then 'their loss' from my stand point.
All Fitbit products aren't as "luxurious" as an Apple Watch but as I previously stated its a fitness tracker first with smart watch conveniences.
For me during a run with the lighter weight of the Blaze (because of its cheap materials) is less obnoxious, during lifts and weight training it stops reading my heart rate during the weight training until I stop moving. Muscles contract and make optical readers struggle. The same thing happened with the Apple Watch but with the Blaze it resumes reading after a short 10 seconds or so. Apple Watch took longer. Yep that means I have to stop what I'm doing and wait but it is on my wrist not "way up my arm" as the others are suggesting.
Look I get it, the Apple Watch is deserving of people's money, but as a former user I personally cannot spend money one one until battery life improves. It's not a bad product just doesn't have a spot on my wrist. Others can feel differently and that's okay. But my contribution to this thread is, "I returned it for x and y, and went with Blaze for A and B."
You don't need to follow my path just understand why I justified my decision.
You make good points about the FitBit being a better tracker, but where did BlueMoon63 say something about fitness tracking? I can't find the post you are referring to.
I've ended up using the Apple Watch primarily as a fitness tracker, as all the other apps are too slow, and notifications are hard for me to read with my eyesight. But whenever I go to BestBuy or B&H and look at the other fitness trackers, I see nothing that looks comfortable enough to wear all day. And while it's not like I spend a lot of time thinking about how I look, I don't want to wear something that doesn't fit with my sense of style, and Apple Watch is the only wearable that both fits my style and is comfortable to wear.
I purchased the watch for all other functions, and later discovered the fitness tracker as a bonus. I really didn't need a "fitness tracker" as I have been working out, running since middle school and have never used a computer for that. So, the bonus of the fitness functionality adds to to the usefulness of the Apple Watch. However some people need more advanced tracking utilities and I can see where the fitbit may be better suited in that capacity.
True enough, and if I needed those advanced tracking features, I might wear a Fitbit, even if its not as comfortable as the Apple Watch. But I just need the most Vatican fitness monitoring, which the Apple Watch does fine.