So, I took my two month old Ultra out for a swim— for the first and only time— and it bricked it. It’s never been dropped, knocked or even scratched. Hell, I’ve never even worn it in the shower.
We went to a small community water park and I’d been floating on a tube in the lazy river for about 40 minutes. For most of that time, the watch was out of the water. And the few times it was, it was only submerged about a foot.
At about the 40 minute mark, I looked down at it and noticed the screen was blacked out. I wasn’t too concerned at the time, thinking maybe it hadn’t been fully charged.
However, once I got home and put it on the charger—nothing, just a black screen. I left it in a couple hours but with no change. Same for overnight.
I also tried to restart it, with both a single and two-button “hard” restart. Still nothing.
I realize that Apple doesn’t claim the watch is waterproof, but they do state that it is capable of being used for swimming and even diving down to 40 meters. Given that, I should think a single trip to a lazy river (on its FIRST swim outing) shouldn’t have been beyond its capabilities or use beyond what it was intended for.
Has anyone else here experienced something like this or heard similar stories? I have an appt with a Genius Bar today to evaluate it but I’m pretty disappointed to say the least.
We went to a small community water park and I’d been floating on a tube in the lazy river for about 40 minutes. For most of that time, the watch was out of the water. And the few times it was, it was only submerged about a foot.
At about the 40 minute mark, I looked down at it and noticed the screen was blacked out. I wasn’t too concerned at the time, thinking maybe it hadn’t been fully charged.
However, once I got home and put it on the charger—nothing, just a black screen. I left it in a couple hours but with no change. Same for overnight.
I also tried to restart it, with both a single and two-button “hard” restart. Still nothing.
I realize that Apple doesn’t claim the watch is waterproof, but they do state that it is capable of being used for swimming and even diving down to 40 meters. Given that, I should think a single trip to a lazy river (on its FIRST swim outing) shouldn’t have been beyond its capabilities or use beyond what it was intended for.
Has anyone else here experienced something like this or heard similar stories? I have an appt with a Genius Bar today to evaluate it but I’m pretty disappointed to say the least.
