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I feel like the fact that you can buy a Series 3 or a Series 6, but not a 4 or 5 tells me that there is not enough change from a Series 4 to Series 6 watch, so I will rock on for one more year.
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Came here to make a “lol @ $100 braided loop band” post but looks like everyone already beat me to it. Upgrading my s3 to the s6. I went with the new graphite stainless steel, I prefer it over the old space black so I’m happy with that change. I’m curious how many they had ready for Friday as I ordered an hour after the event and have a delivery window of 25th-30th.
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Sep 16, 2020 17:42
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I think I'm gonna wait one more generation as my S3 is still perfectly fine, but the SE announcement is a bit of a surprise for me. Very tempting at that price point, I don't give a poo poo about the extra health features and always-on display.
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Sep 16, 2020 17:43
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nerox posted:I feel like the fact that you can buy a Series 3 or a Series 6, but not a 4 or 5 tells me that there is not enough change from a Series 4 to Series 6 watch, so I will rock on for one more year. Isn’t that what the SE is now? It really doesn’t make any sense, the iPhone SE uses an older chassis design, but with the Watch we have the 6, the 3 (gonna get 1 more year out of mine  ), and then this in-between model neutered-6 (6R?) that isn’t the 5 or the 4, it’s the SE. I guess they didn’t want to resurrect the 4 but they wanted its rough equivalent in the product stack since the 6 and 5 presumably wouldn’t have enough distance between them.
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Sep 16, 2020 18:02
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How does the always on display work really? Does it affect battery life?
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Sep 16, 2020 18:05
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SeANMcBAY posted:How does the always on display work really? Does it affect battery life?
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Sep 16, 2020 18:16
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SeANMcBAY posted:How does the always on display work really? Does it affect battery life? Personally, I noticed next to 0 difference in battery life when I turned it off.
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Sep 16, 2020 18:25
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Protocol7 posted:I think I'm gonna wait one more generation as my S3 is still perfectly fine, but the SE announcement is a bit of a surprise for me. Very tempting at that price point, I don't give a poo poo about the extra health features and always-on display. This is where I’m at. I might wait till we see the 6 on some discounts though. I saw some pretty decent deals on the 5 later in its life so I expect the same for the 6.
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Sep 16, 2020 18:34
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SeANMcBAY posted:How does the always on display work really? Does it affect battery life? It's a OLED screen. It dims the display and sets more pixels to full black and reduces the refresh rate to 1/sec. This all saves on battery. It detects you looking at it like the older watches but since the time is always visible, it's more glanceable and the experience of looking at it is better. There are lots of situations where I can look at my watch without doing the cartoonish gesture to wake it up. For me, the jump to always-on was significant, but now I'm pretty satisfied with the watch and not sure what else they'd add to it that'd make me want to update, so I expect to stick here for awhile.
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Sep 16, 2020 18:38
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I’m feeling pretty set on upgrading from my S3 because I’m really sick of janitoring the storage on this thing. It wouldn’t let me install the watchOS 7 GM even with all my music and apps deleted. 
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Sep 16, 2020 18:51
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What are the benefits to having an O2 meter?
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Sep 16, 2020 18:56
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SeANMcBAY posted:What are the benefits to having an O2 meter? You can get your O2 level the first time you strap it to your wrist or whenever you're showing it off to your friends. Much like the ECG functionality.
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Sep 16, 2020 19:01
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Who knows what practical use it has now, but having more health sensors on your body at all times is probably a good thing in the long term. I wonder what sort of unique medical data correlations someone could find with all the wealth of biometric data from smartwatches.
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Sep 16, 2020 19:04
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god this blows posted:You can get your O2 level the first time you strap it to your wrist or whenever you're showing it off to your friends. Much like the ECG functionality. As someone with absurd anxiety, I get comfort from using the EKG knowing my heart isn’t exploding.
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Sep 16, 2020 19:09
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SeANMcBAY posted:As someone with absurd anxiety, I get comfort from using the EKG knowing my heart isn’t exploding. Then the O2 check will give you rough oxygen percentage of your blood.
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Sep 16, 2020 19:25
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In the future the AEDs will be on drones and your watch will send info wirelessly to local drones so all the horriblly out of shape people that decide to go snowshoeing with their family or whatever will have drones shadowing them. Roboshaming.
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Sep 16, 2020 20:27
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I think oxygen saturation is a good indicator of respiratory issues like the ones caused by COVID-19. But in general it's just another sensor you can attach to your body to monitor. I'm fine with my Series 4 still but if I was a healthcare worker or otherwise constantly potentially exposed to SARS-CoV-2 I might upgrade just for that. Also for people buying the new watches Best Buy offers 6 months of Apple Fitness+ for free if that matters to you.
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Sep 16, 2020 20:33
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SpO2 isn't very useful for a typical user, it'll just be 95-100 if you're healthy. If it dips below that and you feel ok it's more likely the reading is bad due to bad positioning temporarily or the wrist not being a great spot for reading it or the Apple Watch sensor not being great. And if you don't feel ok, you should seek help based on your symptoms, not your non-medical-device watch.
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Sep 16, 2020 21:01
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Has the heart rate sensor been updated since the S3 or is it still the same one? I'm debating upgrading from the S3 to the S6 because I like the improved health monitoring stuff (esp. as someone who's constantly worried they got COVID), but I'm waffling back and forth on whether or not I really need it. That ~$17 bucks a month for 24 months with no interest on Apple Card is so drat tempting though...
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Sep 16, 2020 21:27
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OldSenileGuy posted:Has the heart rate sensor been updated since the S3 or is it still the same one? I'm debating upgrading from the S3 to the S6 because I like the improved health monitoring stuff (esp. as someone who's constantly worried they got COVID), but I'm waffling back and forth on whether or not I really need it. It was updated on the 4. I think you should upgrade. I'm conflicted now and am thinking maybe I should just stick with my 4 for another year. SeANMcBAY fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Sep 16, 2020 |
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Sep 16, 2020 22:09
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SeANMcBAY posted:It was updated on the 4. I think you should upgrade. I probably will. I'm basically at that point where I know I want to upgrade and now I'm just coming up with more reasons to justify it to myself. Speaking of which, trying to install watchOS 7 on my series 3, I get a notice that I need at least 3.1GB free to do so. And, well:  So i guess I'm never getting watchOS 7 on this watch? (I don't know what those 15 pictures are since when i go to the photos app it says there are no photos.)
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Sep 16, 2020 22:58
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OldSenileGuy posted:I probably will. I'm basically at that point where I know I want to upgrade and now I'm just coming up with more reasons to justify it to myself. e: someone on Reddit said to do a hard reset by holding both buttons for 5-10 seconds, but this only got me to 3.0 GB. We’ll see if it works. e2: well it got the job done at least. I need a bigger watch. fourwood fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Sep 17, 2020 |
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Sep 16, 2020 23:00
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Yeah I just unpaired and it cleared up space for me. From 1gb available to 4gb.
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Sep 16, 2020 23:12
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Zero One posted:Yeah I just unpaired and it cleared up space for me. From 1gb available to 4gb. Yeah, this worked for me too. Gonna have to re-add all my Apple Pay cards, but the update is downloading to watch! (2 hours remaining ugh) Was worried I would lose my most important custom watch face in the process, but thankfully it’s still there 
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Sep 16, 2020 23:56
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Thinking about it, I decided to stick with my 4 another year. The O2 monitor doesn’t seem that useful at the moment and next year will probably bring a redesign.
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Sep 17, 2020 03:56
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Something else for the space issue on old S3s, check if any apps are showing as installed in usage but not in the iPhone watch app list of installed apps. This accounted for enough room to squeak by the 3.1 GB requirement. Got me from 2.5 to 3.2. It’s disconcerting the list of installed apps wasn’t the same as what I was seeing in the app collection on my watch. Probably some apps i tried downloading solely from the Watch App Store.
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Sep 17, 2020 04:05
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SeANMcBAY posted:Thinking about it, I decided to stick with my 4 another year. The O2 monitor doesn’t seem that useful at the moment and next year will probably bring a redesign. I’m sticking with my 4 too although the o2 seems especially appropriate to me these days. I’m going back to work in close proximity to people so I’m extra paranoid.
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Sep 17, 2020 04:06
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Updated to watchOS 7 and the date is gone off my Infograph Modular face and there’s no option to turn it back on? Is it just me?
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Sep 17, 2020 04:34
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sourdough posted:SpO2 isn't very useful for a typical user, it'll just be 95-100 if you're healthy. If it dips below that and you feel ok it's more likely the reading is bad due to bad positioning temporarily or the wrist not being a great spot for reading it or the Apple Watch sensor not being great. And if you don't feel ok, you should seek help based on your symptoms, not your non-medical-device watch. I fall in that demographic of "not a typical user". I use the health features to log data points for my cardiologist to pull up from the Health app. It's likely as accurate as most of the *good* consumer grade SpO2 meters (not the $30 crap, the stuff that runs $80+). I'll definitely be comparing its readings to my finger device.
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Sep 17, 2020 07:43
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If you're using an S3 and on the fence about upgrading, one thing to consider is using Apple's trade-in service and you can get $95 for your S3 if it's in good condition. That cuts the price of the SE by almost 1/3 and the amount you get will only decrease over time. Combined with the 0% APR on Apple Card and you can get a newer model for very little per month.
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Violator posted:If you're using an S3 and on the fence about upgrading, one thing to consider is using Apple's trade-in service and you can get $95 for your S3 if it's in good condition. That cuts the price of the SE by almost 1/3 and the amount you get will only decrease over time. Combined with the 0% APR on Apple Card and you can get a newer model for very little per month. Which S3? I have to assume that’s the one with LTE. i expected them to give me $20 for my S3.
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Sep 17, 2020 11:08
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MarcusSA posted:Which S3? I have to assume that’s the one with LTE. i expected them to give me $20 for my S3. You can plug in your serial number to check if you go through the buy process. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-watch/apple-watch/44mm-gps-silver-aluminum-cream-sport-loop-regular Under apple care there’s a “add a trade in” link. Apparently my S4 GPS 44mm aluminum is worth $140 to them.
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Boris Galerkin posted:You can plug in your serial number to check if you go through the buy process. Huh.. well thanks. $215 for an SE actually isn't a bad deal. Gonna have to think about this now.
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Sep 17, 2020 13:22
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Don't wait too long. When I did the trade in to get my S4 the tool said I'd get like $100 for the S3 and by the time I got into the Apple store to actually buy the thing the value was like $25. It took a week or two for me to get in because I was waiting for stock. Or maybe my failure was doing it in person and I should have done it through the mail. But the lesson is those trade in prices are not fixed at all.
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Sep 17, 2020 13:36
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xzzy posted:Don't wait too long. When I did the trade in to get my S4 the tool said I'd get like $100 for the S3 and by the time I got into the Apple store to actually buy the thing the value was like $25. It took a week or two for me to get in because I was waiting for stock. Oh well poo poo. I guess I'm doing it then. If I wait and get the 6 on sale my 3 is just gonna collect dust in a drawer. $245 after taxes for newer watch that should last me as long as my 3 did. MarcusSA fucked around with this message at 13:48 on Sep 17, 2020 |
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Sep 17, 2020 13:43
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Selling on swappa is easy and gets you more than Apple pays.
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Sep 17, 2020 14:11
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Yeah I'm just gonna sell on Swappa and buy a refurb S5 if/when the space gray pops up. I can't pass on the AOD.
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Sep 17, 2020 16:16
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Welp, the Memoji watch face is only available on S4 and up watches. Slowly sinking into obscelence.
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Sep 17, 2020 16:27
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Did they move the Clear All from the long press to the top of the list? God drat that’s annoying. Also, I can’t quick change the app list with a long press anymore? Worst watch os ever.
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Does anyone know you can typically buy Watches on release day from apple.com for in store pickup later that day? Currently the only options are for shipping, and I am impatient. Not sure how COVID affects this ether.
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