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The SE is kind of a lateral move, it’s not that big of a jump from the 3 and seems to be around just to get the storage up from the 3’s lovely 8gb that needs to be restored every update now. I would wait for a good sale on the 6 personally, the prices drop pretty fast after a refresh.
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Yea wait a few weeks before even looking at Apple watches, the new ones are a redesign as well rather than an iterative update so if you bought a series 6 today you’d have a few weeks before her new watch looks old and busted
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Aug 21, 2021 03:53
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The last rumor I saw on the case design is they're going to squared off edges like the iPads and phones are doing. So if that doesn't go over well maybe that S6 will be in hot demand!
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Aug 21, 2021 04:31
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The mock-ups look real nice. I wish they’d go to a circular design though, but I can see the reasons of rectangular faces for maximum screen real estate.
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Aug 21, 2021 05:31
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Great replies, had no idea a new design was on the horizon. She appreciates the advice and is just gonna wait to see what the new one looks like. Side note: whoever thought 8gb was enough for the series 3 was a real cool guy.
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Aug 22, 2021 00:53
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I got a "storage full" notification on my S2 during a bike ride yesterday. Thought it would ruin my workout tracking but it seemed to survive. It just wanted me to remove some music from my watch to make space. Of course, there as no music (or anything else much) on my watch, and never has been... so a reboot freed up 3.5GB of space  Definitely interested in a 7 or whatever newness comes out soon
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Aug 22, 2021 10:13
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I have my s5 for 2 years. And i absolutely love the thing. One of the best purschases i have ever made. My s5 is still going strong. But im tempted to ugrade if the new functions are cool.
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Aug 22, 2021 10:56
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The battery on my S4 is fried (battery health says 80% and I don't have AppleCare so I'd have to pay to replace and why bother at this point), so I'm definitely getting whatever the S7 is at launch.
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Aug 22, 2021 15:01
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Is there a watch face that shows current time and time in another time zone, both in digital? I don’t understand Apple’s fascination with analog clocks. Especially tiny ones.
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Aug 24, 2021 15:28
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smackfu posted:Is there a watch face that shows current time and time in another time zone, both in digital? I don’t understand Apple’s fascination with analog clocks. Especially tiny ones. Kind of. Modular lets you add a UTC clock.. but you can't configure the time zone it displays. I'm with you on their analog addiction. The Infograph Modular lets you do the UTC clock too, but it's an analog format. gently caress off with that. Also the sunset/sunrise complication is the graphical one, not a digital clock.  I hope they overhaul the system someday, it's by far my biggest complaint with the watch. Modular does some things I like and some things I hate, Infograph Modular does other things I like and other things I hate. There is no peace to be had here.
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Aug 24, 2021 15:36
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smackfu posted:Is there a watch face that shows current time and time in another time zone, both in digital? I don’t understand Apple’s fascination with analog clocks. Especially tiny ones. You can pick a time zone/city in infograph modular - you gotta set up the cities you wanna have for selection in the clock app on iPhone and then you can pick whatever time zone. 
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Aug 24, 2021 16:01
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xzzy posted:Kind of. Modular lets you add a UTC clock.. but you can't configure the time zone it displays. That’s interesting actually. Modular uses old style complications which do have a small digital world clock. The Infograph Modular central complication shown above does technically do the job but the actual time is so small compared to the useless map.
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Aug 24, 2021 16:21
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Why are you weirdos still using time zones like it's 1800? You should be using Swatch Internet Time. Posted @709
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Aug 24, 2021 17:02
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smackfu posted:The Infograph Modular central complication shown above does technically do the job but the actual time is so small compared to the useless map. That's of Apple's MO with complications. It does everything it technically needs to but in a way no one actually likes. We live with it because customization is verboten.
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Aug 24, 2021 17:10
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xzzy posted:Kind of. Modular lets you add a UTC clock.. but you can't configure the time zone it displays. Yeah same, I wish there was a choice of analogue or digital for every watch face. And the option to show seconds.
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I’ve been getting really bad battery drain on my SE in the last three days out of seemingly nowhere. I used to get easily a day and a half, with multiple outdoor workouts and now since like Monday it’s nearly dying by 9pm. Any ideas what’s going on? Battery health says 100% and I’m on the latest OS
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I’ve been getting really bad battery drain on my SE in the last three days out of seemingly nowhere. I used to get easily a day and a half, with multiple outdoor workouts and now since like Monday it’s nearly dying by 9pm. Any ideas what’s going on? Battery health says 100% and I’m on the latest OS I will assume you’ve done a reboot of the watch? Most commonly is a weird stuck process that’s doing it. If that doesn’t work a full wipe and repairing should fix it.
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Sep 2, 2021 01:12
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Also make sure it’s a hard reboot. Hold the crown and side button until the screen goes blank, and comes back up with the Apple logo.
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Thanks, will try those today and see what happens! I’d never even seen the low battery screen on this before so it was a surprise
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Sep 2, 2021 08:48
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My S4 has been draining faster the past couple weeks too. It's Tim sending out the kill switch on old devices to force us to upgrade this fall.  (actually it's just starting to get old, battery health is 84%)
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xzzy posted:My S4 has been draining faster the past couple weeks too. It's Tim sending out the kill switch on old devices to force us to upgrade this fall. That's about where I'm at with my battery on my launch S4. Personally, I've been replacing the watch when it no longer supports the latest WatchOS so we'll see how that works out for me this go around.
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Sep 2, 2021 14:42
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I’ve been having to charge my 6 around 5pm if I want it to last the full day. Typical usage plus an hour HIIT workout tracking. 88% health. Seems less than optimal for being under a year old.
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Sep 3, 2021 03:07
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That's really bad, you must have something in your blood that ruins batteries because your luck with them is poo poo.
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Mines not that bad but the battery is, and always will be, the thing I dislike most about the watch.
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xzzy posted:That's really bad, you must have something in your blood that ruins batteries because your luck with them is poo poo.  e: You know, I’ve been running the iOS 15 beta on my phone, and I remember a few years ago there was a bug with iOS 12? 13? That ended up draining the poo poo out of the watch battery somehow. EL BROMANCE posted:Mines not that bad but the battery is, and always will be, the thing I dislike most about the watch. Yep, it’s absolutely ridiculous that they can’t design a watch that lasts at least a few days. Garmins can last an eternity compared to AW and it’s my single biggest complaint. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Sep 3, 2021 |
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I know that I have noticed an extra 10-15 percent daily drop on my battery since joining the beta. But I already do not use Always On Display because of previous issues where it drained it by an extra 30%.
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Sep 3, 2021 12:29
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I think I’ve only had my 3 for as long as I have (since 2017) because the battery was swapped in 2019 for a recall campaign.
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I know Apple is all about their aesthetic, but it is pretty frustrating that basically every traditional watch maker has figured out how to make a thing waterproof and also be repairable, but Apple having none of that. Here's your block of glue, customer.
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I think you don't understand conformal coating and its relationship to PCBs and their longevity but please keep complaining about how your designed-to-be-disposable computer on your wrist doesn't meet your needs. 
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Jony Ive parachute account spotted.
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Crunchy Black posted:I think you don't understand conformal coating and its relationship to PCBs no poo poo nerd!!!
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:I know that I have noticed an extra 10-15 percent daily drop on my battery since joining the beta. But I already do not use Always On Display because of previous issues where it drained it by an extra 30%.
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I will upgrade my s3 to the new watch if it has an actually useful new sensor, or if it looks really really cool.Quantum of Phallus posted:no poo poo nerd!!! lol
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marktheando posted:I will upgrade my s3 to the new watch if it looks really really cool. 
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my battery is still hosed after a reboot, gonna have to try to wipe and reset 
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I put the watchOS beta on mine last night just for shits and giggles, and it's annoying how they keep adding taps to do simple stuff. Like, to voice reply to a text message, you have to now tap the "appstore" icon (like the one in Messages on the phone) then tap voice, instead of just tapping the voice icon. And now if you hold down on an app icon to delete it, instead of the icons jiggling with an X, a loving menu comes up and at the top asks if you want a grid or list view of your apps, then below, there's an edit apps button. And THEN it finally shakes the icons. Goddamn, stop adding more taps to everything.
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That tracks with iOS behavior, lately, though, so unsurprising.
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Sep 3, 2021 22:22
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Combat Pretzel posted:Do you do sleep tracking? If so, breathing rate enabled already, and is it useful? I use AutoSleep to track my sleep. It does not have a breathing rate function.
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So I POTENTIALLY found the culprit to my battery drain. I tried a reboot to no avail but a few days later, I was checking if I'd installed any new apps lately and I remembered I'd installed Headspace to check out some of the audio stuff on it. I saw it installed a Watch App as well. I uninstalled both and haven't had any battery issues since, I'm back to getting 17 hours using less than 40% of the battery, even with the same level of workouts. Strange!
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Dang, that's just about the weakest watch update ever. I'm sure the bigger screen is gonna be nice but it feels like they didn't do anything to make it a better fitness/health device and I was under the impression that was all they cared about. Makes me wonder if they had plans they needed to scrap because of pandemic related issues.
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