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Taima posted:What would happen if you got a replacement for a space black gen 0? I don't think they even made a gen 1 space black. I think they only returned on gen 2. Yea, Series 1 is the poverty spec that only comes in aluminum. I'm allowed to say that because I own a Series 1.
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Small White Dragon posted:How does the Woven Nylon band hold up for exercising? Good and bad -- it's a tight weave and pretty well made, but constantly sweating into it stains it pretty quickly depending on the color. It's safe to wash with soap & water, though. Mine was filthy and a wash had it 95% good as new.
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Sep 7, 2017 01:52
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My fake Milanese Loop broke at the lug after a couple months. Wear with caution! I've had the real one (in black) for about a year now and it's still like new, although if it too were to break and destroy my watch, Apple would probably shrug at me.
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Sep 11, 2017 14:59
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I guess I'm the only one that thought a red dot was tacky and unusual. Why red? Because apples are red? Why not a choice of colors? Edit: does look good on that gold Edition, though. I'll reserve judgment.
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Sep 12, 2017 21:29
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Ultimate Mango posted:I'm trying to catch up on the Aluminium/stainless steel debate. Yes, but there's a bit of color mismatching. The black Milanese loop is pretty much black, with black stainless steel lugs. (It's really like a really, really dark gray, just a smidge from black.) The space gray aluminum is... well, gray. However, the screen is black, so it all kinda works out OK in my eyes. The black stainless steel lugs match the space black stainless steel body perfectly. The SS models also have a sapphire screen and ceramic back. Up to you if those differences are worth that much more.
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Sep 13, 2017 02:55
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Don't forget, retailers may have a huge clearance on series 1/2 soon. I know as series 1/2 were coming out, the series 0 watches dropped in price big time. Like a 42mm SS with link bracelet for the cost of the band alone.
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Sep 14, 2017 00:17
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Aw, she was wearing AirPods, too. I was wondering why that phone call sounded so good.
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Sep 14, 2017 20:16
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Just found out that stainless steel is only offered in the GPS + cellular configuration. hosed up.
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Sep 15, 2017 20:13
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rage-saq posted:At the same price it’s always been offered. Fair enough! I was just hoping there'd be a discounted Series 2 SS available, or at least a Series 3 without the additional cellular cost tacked on. Looks like refurbished is gonna be the way to go, unless retailers start putting Series 2 on clearance soon.
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Sep 15, 2017 20:34
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Housh posted:I'm thinking of picking up a refurb S2 from Apple. They still seem expensive at $589.00 CAD so I'm trying to build value. That's not a too bad price for a watch I would wear daily but I'm afraid that these things will become obsolete like the phones after a few years which kinda sucks for watch. I'd strongly recommend waiting at least another week; the S2 is pretty much discontinued (no idea why S2 got the boot over S1) and retailers may clearance them out since it's soon to be a dead SKU. Last year, the S0 (first Apple Watch) got insanely discounted as the new ones came out. Or maybe that won't happen at all, but it's worth a shot. It's in a strange spot, with the S1 still being manufactured and shipped. Stainless steel vs aluminum, cosmetic and build quality differences. Stainless gets a sapphire screen and a ceramic back "dome" (sensor cover) while the aluminum has a glass screen and plastic dome. The aluminum is plenty durable, but stainless looks nicer.
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Sep 16, 2017 17:19
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Best Buy already has S2s for $70 off and B&H Photo has them $80 off (42mm base model). That's pretty good. Stainless steel S2 42mm is $499 at B&H... I'm gonna stick it out til the end of the month and see what happens. Also need to look into what kind of resale value my S1 aluminum could fetch. About the watch becoming obsolete in a few years, it's a little hard to say. It largely depends on how you use the watch. If you find yourself just using it for the time, notification pushes, and a few menial tasks (e.g. Hands free calls/directions/timers via Siri) then any of the current models could last indefinitely, until their batteries go kaput. I can't really come up with a "power user" use case for the watch that would require annual CPU/memory/storage bumps. The room for growth on smart watches is pretty constrained (literally,) and even the S0 isn't missing a whole lot compared to the brand new S3 -- more definitive waterproofing, built-in GPS and cellular, and a brighter display. With your phone on hand, the S0 does everything the S3 can do, just a little slower.
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Three Olives posted:Just get the milanese loop. I was about to say that. "Milanese Loop could probably fit around a fat ankle" but I dunno now... It's barely fitting that hamhock. io_burn posted:I tried to find it on the MacRumors forums a while ago and tried loving everything to find it including searching for "trotter" 
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Sep 20, 2017 19:32
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io_burn posted:Looks like this is all where it went down, found it from a reverse Google image search- https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/any-big-wrist-people-try-apple-watch.1865725/page-2#post-21151014 I don't know why they bothered going with 38mm with such a large wrist. 42mm watch & band would've almost certainly been more flattering.
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Sep 20, 2017 20:01
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:I'm guessing it's partially the Wifi issue, but also the lovely battery life, which is a huge bummer, honestly. I was debating getting an LTE version, but if it dies at 4 hours using GPS and just having LTE on, then no thanks. To be fair, their big reveal trailer for the S3 showed a girl getting a phone call while surfing...
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Sep 20, 2017 22:53
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Undeclared Eggplant posted:Mine does this, but to my podcast app (Downcast), not Music. I'm trying to figure out how to turn that off since I'm listening to podcasts 80% of the time I'm walking around and it's annoying to never see my watch face. I could just remove that app from the watch, I guess. That won't work; The Now Playing app on the watch universally intercepts any audio source, including web embedded videos and various other poo poo you'd never want to control via the watch. Oh, and it persists forever (not literally but... this new behavior sucks.)
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Sep 21, 2017 02:32
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[quote="“Sock The Great”" post="“476657478”"] https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FP032/refurbished-apple-watch-series-1-42mm-space-gray-aluminum-case-with-black-sport-band $239 for a S1 if you don’t care about waterproofing or GPS. The cheapest S2 is stainless at $469. I really think this S2 refurb I received might be brand new though, there isn’t a nick or scratch on it. [/quote] It very well may have had the shell replaced. I've never heard of Apple refurbed products being any less than "better than new" (since they replace any wear & tear items, and then test them.)
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Sep 22, 2017 20:41
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GoldfishStew posted:Another reason Watch os4 is a step back: I played a podcast via overcast on my phone, put it on my desk. Got into bed, wanted to turn it down, went to go to the now playing card I had set to the sidebutton, but those are gone now and your most recent apps appear instead (the overcast app appeared before I even clicked the button because now when you listen to stuff the watch intelligently puts this active) went to the overcast app, there’s no volume control. I sold out and switched to a face that supports the Now Playing complication. In watchOS 4, I think this covers any media playing from the phone? Either way, I disabled that poo poo that makes Now Playing auto-launch on the phone, because it's stupid and launches with web videos and ads and poo poo, and seems to persist way too long after you've stopped and closed the audio-playing app. I also don't have the Overcast app installed on the watch. End result, I can bring up Now Playing via the complication and control the playback/volume of the podcast playing through Overcast.
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Sep 23, 2017 09:59
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GoldfishStew posted:What face is this? I don’t have any new faces on my app it seems. Is it the Siri face? I disable Siri. Utility face. Now Playing is on the bottom. 
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Ultimate Mango posted:I took my iPhone 6 in today to get its battery replaced (I'm holding out for the X phone) and walked out with a Space Grey with cellular and a loop band. There was this cool write up (can't remember the URL) where a guy tailored just about his every need around 4 or 5 Modular watch faces, which went in chronological order from early morning to late night. But screw all that, I just use one face that offers enough complications I care to use. (Okay, I use two, but the second one is workout-centric and I only switch to it during workouts.)
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Sep 24, 2017 08:18
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My Series 1 back is like new after a year or so. I'll wipe it down with T-shirts and occasionally (and accidentally) allow the Space Black Milanese Loop band snap onto it, since the band is magnetized. No harm done, even while the band is essentially comparable to the hardness of diamond. If you're interested in the non-cellular Series 3, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Sep 26, 2017 05:05
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SeANMcBAY posted:I thought they cut the edition line last year because you'd have to be insane to get one. Nah, the Edition was just dumb for Series 0 because it was 24k gold plated and cost like Ten Thousand Dollars. Since then, the Edition has been ceramic w/ the perks found on the stainless steel models, and somewhere around $1300. Still ridiculously priced, but at least the gray ceramic this year looks awesome.
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god this blows posted:How bad is the battery life on these things? I have the Alta HR which gets about a week and I know I won't get anything like that. Depends heavily on what you use it for. If you treat it like a health stat-monitoring wrist watch that mirrors notifications from your iPhone, then 2 days, easily (but still might as well charge it overnight, or during a shower — it charges to full in like a half hour or less.) The most I got out of mine in this use case was just about 3 days, when I went on a family vacation and forgot to bring the charging puck. Anything more strenuous than that, you can probably still get a day out of it. I think the biggest drains are streaming music, making phone calls, and the display.
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Sep 29, 2017 17:43
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I feel like Best Buy has hit their "clearance" pricing for Series 2 watches -- they're down to very limited availability in-store and online of all models. Space Black Stainless Steel 42mm is down to $429. They've also got a Space Black w/ Milanese Loop, but seemingly no (silver) stainless steel left online. I hopped on it because I really wanted to upgrade to a Space Black, but wasn't interested in paying like $650+ for data/voice I won't use and apps opening a second quicker.
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Oct 5, 2017 04:32
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SBSS came in! Worth every penny (not really), but man, I did not expect this thing to be such a fingerprint magnet. This is gonna drive me crazy.
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Delzuma posted:I haven't seen a good Series 3 non cellular review. Is it worth it over the series 2? Nah not really, unless you really want to be able to tie your cell/data plan to the watch. Or use a bunch of apps... I dunno, I played with a Series 3 for about 10 minutes, and it wasn't a super appreciable difference from my Series 1. I ended up saving over $200 and just bought a SS Series 2 instead of the Series 3. As a disclosure, though, I hardly use apps on the watch. Apps would launch from out of memory in like a second on the Series 3, and in 3-4 seconds on the Series 1& 2. Not a big deal to me.
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Bum the Sad posted:I got an S2 SS with Link on launch. Love it. Was planning on replacing it with an SS S4 with Link when it comes out in a year or two. Don’t want to pay a $150 premium for a Milanese loop I’m gonna throw in the garbage. Milanese Loop is rad. More specifically, the "infinite fit" design. My forearms/wrists swell when I work out so it's never uncomfortable. I'm gonna have a real hard time ever wearing anything that can't be similarly adjusted.
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Lum_ posted:And the ones you pick up on Amazon for $10 are perfectly cromulent. I gambled with a third party one and nearly lost -- it was a store-bought X-Doria? X-Daria? band. The black coating started stripping off within a month or so, and I caught the links ripping from the lug a few months later, probably hours or days before it would've totally failed and sent my watch off my wrist. I'd hesitate to recommend the replica Milanese Loops to anyone for that reason, unless they were to say it'd be worn very sparingly (special occasions) because you get what you pay for, and they may not last long.
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I just upgraded to stainless and yeah, you don't ever forget it's on your wrist like you could with the aluminum variety. A good trade-off I wasn't expecting, though, the stainless & ceramic is more comfortable on the skin than the aluminum & composite.
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I feel for anyone paying even $10 a month for cell service on the Series 3, because that's $120 a year just for the convenience of leaving your phone behind, that thing you're already paying at least $600 a year for. But I really wanna see some +$17/mo phone bills 
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Housh posted:Decided I'm going to get a refurb series 2 stainless steel from Apple as my first AW. Fell in love with the Milanese Loop. I heard you guys talking about a decent knock off version of it. Got a link? What is the difference between and the real deal? I know it's a lil late, but Best Buy is selling their remaining stock of stainless steel Series 2 for less than Apple is charging for their refurbs. Not a whole lot left, but in the event you wanted a 38mm stainless steel w/ Milanese Loop or 42mm Space Black only w/ Milanese Loop, they're priced really well. About genuine vs. third party Milanese Loop, someone made a good post about it a few pages back. Basically, the third party silver one is okay, but still a gamble -- look at any Amazon listing for them and you'll see customer pictures of broken lugs (not a ton, but some.) The black one generally isn't recommended, since the black is just painted on there and will certainly rub off rather quickly. This doesn't apply to the genuine Apple band; I've had it for over a year and it still looks new. It has the same diamond-like carbon coating as the Space Black stainless steel watch, and it's made to last. Magnets on both genuine and third party bands are strong, and I personally haven't had any issues with slipping (and I wear it quite snug so I dunno what gives.) enojy fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Oct 21, 2017 |
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TyrantWD posted:I am thinking of getting an Apple Watch today to use at the gym, and after seeing the taxes and fees stack up on the LTE, I am leaning towards the regular Series 3. I've seen a lot of people post about how podcast functionality is not yet available, but I was wondering if its possible to manually add podcasts from iTunes after setting the media type to music and putting them in a playlist? Yea, you can do that I suppose, haha. I've actually not bothered putting music on my watch, but I do know that my Series 2 has 4.6GB free, and at least the option to sync playlists from the iPhone -- you may need to convert the podcasts to compatible music files, form a playlist, push it to your iPhone, and then sync to the watch. I think the non-LTE Series 3 gets 8GB? So accounting for watchOS, you'd have around 7.5GB to play with. Alternatively, if you can finagle some way of having your iPhone within Bluetooth range while at the gym, you can just simply stream them on the watch. The watch supports podcast playback via what's on your iPhone, just no current way of downloading them to the internal storage. Edit:I'm actually not 100% on that last part, as I don't own any Bluetooth headphones. You can control playback of podcasts that are on your iPhone via the watch. That's all I know for certain. enojy fucked around with this message at 14:56 on Oct 21, 2017 |
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TraderStav posted:You step out of 2007 and join 2017 where T-Mobile is actually good? Yea, I'm thinking I wanna go to T-Mobile at some point. I'm on WiFi 95% of the time, and otherwise, I just get ho-hum service quality from Verizon for like $90 a month. Their website just sucks a dick when it comes to conveying information, such as how much their poo poo costs.
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Does Dark Sky have a "small" complication? If so, what does it display? I kinda wanna buy it, but am having trouble finding an answer to this. All I've seen is the "wide" complication.
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Thanks! Gonna pick it up. io_burn posted:Do you guys know if there's any difference between Dark Sky and Carrot when it comes to Apple Watch functionality? Seems like the only thing seems to be Carrot has the option to display a "feels like" temperature instead of the actual temperature? I watched a pretty good comparison video of the two last night. Basically, Dark Sky is "no frills weather with a superior world map," and Carrot is "Dark Sky's info with a much more customizable UI and snarkiness." There's IAP and a subscription model in Carrot which turned me off, but do check that video out for more details.
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If the auxiliary port in my car hadn't poo poo the bed just before watchOS 4 came out, I'd probably be a little pissed about what happened to the Music complication. Alas, I haven't had to use it since. Actually, I just gave in to using a watch face with a wide complication so I can just use Now Playing for the sporadic instances of using headphones. All I really care to do with music playback is basic interaction (play/pause, prev/next, volume.)
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Ah yes! That's good information to have on the Dawn of The Final Day -24 Hours Remain-
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MarcusSA posted:So uh I bought my wife the S2 for her birthday but I'm trying to find a good women's band to replace the stock black one with. Has anyone bought a good looking feminine band? All of the lesser-priced ($50) bands come in feminine colors, and all of the leather bands are pretty suitably unisex in size. They all have stainless steel lugs, though. If she has a darker watch, Coach also makes leather bands with darker lugs, and I'm willing to bet their leather is of higher quality for the same price ($150ish.) Then there's the Hermès bands, but gently caress all that. enojy fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Nov 8, 2017 |
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Oh yea! I forgot about Etsy, as I decided against a leather band purchase, but I do recall a number of people selling Horween quality and up in the $70-80 range. It's just a matter of finding something aesthetically pleasing to you (or your wife.) Some makers opt to use big thick waxed stitching like you'd find on an actual horse saddle and it just looks tacky to me.
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Black Friday poo poo: Best Buy will have Apple Watch Series 1 starting at $199, Target Apple Watch Series 1 starting at $179 Target will have Apple Watch Series 3 starting at $329. No Airpods sales anywhere yet... :-(
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