everthustodeadbeats
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Lol, someone is pulling our leg on that swimming pic. That's from a review site who tried to kill their watch, unsuccessfully.
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Apple Watch |OT| Apple invents the watch!
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The Elite
BOSS
Has anyone blended an Edition yet?
jts
...hate me...
Apple just doesn't want to commit to it being waterproof. Which is kinda ok. People get a sort of waterproof watch at their own responsibility.
Keep in mind though. One thing is when the Watch is new and fresh and well sealed from factory. After wear and tear, torsion, repairs, and whatnot, it's a whole different story. I mean if you're planning to use it for your morning swimming session. Also have in mind long term damage for moistness and exposure to non-clean water (such as chlorine or salt water).
But yeah I'm fully expecting Apple to commit in future versions, if the market grows competitive. That would be awesome. Swimming apps and whatnot.
Keep in mind though. One thing is when the Watch is new and fresh and well sealed from factory. After wear and tear, torsion, repairs, and whatnot, it's a whole different story. I mean if you're planning to use it for your morning swimming session. Also have in mind long term damage for moistness and exposure to non-clean water (such as chlorine or salt water).
But yeah I'm fully expecting Apple to commit in future versions, if the market grows competitive. That would be awesome. Swimming apps and whatnot.
not waterproof. water resistant.
IPX7. resistant up to 1m of water for 30 minutes.
"but dude went swimming with it"
yes, as they said in the video, it is clearly more water resistant than the rating indicates.. Which is what a rating IS!!!! It is saying 1m of water for 30 minutes on occasion should not prove harmful to the watch. anything beyond that and you are playing with fire (or not...)
tl;dr don't worry about accidentally getting it wet. Though I personally would not go swimming with it (or take a shower with it). Just good to know if I accidentally forget it should be fine.
IPX7. resistant up to 1m of water for 30 minutes.
"but dude went swimming with it"
yes, as they said in the video, it is clearly more water resistant than the rating indicates.. Which is what a rating IS!!!! It is saying 1m of water for 30 minutes on occasion should not prove harmful to the watch. anything beyond that and you are playing with fire (or not...)
tl;dr don't worry about accidentally getting it wet. Though I personally would not go swimming with it (or take a shower with it). Just good to know if I accidentally forget it should be fine.
Yeah I very highly recommend people go try them on in an Apple Store. I thought I had small wrists and might favor the 38 but after trying both on there is no way I'd go with it over the 42. The 42 looks perfect when the 38 looked like I was trying to wear a woman's watch.
jts
...hate me...
I'm sure Apple has the resources to out-engineer those concerns. The speaker is already a water resistant one and watches in general have been waterproof for a long time even with rotating crowns on them.
That's a good point Apple has a lot of money to pour into that stuff. I think it's probably just a liability thing. It's probably more resistant than stated but they lower the ratings for documents to hedge their bets. Also there is probably only a small amount of the buyers than care about water resistance beyond being safe to wash your hands while wearing it.
LyleLanley
Banned
No one who has an Edition would be able to find their blender without the help of at least 1 butler so it may be a while before we see it blended.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Massive phew! After a long and agonising day all our Apple Watch deliveries came just before five - SS 42mm white sport, SS 38mm white sport and a bunch of Sports 42mms with different bands.
Interestingly my and my friend,s Apple Watches which shipped yesterday morning came with UK Mail. We ordered around 08:05AM. My wife got hers via UPS, it shipped yesterday afternoon and was ordered 08:10AM.
So it seems that they literally shipped them in order, and the ones left for late pickup yesterday were sent using UPS.
So very happy!
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Interestingly my and my friend,s Apple Watches which shipped yesterday morning came with UK Mail. We ordered around 08:05AM. My wife got hers via UPS, it shipped yesterday afternoon and was ordered 08:10AM.
So it seems that they literally shipped them in order, and the ones left for late pickup yesterday were sent using UPS.
So very happy!
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BFIB
Member
LOL, new technology thirst is real.
I just went back to Android, and I even lurk this thread for impressions.
Heh, I'm still talking myself out of getting an LG Watch R until after Google I/O. I do love the look of that thing, but if they can get a gen 2 out with better battery, I'm down.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Guys we have computers on our wrists now, this is the future
Mindblowing to see Xe.com, British Airways, BBC and Peak on such a tiny object
Mindblowing to see Xe.com, British Airways, BBC and Peak on such a tiny object
BFIB
Member
That's the boat I'm in too. I like the idea of smartwatches, but I want to give it another gen or two and see what the future holds.
Apple Watch does look to bring that forward, but even still, I'd be hesitant to jump in this year. Despite how great the watch looks.
I was kind of on the fence until I went to the store and played with one. It's very much a second, more convenient screen for the iPhone and that's what basically sold me on it immediately.
Alright, obviously my impressions for like 45 minutes but I like it. I don't really notice any lag besides when you aren't using native apps (which is just them loading anyway. Is it assumed that native apps will be coming in the fall with iOS9? Once those are on there I think the thing will be pretty damn solid.
Wearing it wrong. Should have been on her non-dominant hand.
Your such a source of optimism for this that I can't help but be drawn in!
The Elite
BOSS
I think the Apple Watch is selling really well but I have never believed they were backed up till June.
Who holds a knife like that?
Got the Shakes
Member
All my tracking nightmares aside, I just got the notification that my Watch has been dropped off at the UPS Store and is waiting for me to pick it up. A few more hours and I should be setting it up.
At least I don't see people here bragging about scalping watches like you see people bragging about scalping consoles, or limited edition stuff on the gaming side (and other gaming forums.)
Heh. My response exactly. Or maybe she was holding the knife in her non dominant and wearing the watch correctly.
My wife wears her watches on her dominant hand because her dad was a lefty and thus always wore his watch on the right. She just copied him as a kid and it stuck. Cute story, but still bothers me to this day :/
I have stopped mentioning that it's wrong.
doctordoak
Member
Love this thing!! 42mm sport white. Replying to texts is great, and did a workout with it as well. Looking forward to trying out Apple Pay and other features.
Keylime
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The whole "standing" metric on the activity app had me really concerned that I've not been standing enough in my life...and then I remembered that it'd ping you once an hour, and it wants you to do this 12 times throughout the days...not stand for 12 hours.
Watch is amazing. Some 3rd party apps aren't that bad. Dark Sky in glances is breezy. Cloud Magic loads nice and quick.
Waiting to open the wife's for when she gets home.
Definitely getting a stainless sliver next time around...hopefully my leather loop gets here sooner than later.
Watch is amazing. Some 3rd party apps aren't that bad. Dark Sky in glances is breezy. Cloud Magic loads nice and quick.
Waiting to open the wife's for when she gets home.
Definitely getting a stainless sliver next time around...hopefully my leather loop gets here sooner than later.
doctordoak
Member
I actually chose not to install any yet, besides Twitter. Right now I can only foresee using Delta's app, and even that won't be too often. Twitter worked pretty well though.
Just got my 42mm Space Grey Sport. It's finishing setting up. This is my first time holding one. First impressions:
Woah! It just finished installing apps and it pinged my wrist. Felt weird and the tapping was strong. Trying it out now...
- As small as I expected it be which is to say very small
- It's built like a rock. Very solid.
- It weighs a lot more than I was expecting.
- The band feels extremely premium
- I'm wearing the large band and I was able to get it to fit in the third from last hole on my big ass wrist.
- The strap is cumbersome to put on. Maybe I'll get better at it but I kinda wish I had a leather loop or other easier band.
Woah! It just finished installing apps and it pinged my wrist. Felt weird and the tapping was strong. Trying it out now...
iFixIt Apple Watch teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrDjP7iK7H8
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At least with the apps I've used, it seems overstated how bad it is. Or maybe I just set my bar so low for how bad it could be, or I'm just not using any heavy apps.
Either way, nothing seems egregious so far.
...but I'm like an hour or two deep.
Apps aren't feeling very laggy to me. The average delay is about two to three seconds when launching. Never more than that. They feel about the same as using a web app would, which is probably what they are anyway. They don't seem slow but then again I think I expected them to work this way from having seen videos, etc.
I just tried the Amazon app and was really surprised at how simple and elegant it works.
So far, I've only noticed a bit of sluggishness with the maps app. Other than that, it feels a lot better than what I expected after reading those first few reviews.
Just set up my space grey sport
- weight of the aluminum feels perfect
- rubber strap is fucking awesome
- still super confused about navigation
- battery is going to die hellllllla fast
- wish there was a Canadian metric setting (with lbs and inches)
- thought the crown would be clicky
- size is perfect
- charging cable is crazy long
- being able to text weird emojis to iPhones is awesome
- weight of the aluminum feels perfect
- rubber strap is fucking awesome
- still super confused about navigation
- battery is going to die hellllllla fast
- wish there was a Canadian metric setting (with lbs and inches)
- thought the crown would be clicky
- size is perfect
- charging cable is crazy long
- being able to text weird emojis to iPhones is awesome
CharminUltra
Member
This little gadget is really testing my resolve; even more so than the iPhone 6.