doctordoak
Member
I might go for a run with my phone today to better calibrate my pace/stride/speed. So I only need to run the workout app on the watch, and the phone can just sleep normally?
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Apple Watch |OT| Apple invents the watch!
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Yes.
Battery life is way better than any of the reviews would have led me to believe. I texted a LOT yesterday, looked at Twitter, checked notifications and just the time countless times, got ESPN updates, etc all day, took off charger around 9am and went to bed at 10:30 with 51% battery. Did reviewers have unoptimized software or something?
because drop test videos and such are generally pointless. It comes down to what you may have on your device protecting it in part, but mostly overall it's just dumb luck and randomness.
Chittagong
Gold Member
I believe that the sport matches a silver iPhone and the space grey matches a space grey iPhone, but I have not held them all side by side.
Based on the PR shots, the lighter one looks close to space grey iPhone, and the darker one is... well darker.
Ladies and gentlemen, my boss.
(Dropped it while opening the box)
I have found two more images like that on reddit:
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Apparently, while pulling his hand out of his pocket, the band rubbed against his belt and opened, causing the watch to fall on the floor.
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This guy is not certain how it happened, in thinks he must have bumped the watch against a door frame.
These are probably just isolated cases of unlucky individuals, but try to take care of your apple watch sports.
Compressed glass only needs a small fracture to release its tension. The weak spot seems to be the screen's rounded corner.
I would imagine that you would be able to get more than 500 for it since it is not sold on its own.
Frank Serpico
Banned
What about keeping track of miles walked, step, calories burned... Is that all part of the fitness app that needs to be running? I thought this was always keeping track of this stuff basic stuff
LyleLanley
Banned
Honestly I think it's there just because it's cool. The way the UI actually looks like your pushing it into your watch is really neat and I don't think the UI would be any less confusing if it required long presses instead of force presses as that wouldn't solve the actual problem of not knowing what's going to happen once you press down.
Keep in mind that members off the press probably have a lot more Twitter/email/text/Instagram/Facebook action happening at all times. They were also probably poking at it way more and using apps heavily as they were putting it through its paces.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Today's battery life is far better now that the initial novelty is over. At 93% after 4 hours, with lots of texts going.
Frank Serpico
Banned
Right, they're getting hundreds of updates a day on everything you mentioned, not something the average gets
LyleLanley
Banned
Just installed a game called Battle Camp on my watch. I'm pretty sure I have a tamagotchi now.
Theonik
Member
More of a Tamawatchi
LyleLanley
Banned
God damn it!
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Thats pretty impressive.
JustProgress
Member
God damn it!
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This is great, but i guess you need to do a few runs with the phone to "calibrate" it to your steps / meter ratio and then it'll track well as long as you keep a somewhat stable pace.
Still, very impressed.
I had a ton of BT drops yesterday so I'm currently at the Genius Bar (they LOL'd that this is their first watch appointment)
Anyway, turns out there is no service for Watch in store yet. All Watches are being shipped out on a 5-7 day return. No in store swaps yet either.
Since there's no service they can do on the watch they swapped my phone first to see if the BT would work. Currently restoring watch. Hopefully works.
Anyway, turns out there is no service for Watch in store yet. All Watches are being shipped out on a 5-7 day return. No in store swaps yet either.
Since there's no service they can do on the watch they swapped my phone first to see if the BT would work. Currently restoring watch. Hopefully works.
God damn it!
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Other than heartrate, wasn't the motion coprocessor in the iPhone supposed to do step tracking etc?
The_Inquisitor
Member
God damn it!
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Damn if this isn't fake this may be a dagger for one of the reasons I didn't buy an apple watch. I hate running with my phone so I bought the Fitbit surge instead.
God damn it!
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Very impressive.
I absolutely NEED Audible on the watch and having it sync smoothly between the watch and phone.
LyleLanley
Banned
According to reddit other people are having mixed results, so it'll be interesting to see what it looks like once people have enough time for the watch to calibrate itself.
Littlebigbenny
Neo Member
How do you even do that? Just take the phone with on your runs or do you need a setting / app to calibrate it?
My battery life report from Day 1:
42mm Space Grey Sport
10:30 AM - left house at 100%
2AM - went to bed at 18%
For about 6 hours I used the GPS navigation very heavily when running deliveries for work, so I'm pretty impressed that it lasted all day even with the constant data flow that's required for turn-by-turn navigation. I also really liked how the haptic feedback works when driving, though I feel like it ought to warn you just a little earlier when a turn coming up. It definitely feels safer than glancing down at a GPS or phone screen though.
42mm Space Grey Sport
10:30 AM - left house at 100%
2AM - went to bed at 18%
For about 6 hours I used the GPS navigation very heavily when running deliveries for work, so I'm pretty impressed that it lasted all day even with the constant data flow that's required for turn-by-turn navigation. I also really liked how the haptic feedback works when driving, though I feel like it ought to warn you just a little earlier when a turn coming up. It definitely feels safer than glancing down at a GPS or phone screen though.
jimbobsmells
Member
Just take your phone out with you the first couple of times apparently.
Yup. On day one mine had about a 2% error on my treadmill. By day 3 of walking with it, it had no measurable error at all on my treadmill.
That's great! Apple Watch is more on my radar now.God damn it!
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Just have to wait for the "woah you have an apple watch??" era to end before getting one
LyleLanley
Banned
That's great! Apple Watch is more on my radar now.
Just have to wait for the "woah you have an apple watch??" era to end before getting one
That's the best time to own one though.
Theonik
Member
Probably does it as it collects data from you using it. So ideally you always take your phone.
Also, variance from estimated values is going to vary a lot depending on the type of exercise and run I imagine.
God damn it!
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Whoa. For a non GPS enabled watch, that's pretty impressive! Was that definitely minus the iPhone within the immediate vicinity?
eyeball_kid
Member
That's not surprising. I have a feeling the Watch directions and taptic feedback are optimized for walking and biking, where you don't need to be notified of a turn as early. I imagine Apple expects people to use an iPhone or CarPlay while driving.
Speaking of driving, my car stereo has an aux-in (but not BT), so I use my iPhone as a navigation device with Siri coming out the car speakers. However, I have no way of changing music unless I look at my phone and manually switch to the Music app. I've gotten good at tapping in the right areas without taking my eyes off the road, but still it's not optimal. With the Watch's Remote app, I can now change or pause the music on my phone just by tapping my wrist. Doesn't interrupt the Maps navigation at all. Granted, it's a bit awkward to do this while driving, and may go back to blind-tapping my phone, but it's nice to have the option.
That's great! Apple Watch is more on my radar now.
Just have to wait for the "woah you have an apple watch??" era to end before getting one
Got this a bunch last year when I had an ASUS Zenwatch. Truthfully, I found it more funny than annoying.
Force press is actually a better ui design compared to long press. Anything that makes your user wait is actually interrupting your design flow.
Theonik
Member
I had it with a Sony Smartwatch 2 even.
Got the Shakes
Member
My biggest annoyance so far are with glances. Some of my 3rd party ones just don't refresh. ESPN and Weather Underground seem to be the biggest offenders so far and with both of those it's pretty important to have up to date info. I wish there was a way to force a refresh.
Cheers. I can handle carrying an iPhone 6 Plus with me plus the watch for the first few instances!
Frank Serpico
Banned
That's good to know