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Apple Watch |OT| Apple invents the watch!
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SlaughterX
Banned
It's so ugly! I'll stick with my Citizen AT for tech watches. If I ever spend 10+ racks on a watch it would be a Rolly or the Le Vian spinner watch.
TheGuardian
Member
Well guys, I hope you're happy. Ready this thread and your impressions pushed me over the edge and I just ordered a 42mm sport space grey 
She likely has zero control over launch supply, let alone any manufacturing issues
Cool story breh.
Fractology
Member
Is "Thanks Angela " the new "Thanks Obama"?
LyleLanley
Banned
lol. You do realize that there are cheaper options than the $10,000 gold version right?
The problem is, a lot of folks still haven't gotten theirs. You may have, though.
eyeball_kid
Member
A couple things I noticed today:
In bright sunlight, the Watch is pretty much unreadable (I have brightness set to max). I think this is probably more due to the higher reflectiveness of the Watch glass vs. iPhone screens.
When you start driving directions with Siri voicing directions, Maps on the Watch still activates and does its haptic taps at every turn. This is really distracting (and power-sucking), and there's no way to turn it off unless you turn off Turn Alerts completely on the Watch.
On the plus side, battery life continues to be great. 12 hours so far with many notifications, showing off to people, map directions on an hour drive, and the battery is 66%. This is with the 38mm.
In bright sunlight, the Watch is pretty much unreadable (I have brightness set to max). I think this is probably more due to the higher reflectiveness of the Watch glass vs. iPhone screens.
When you start driving directions with Siri voicing directions, Maps on the Watch still activates and does its haptic taps at every turn. This is really distracting (and power-sucking), and there's no way to turn it off unless you turn off Turn Alerts completely on the Watch.
On the plus side, battery life continues to be great. 12 hours so far with many notifications, showing off to people, map directions on an hour drive, and the battery is 66%. This is with the 38mm.
This is probably not the thread for you. Recommend the buy/trade community thread
Frank Serpico
Banned
That's supposed to be the biggest battery killer, what was your battery after 2 hours with fitness app?
LyleLanley
Banned
I just made two phone calls using only the watch. I have become what I hate the most.
Interesting issue I just had.
So I set my workout app for a thirty minute indoor walk (more of a jog really but whatever). I start it, everything is fine. Once I finish, I check my fitness thing and it says I only exercised for 20 minutes today, even though I performed a thirty minute workout. My heart rate was ~150 the whole time and I didn't stop the entire time.
Now the 2/3 full green circle mocks me.
So I set my workout app for a thirty minute indoor walk (more of a jog really but whatever). I start it, everything is fine. Once I finish, I check my fitness thing and it says I only exercised for 20 minutes today, even though I performed a thirty minute workout. My heart rate was ~150 the whole time and I didn't stop the entire time.
Now the 2/3 full green circle mocks me.
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Wow, that ads really are pervasive. I'm an internet man so the half hour of cable that was on in the background at Moms house earlier was pretty interesting. Saw a few different cuts of the Apple ads. Definintely the most prominent advertiser in the slot. I think it was dancing with the stars that was on.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Each session ate 10-15% of the battery if I recall correctly.
In the second session the activity app got buggy amd kept showing 59-72BPM whereas I really was doing 130-150BPM. I needed to keep going between glances HR view and the activities app to resolve it, so that extra shuffling and checking probably ate a fair bit too. It's incredibly unfulfilling to be busting your ass and your watch showing 59BPM!
Yeah it did offer Power Reserve but I declined as it makes the watch pointless in many ways, I think.
Macrumors have a nice tips & tricks feature for Apple Watch here:
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/28/apple-watch-tips-tricks/
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/28/apple-watch-tips-tricks/
If exercise kills the battery because of continuous heart rate monitoring, maybe in the future there could be an option to not do that. Unless you're specifically doing cardio ranges, wouldn't it be enough to just estimate calories based on elapsed time and exercise type - at least once it has calibrated for you?
Dreamwriter
Member
Not really, unless the person is also playing music directly from the watch (meaning they don't have their phone). That combination is what Apple says is pretty bad, if only doing music and nothing else you get 6.5 hours per charge, but you get 7 hours per charge when exercising (and nothing else). The true worst according to Apple is phone calls done through the watch, you only get 3 hours of that per charge. (All these times are for 38 mm watch)
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
I'd just like to add I love the transitions between the home screen and the watch faces. Zoom in slowly with the digital crown and see, the transition to Solar is impressive.
It's the little things
It's the little things
Frank Serpico
Banned
When you say music, do you mean through the watch or iPhone?
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Enjoying my changes in behavior:
- don't need to pull out the phone all that often, if something is important, I'll know it via the watch
- don't need the phone near me in the house. It can be anywhere. I'll know when there's a call.
'Glances' continues to impress me. It's basically the iphone notification pulldown, broken down into segments. You really need to pare it down to what you care about. I put the important things on the far right, I got rid of a lot of default noise, and anything that I don't care that much for goes to the left. I use ESPN app, Yahoo Weather, and Calendar the most via glances.
I can't tell a left from a right with turn by turn directions. I find myself 'cheating' by looking at the watch when I get the haptic response. The timing of each alert seemed perfect, but I have to look to see which direction I'm turning.
The more and more I use this and tailor things, the less intrusive it is. That's important as we use our phones WAY too much. Much like a yawn, pulling out the phone is contagious and once you do, you can go off into your own world and ignore the people around you. This magical device filters things well. Yes, I want more granularity for alerts, but what it does right now is pretty nice.
- don't need to pull out the phone all that often, if something is important, I'll know it via the watch
- don't need the phone near me in the house. It can be anywhere. I'll know when there's a call.
'Glances' continues to impress me. It's basically the iphone notification pulldown, broken down into segments. You really need to pare it down to what you care about. I put the important things on the far right, I got rid of a lot of default noise, and anything that I don't care that much for goes to the left. I use ESPN app, Yahoo Weather, and Calendar the most via glances.
I can't tell a left from a right with turn by turn directions. I find myself 'cheating' by looking at the watch when I get the haptic response. The timing of each alert seemed perfect, but I have to look to see which direction I'm turning.
The more and more I use this and tailor things, the less intrusive it is. That's important as we use our phones WAY too much. Much like a yawn, pulling out the phone is contagious and once you do, you can go off into your own world and ignore the people around you. This magical device filters things well. Yes, I want more granularity for alerts, but what it does right now is pretty nice.
Wrestlemania
Banned
I know people are clamouring for custom watch faces, but what I'd quite like to be able to have custom complications on the watch faces. Replace the default weather with Dark Sky, add one which shows live public transport times etc. Hopefully that'll come further down the line.
Same here. Can't wait to experiment on this a bit.We lucked out and won the dev lottery, so have a Watch which shipped today. Hopefully with us by the end of the week. Just in time as we have a Watch game redy to go but need hardware to test on before we submit.
After which I may have to field test it
The Xcode simulator is ridiculously bad ...
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Any detailed running impressions/videos yet?
I'd imagine more than a few wore these in the London Marathon...
Also are Activity totals available, as in total miles ran in a month, total steps this year, etc..?
I'd imagine more than a few wore these in the London Marathon...
Also are Activity totals available, as in total miles ran in a month, total steps this year, etc..?
Dreamwriter
Member
Lucky, I have a watch app live in the store and I didn't get the first email. So my game prototype will just stay in limbo...We lucked out and won the dev lottery, so have a Watch which shipped today. Hopefully with us by the end of the week. Just in time as we have a Watch game redy to go but need hardware to test on before we submit.
After which I may have to field test it
Dreamwriter
Member
The watch - playing music from the watch away from your phone really eats batteries.
Chittagong
Gold Member
My Apple Watch works really poorly in strength training. It loses the heart rate during squats, lunges and deadlifts, even if my strap is tight, displaying 60-70BPM for a while. When I am stationary it will find my heart rate again, usually 120-140BPM.
Stormwatch
Member
I can't seem to find an answer to this anywhere, but is there a way to have notifications make sounds on your phone while wearing the watch? It seems like the notifications will either be on the watch OR the phone...not both.
The Elite
BOSS
So the green bar for exercise filled in on my commute to work.
How does the Watch determine if you're exercising?
I spend a great deal of time in the subway but I do jog up a long flight of stairs and have a short brisk walk. Nothing more than five minutes though.
An hour and a half of use and it's still at 100% on the 38mm.
How does the Watch determine if you're exercising?
I spend a great deal of time in the subway but I do jog up a long flight of stairs and have a short brisk walk. Nothing more than five minutes though.
An hour and a half of use and it's still at 100% on the 38mm.
aren't there already tons of iphone apps that track steps/distance/calories etc? The iphone had step counting since iphone 5/5s?
I don't know what specifically the watch is bringing for the tracking other than heartrate and easier visibility.
Yeah, our account manager was pretty much saying we shouldn't proceed towards a release without testing on real hardware.
To be honest, waiting the extra couple of weeks for hardware before submitting has given us the opportunity to polish the game a lot so we'll be coming out of the gate with a higher quality product. Hopefully, no issues arise between what we happily have running in the simulator and the actual device.
jts
...hate me...
I'm both excited and afraid for native 3rd party apps.
Despite the poor performance of app extensions, they at least offload some (most?) of the processing cycles to the iPhone.
I can imagine native apps burning through the battery, with the bittersweet bonus of being more engaging and compelling - meaning you will use your watch even more on average.
Despite the poor performance of app extensions, they at least offload some (most?) of the processing cycles to the iPhone.
I can imagine native apps burning through the battery, with the bittersweet bonus of being more engaging and compelling - meaning you will use your watch even more on average.
whatevermort
Member
OH GOD SO JEALOUS
Can I ask: where are you in the world, and what time did you order? I'm in the UK, that exact model, 8.04am ordering, and it's still bloody processing...
PhantomHound
Banned
Pretty sure its a combination of the accelerometer and heart rate. Or maybe just heart rate? It says a brisk walk is considered enough activity for the exercise to fill.
The Elite
BOSS
What I walk it's always briskly so at least I know what to expect.
PhantomHound
Banned
Fuck that stand up ring. I fill it to about 9 stand ups in the day, and then at night i can't fill it because i'm relaxing playing a video game lol.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Ahh I should've been more specific.
When asking about Activity totals I'm referring to the iPhone Activity app in conjunction with the Watch.
Wondering if the two are good enough to be able to drop all of the other types of apps you mention.
As far as I can tell though neither the watch nor phone app show grand totals for things like steps walked in a fortnight, miles ran in a month and so on. Seems like an odd omission...
Can't you see this information in Apple's "Heath" app?
Ok, I just checked now and it seems to just show an average across the week, month, and year but not grand total, unless I'm missing something. Definitely strange!
jts
...hate me...
With the Apple Watch, I can see the mute switch on the iPhone being even more on the way out, just like it happened with the iPad.
Maybe not for the 6s (if there's such a phone) in order to recycle the design, but for the next models.
Non-Watch users should be able to put in on mute by turning the volume all the way down.
Maybe not for the 6s (if there's such a phone) in order to recycle the design, but for the next models.
Non-Watch users should be able to put in on mute by turning the volume all the way down.
Congarts!! Hopefully mine sees some movement today. XX:05 order for 42mm SG Sport.
With the added delays in shipments, I think the "launch golden rush" has taken a bit of a hit, downloads will be much more spaced so it might be a good thing for you. Hope so
I ordered the sport with blue strap on the 26th, had my shipping updated yesterday to shipped in 2-3 weeks. Probably just depends on the model you order, since my original shipping estimate was June as well.
US (NJ), 8:03 confirmation email.
JustProgress
Member
There is an option to make it not scan continuous and to only ping every so often
I ordered the SS 42 mm Milanese loop model. Not sure how that stacks up to the other models in terms of demand and supply.
I'm in no real hurry, but I love getting new gadgets.