Disappointed in Apple Watch

[Anonymous]

I’m waiting until they get the blood sugar tracking worked out. I’ve been wanting one forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, Apple watches are such a weirdly overblown product. They are unattractive and don't function well as a phone replacement or a fitness watch. I guess they do successfully tell time and let people know that you have $500 sitting around to spend on something dumb.

Psst. Everyone’s not you and that’s OK.

I use mine constantly throughout the day. I don’t like being always tethered to my phone. I use it for meeting reminders, water tracking, timers, Strava for running, tracking my heart rate for a fitness app, to control audiobooks I’m listening to, sleep tracking, and lots of other stuff. Plus Apple Pay is the bomb. Running to grab a few groceries, don’t have to grope around my purse for a wallet or even my phone. I just lift my wrist and pay. Could not be easier.

I mean, cool if it doesn’t work for you, but it’s hardly useless.

Agree. The poster you quoted is just being a sour puss. I’m the Garmin poster above. Thanks for the reminder about loading a payment source onto the watch-I need to do that again!

In the end, these products are like all products. They can’t be all all things to all people. So I think it’s been this for a long time:
- Fitbit models generally - good for basic fitness and some smart watch features
- Apple Watch - smart watch with some good fitness tracking
- Garmin/Coros/etc… - fitness/running trackers with some smart watch features

[Anonymous]

I have used mine for years. I like it. But I find it frustrating to know calories burned. If I set a work out, I get the calories. If I don’t set a workout I get 200 less daily calories for the same activity. And my heart rate needs to get above 120 for it to even think I’m working out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, Apple watches are such a weirdly overblown product. They are unattractive and don't function well as a phone replacement or a fitness watch. I guess they do successfully tell time and let people know that you have $500 sitting around to spend on something dumb.

Psst. Everyone’s not you and that’s OK.

I use mine constantly throughout the day. I don’t like being always tethered to my phone. I use it for meeting reminders, water tracking, timers, Strava for running, tracking my heart rate for a fitness app, to control audiobooks I’m listening to, sleep tracking, and lots of other stuff. Plus Apple Pay is the bomb. Running to grab a few groceries, don’t have to grope around my purse for a wallet or even my phone. I just lift my wrist and pay. Could not be easier.

I mean, cool if it doesn’t work for you, but it’s hardly useless.

What is water tracking? I just drink when I’m thirsty. You need your watch to tell you it’s time to drink? I can’t imagine being so tethered to my watch for basic needs. You must be really busy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, Apple watches are such a weirdly overblown product. They are unattractive and don't function well as a phone replacement or a fitness watch. I guess they do successfully tell time and let people know that you have $500 sitting around to spend on something dumb.

Psst. Everyone’s not you and that’s OK.

I use mine constantly throughout the day. I don’t like being always tethered to my phone. I use it for meeting reminders, water tracking, timers, Strava for running, tracking my heart rate for a fitness app, to control audiobooks I’m listening to, sleep tracking, and lots of other stuff. Plus Apple Pay is the bomb. Running to grab a few groceries, don’t have to grope around my purse for a wallet or even my phone. I just lift my wrist and pay. Could not be easier.

I mean, cool if it doesn’t work for you, but it’s hardly useless.

Np. I agree with the PP. I wanted to like the Apple Watch so I could go out without my phone. That was the only pro. You need to charge it 1-2 hours a day. That is easy when I’m at a desk job, but on the weekends it’s tough. My garmin and Fitbit need charged once every 10 days. How has apple not managed to come close to that? Ten days of charge versus 18 hours? My garmin can do almost anything the Apple Watch can, including Apple Pay. Fitbit has Apple Pay too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, Apple watches are such a weirdly overblown product. They are unattractive and don't function well as a phone replacement or a fitness watch. I guess they do successfully tell time and let people know that you have $500 sitting around to spend on something dumb.

Psst. Everyone’s not you and that’s OK.

I use mine constantly throughout the day. I don’t like being always tethered to my phone. I use it for meeting reminders, water tracking, timers, Strava for running, tracking my heart rate for a fitness app, to control audiobooks I’m listening to, sleep tracking, and lots of other stuff. Plus Apple Pay is the bomb. Running to grab a few groceries, don’t have to grope around my purse for a wallet or even my phone. I just lift my wrist and pay. Could not be easier.

I mean, cool if it doesn’t work for you, but it’s hardly useless.

Np. I agree with the PP. I wanted to like the Apple Watch so I could go out without my phone. That was the only pro. You need to charge it 1-2 hours a day. That is easy when I’m at a desk job, but on the weekends it’s tough. My garmin and Fitbit need charged once every 10 days. How has apple not managed to come close to that? Ten days of charge versus 18 hours? My garmin can do almost anything the Apple Watch can, including Apple Pay. Fitbit has Apple Pay too.

I mean you are agreeing with both PPs. The Fermin works better for you, the Apple Watch for the other PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, Apple watches are such a weirdly overblown product. They are unattractive and don't function well as a phone replacement or a fitness watch. I guess they do successfully tell time and let people know that you have $500 sitting around to spend on something dumb.

Psst. Everyone’s not you and that’s OK.

I use mine constantly throughout the day. I don’t like being always tethered to my phone. I use it for meeting reminders, water tracking, timers, Strava for running, tracking my heart rate for a fitness app, to control audiobooks I’m listening to, sleep tracking, and lots of other stuff. Plus Apple Pay is the bomb. Running to grab a few groceries, don’t have to grope around my purse for a wallet or even my phone. I just lift my wrist and pay. Could not be easier.

I mean, cool if it doesn’t work for you, but it’s hardly useless.

What is water tracking? I just drink when I’m thirsty. You need your watch to tell you it’s time to drink? I can’t imagine being so tethered to my watch for basic needs. You must be really busy.

People are not all the same. Some need reminders for different things. Some don’t love water and it just isn’t top of mind. Those last two sentences, man, are you like that in real life?

[Anonymous]

I can’t stand the battery life on mine. I want to wear it to track sleep. So inevitably it died in the middle of my day. I sort of fixed this by buying an extra charger for my desk at work. But it’s crazy the battery only lasts a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stand the battery life on mine. I want to wear it to track sleep. So inevitably it died in the middle of my day. I sort of fixed this by buying an extra charger for my desk at work. But it’s crazy the battery only lasts a day.

I charge mine from 8-10pm. But I have an older one and now it’s getting to about 5-15% at 8pm. Used to be at 40%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stand the battery life on mine. I want to wear it to track sleep. So inevitably it died in the middle of my day. I sort of fixed this by buying an extra charger for my desk at work. But it’s crazy the battery only lasts a day.

I charge mine from 8-10pm. But I have an older one and now it’s getting to about 5-15% at 8pm. Used to be at 40%.

If you’re using it to track steps and calories, it’s silly you have to take it off for two hours a day. That’s a big chunk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, Apple watches are such a weirdly overblown product. They are unattractive and don't function well as a phone replacement or a fitness watch. I guess they do successfully tell time and let people know that you have $500 sitting around to spend on something dumb.

Psst. Everyone’s not you and that’s OK.

I use mine constantly throughout the day. I don’t like being always tethered to my phone. I use it for meeting reminders, water tracking, timers, Strava for running, tracking my heart rate for a fitness app, to control audiobooks I’m listening to, sleep tracking, and lots of other stuff. Plus Apple Pay is the bomb. Running to grab a few groceries, don’t have to grope around my purse for a wallet or even my phone. I just lift my wrist and pay. Could not be easier.

I mean, cool if it doesn’t work for you, but it’s hardly useless.

Np. I agree with the PP. I wanted to like the Apple Watch so I could go out without my phone. That was the only pro. You need to charge it 1-2 hours a day. That is easy when I’m at a desk job, but on the weekends it’s tough. My garmin and Fitbit need charged once every 10 days. How has apple not managed to come close to that? Ten days of charge versus 18 hours? My garmin can do almost anything the Apple Watch can, including Apple Pay. Fitbit has Apple Pay too.

I mean you are agreeing with both PPs. The Fermin works better for you, the Apple Watch for the other PP

True, but I think it doesn’t make sense to be excited about Apple Pay on the Watch when Apple Pay is on most of the known brands.

[Anonymous]

I played pickleball for 45 minutes today in the terrible heat and got zero exercise minutes and about 50 calories 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m waiting until they get the blood sugar tracking worked out. I’ve been wanting one forever.

Looking to this for pre-diabetic nephew. Anyone know when reliable one will be out?