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It’s so interesting how many single uses of the watch make it hard to go back to life beforehand. In other words, even if I did nothing else with the watch, I’

It’s so interesting how many single uses of the watch make it hard to go back to life beforehand. In other words, even if I did nothing else with the watch, I’d still miss it if it was gone. For instance, Apple Pay on a watch seems magical (and even better with COVID): you double-click, move your wrist closer and you’ve paid, after a pleasing confirmation “bzzz” on your wrist. As amazing as paying with your phone was, that just seems clunky once you use the watch. Now Apple just needs to make watch faces easily customizable. The rush to customize phone screens in iOS 14 should show them, people want to personalize their stuff!! Having the same OK-ish face gallery for years is easily the main downside of the Apple Watch.

woutr_be 6y ago
I actually felt much better once I took of my watch, it's been lying in a drawer for almost two years now, and I don't miss it at all. The constant notifications made life really stressful (I know you can turn them off), I even had a few people ask me if I had to go somewhere, because every time I had a notification, I had the urge to just look what it was. The health tracking was really great, although I didn't had the cellular version, so I always had my phone with me anyway, which made the watch kind of useless. I'm sure it might be different if you have the cellular version and you can go for a run just with your watch. Apple Pay always felt kind of awkward, mostly because of the placement of the terminals, so I always had to turn my wrist very awkwardly. Plus I always had my phone with me anyway, which does the same thing. That's my experience with the Series 3, it's possible I might have a different experience now, but I really have no desire to buy a new one.
- massysett 6y ago
  The watch is kind of meh for me, and I have the cellular version. Sometimes the notifications are handy. But if I want to respond to a text, the watch is useless unless I just want one of the canned responses like “Ok”. It is handy for working out. As an actual watch, I have one of the older ones without an always-on screen. So when I worked in an office, I actually went back to an old-fashioned watch because it’s hard to discreetly turn on the Apple Watch screen. So I would just wear the Apple Watch when working out. Now that I work from home I wear the Apple Watch all day but I don’t get a ton of utility out of it. I do check the outside temperature occasionally but for that I could just open my front door. Overall, if I knew this thing would be only as marginally useful as it is I’m not sure I’d buy one. The always-on face would make it more useful but I’m not eager to go spend even more money on this category.

woutr_be 6y ago

I actually felt much better once I took of my watch, it's been lying in a drawer for almost two years now, and I don't miss it at all. The constant notifications made life really stressful (I know you can turn them off), I even had a few people ask me if I had to go somewhere, because every time I had a notification, I had the urge to just look what it was. The health tracking was really great, although I didn't had the cellular version, so I always had my phone with me anyway, which made the watch kind of useless. I'm sure it might be different if you have the cellular version and you can go for a run just with your watch. Apple Pay always felt kind of awkward, mostly because of the placement of the terminals, so I always had to turn my wrist very awkwardly. Plus I always had my phone with me anyway, which does the same thing. That's my experience with the Series 3, it's possible I might have a different experience now, but I really have no desire to buy a new one.

massysett 6y ago
The watch is kind of meh for me, and I have the cellular version. Sometimes the notifications are handy. But if I want to respond to a text, the watch is useless unless I just want one of the canned responses like “Ok”. It is handy for working out. As an actual watch, I have one of the older ones without an always-on screen. So when I worked in an office, I actually went back to an old-fashioned watch because it’s hard to discreetly turn on the Apple Watch screen. So I would just wear the Apple Watch when working out. Now that I work from home I wear the Apple Watch all day but I don’t get a ton of utility out of it. I do check the outside temperature occasionally but for that I could just open my front door. Overall, if I knew this thing would be only as marginally useful as it is I’m not sure I’d buy one. The always-on face would make it more useful but I’m not eager to go spend even more money on this category.