Apple Watch Review Thread

[detroitwalt]

Can you tell me about the fitness stuff? Is it better than the Fitbit? Like does it have gps, HR monitor, count your steps, calories, basically should I get this to replace my Fitbit?

It doens't have gps. I think it does everything else you asked tho.

Consumer Reports rated it as the best smart watch.

We’ve been spot-testing smartwatches for a while now, but the with the arrival of the Apple Watch, the category has catapulted into mainstream status. (Even analysts who are down on the Watch’s prospects have Apple selling 30 million of these devices next year.) But Apple isn’t the only game in town. Manufacturers such as Samsung, Pebble, and Martian have been selling high-tech wristwear for years, and some of the watches from these companies are in their second and third generations.
For the last several weeks, we’ve run 11 smartwatches through our labs to test for durability, health functionality, readability in bright and low light, ease of use, and ease of interaction.
As part of our durability testing, we run all smartwatches through a scratch-resistance test with a series of picks calibrated to the Mohs scale, which uses 10 minerals of increasing hardness as reference points. As we’ve reported previously, the stainless-steel Apple Watch, with its sapphire crystal face, was a standout in this test. It survived a number 9 Mohs pick (just below diamond hardness) and earned an excellent score. The Apple Watch Sport with an Ion-X glass face, along with other watches sporting Gorilla Glass, scored slightly lower in this test.


In the end, our top-rated smartwatch is the stainless-steel Apple Watch. Its performance on the scratch-resistance test and excellent scores for ease of pairing and ease of interaction make it our top choice. Not an iPhone user? Not to worry, several Android-compatible models and one multi-OS-compatible smartwatch got very good overall scores as well. Check our smartwatch page for more information.

 

[thaKEAF]

Can you tell me about the fitness stuff? Is it better than the Fitbit? Like does it have gps, HR monitor, count your steps, calories, basically should I get this to replace my Fitbit?

have no idea what fitbit is but it has a heart rate monitor, counts your steps, calories, your exercise time. it has a maps app i think if thats what you mean by gps.

 

[Da King]

Apple watch with Milanese loop looks

 

[beenz]

Could you go online with it

if ur referring to my tv, and it has chrome built into it.

anyways, I actually saw the apple watch in person yesterday. it's cool, but learning it is gonna take a little while. The screen is small, so using the touch screen is gonna take some getting used to. the crown knob is cool how it works tho. I still think it would be better if it could operate independently from the phone.

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

WTF........I ordered mine 10-12 minutes after they went on sale and I'm still not slated to receive mine until next week at the earliest.

They lied to me, got a correction email that only the 38mm will be here today. Its current status is out for delivery.

 

[CJ14]

I'm contemplating getting the new LG Urbane, it definitely looks good... Don't know if it's worth the price though..

 

[Jone2three45]

I can get the sport version, but is it really worth it?

 

[FocusedDaily]

I want one, and am still thinking about it.

I'm already in on the kickstarter for the Pebble Time Steel. The fact that it's not coming til July has be feinding for the Apple joint in the meantime.

Had $800 in cash burning a hole in my pocket last weekend, went to the apple store for the 42mm with the loop and couldn't get one, so I blew it on some coins I wanted.

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

Got my wife's 38mm stainless steal with sports band in. It's beautiful brehs

 

[Tom Foolery]

I can get the sport version, but is it really worth it?

I was told the Sport model cant use all the band, only the sport bands.

 

[winb83]

upping because I haven't seen ANYONE in here that said they have bought or are contemplating copping the apple watch. I haven't seen it in real life personally, nor have I seen anyone wearing it yet. does anyone here have it or going to buy it?

It's a silly device. It's also redundant if you have an iPhone. It runs the same apps on a smaller screen with fewer features and a worse interface.

I own a Garmin Vivoactive and I have to charge it once every 7 days. This Apple Watch has to be charged mid-day in many cases.

 

[beenz]

It's a silly device. It's also redundant if you have an iPhone. It runs the same apps on a smaller screen with fewer features and a worse interface.

I own a Garmin Vivoactive and I have to charge it once every 7 days. This Apple Watch has to be charged mid-day in many cases.

the only thing I like is the exercise features, but I have a nike fuel band which more than gets the job done for me, and like your garmin, I only charge it once every week or so for an hour.

 

[Two Stacks]

i have to charge my apple watch every 2 days.

 

[detroitwalt]

It's a silly device. It's also redundant if you have an iPhone. It runs the same apps on a smaller screen with fewer features and a worse interface.

I own a Garmin Vivoactive and I have to charge it once every 7 days. This Apple Watch has to be charged mid-day in many cases.

Where did you read this? All the reviews I've seen have never said that.


I'm still wating for mine to ship. Earliest is Wednesday if I'm lucky.

 

[satam55]

upping because I haven't seen ANYONE in here that said they have bought or are contemplating copping the apple watch. I haven't seen it in real life personally, nor have I seen anyone wearing it yet. does anyone here have it or going to buy it?

It's a silly device. It's also redundant if you have an iPhone. It runs the same apps on a smaller screen with fewer features and a worse interface.

This. I refuse to believe Smartwatches are gonna blow up.

They're too redundant with smartphones.