Apple Watch Series 9 review

02 December 2023
I switched to Apple Watch 9 for two months and I regret it.

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  • ktJ
  • 29 Apr 2024

Thanks I almost bought one yesterday but they didn’t have the right band. I wanted to upgrade to cellular. I will pass on that now.

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    • ukguy31
    • C@V
    • 20 Dec 2023

    Apple watch is better than any other watch out there. never had an issues with battery life at all, never died on me and i do a 1 hour work out a day, with 4G option,

    clearly a biased review.

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      • sEB
      • 15 Dec 2023

      Big Thanks for your honest writing. I believe that this is very useful for most peoples.

        Anonymous, 04 Dec 2023TL;DR - an annoying waste of time. But aren't all &... moreThat could be a start of a long academic discussion on the value of various consumer goods.

        The short reply is that it must be worth it for whatever reasons for those that buy the product.

        But that is obviously not the same as it being objectively valuable for everyone, as food and water.

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          • Anonymous
          • sXH
          • 04 Dec 2023

          TL;DR - an annoying waste of time.

          But aren't all "smart" watches just pointless gadgets ?

            Very happy with my Fitbit versa 4. I don't need aod and I forget to charge it. 5+ days

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              • Anonymous
              • sXH
              • 04 Dec 2023

              The watch strap "still looks like new" - after TWO MONTHS

              Just wow 😲

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                • Anonymous
                • gJt
                • 04 Dec 2023

                Anonymous, 02 Dec 2023*Galaxy Watch Pro 😊 I blame Apple for stealing and mixin... moreYes but that is a laggy inaccurate toy.

                  AK H, 03 Dec 2023Well, the tester must have a mental disease 😉 Or some Appl... moreWell it is like the first generations of modern electrical cars, that might be excellent to drive in, but as the stamina were so ridiculous that they were more or less useless for normal usage, it made the whole product uninteresting for all but a few. But sure there were fanatics that still praised them too...

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                    • AAX
                    • 03 Dec 2023

                    Anonymous, 03 Dec 2023I get a day and a half battery life and charge it at work. ... moreAbsolutely.. Agree

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                      • xix
                      • 03 Dec 2023

                      Well, the tester must have a mental disease 😉
                      Or some Apple enemy...cause Apple watches are the best ones of all...I had Samsung, Huawei, Amazfit...none is comparable.

                        Lister, 03 Dec 2023Now let's see the same guy review other smartwatches. ... moreIndeed I totally agree that the Iwatch certainly is not the only brand that deserves bashing!

                        The problem is deep!! The fancy OS watches try to make a smartwatch be like a small smartphone, with a truckloads of fancy capabilities, including running a number of apps. This may sound great at first BUT this requires a fancy chipset, and that again either gives a poor stamina, and/or require a huge battery, and that is the reason why it is rare to see a smartwatch less 8mm thick - and those few are with a primitive OS only. That can last over a month on a tiny battery. With monitoring active.

                        Practically all of us carry a fancy smart-phone anyway, so they really should use the smart watch as just a watch with sensors, and apart from that having "terminal"-capability, letting the smart-phone do any fancy stuff needed, and thus offloading any fancy tasks from the watch.
                        Think of it similar to a chromebook

                          ROH, 02 Dec 2023Turn off watch during sleep ! I am a busy surgeon & wat... moreYou missed the point from aPple completely... They keep the stamina ridiculously low, expecting you to buy (at the least) TWO, so the other(s) can charge while you use one...
                          ;-p
                          It is like supersizing, find ways to get proselytes to buy more than they ought to....
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                            Apple Watches despite their look(many prefer the Circle design of original watches),are indeed capable devices, with very good overall sensors.

                            Unfortunately though, their awful battery life, Ios exclusivity and high cost make them a no go, even for many Apple users.

                            I remember back in the day i tried my first apple watch, how annoying it was to see the battery tank even when you arent using it.
                            Not to mention how uncomfortable it was, to avoid random touches to not damage the expensive to repair screen.

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                              • Lister
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                              • 03 Dec 2023

                              Now let's see the same guy review other smartwatches.

                              This was a very personal opinionated review, where's the counterpoint? Or is this just to please the Apple haters here?

                                Thick as a brick, 'designed' as a pill box on a string, and barely last a day.
                                Only hardcore Isheeps should shell out for this...

                                Just for comparison:
                                The utterly simple $30 Sovogue T8. 7mm thin, round, five WEEKS of stamina with Sleep+Step+HR+Spo2+BP monitoring on. All metal case, looks like a proper watch...

                                And NO the T8 and its inferior software is not fantastic in any way, it just shows how much the fancy-OS watches including aPple's STINKS...

                                And though its sounds wild there are NONE of the available smart watches I would swap this cheap T8 for - if I got one of the others as a gift it would be sold or re-gifted immediately...

                                I would wish some major brands looked at the T8 and released something like that with better software, and maybe in more exclusive materials. A sapphire crystal would be nice for a start, and less than 5mm bezels.

                                Here more blah blah on the T8
                                https://eskerahn.dk/?p=4941

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                                  • XWy
                                  • 03 Dec 2023

                                  is it me or the hand have to much hair LOL

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                                    • gJt
                                    • 03 Dec 2023

                                    I get a day and a half battery life and charge it at work. There is nothing close to this watch out there. Tried Samsung , fitbit , Xiaomi and they are toys compared to this.

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                                      • HNI
                                      • 03 Dec 2023

                                      This "toy" is the perfect example of how fools and their money are soon parted.

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                                        • s8f
                                        • 03 Dec 2023

                                        What a review, bang on.
                                        Nothing is perfect in the world.
                                        Apple is just another company trying to get perfection and hence it’s no 1…

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