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Watch U1 vs U2 startup speed comparison test!
Hope all who received their new watches are enjoying the new toys! I'm loving mine - the 45 mm size is much easier on the eyes! Now my Ultra will have some competition for daily use.
I got my pink watch today and love it! My Ultra is also going to get some days off...
UPS delivered my 15 PM and U2, around 5PM CST, but I just finished setting them up. The Natural Titanium was absolutely the best choice, and it matches my watch perfectly!
I was a little late to the party with pre-ordering mine, so I've got a shipping date in October. But at least the double tap should be online by then.
Hope this helps:
You can still sell your Apple Watch Nike Series 7 GPS + Cellular 45mm Midnight Aluminium if you've lost your charger, but please select 'Poor' as your condition (unless your device is broken, in which case you should select 'Faulty').
I’ve sent the strap back with mine - just had a look at ‘poor’ and my Series 7 would only get £18.50 without the charging cable 😳
The tracking is almost as much fun as the receiving. 😃. It is funny that I was able to resist getting an regular Apple Watch, as I have said I have been holding out for a glucometer. But the Ultra 2 I could no longer put it off.
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I’ve just sent mine back without charging cable as well. It’s not very clear that you should return the cable for maximum price instead it’s stuck in the fine print. That’s about £140 lost for not including cable.
It is going to be interesting setting up my first Apple Watch. last March I got my first Apple computer since 1984, a Mac Studio M1 Max. Coming from years of assembling and setting up PC's and the major PIA is loading and booting up one for the first time it was completely disorientating when I powered up the Mac Studio, and my iPhone had a pop up telling me it had detected the Mac do you wish to continue setup. I tapped yes and watched as my iPhone setup the Mac Computer, I was completely gobsmacked. I am looking forward to setting up the Apple Watch.
Yeah I saw that one the website, but it doesn’t mention the strap. CEX, for instance, requires a charger but specifically requests no strap. I’ve given it to CEX now anyway, £195 vs MM’s £175. Still not great, but gets it out of the way!
Since you are setting up for your first AW, setup with your iPhone will be easy.
I on the other hand have previous AW and it requires extra steps to link my new S9 to the iPhone.
You can see on my banner below how many iOS devices I have had, and I knew about the integration of all Apple computers but until I got the Mac I really didn't see it first hand.
Mac Studio have it and love it - best computer ever since they moved from Intel to Apple Silicon.
I can't remember the last time I've been so happy with a purchase (probably my m1 air). I may actually cancel my 15PM order as I can see using the phone a lot less now as I'll be adding the U2 to my mobile plan.
Ordered a graphite milanese band which will be here today and a titanium band that'll be here mid-late Oct.
Ordered a graphite milanese band which will be here today and a titanium band that'll be here mid-late Oct.
Be careful with the Milanese band, there have been many posts here for it causing scratches due to the way it can snug around the screen…
Thanks for the warning. I'll keep that in mind. I might actually send it back and wait for the Kordiz Ti Band to arrive.
It's coming from the US to Canada, so not until mid/late Oct.
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And, FWIW, Apple Watch is my favorite Apple product, has been for years
Since the watch was released, I’ve only bought the smaller one. I decided to upgrade my S7 to the S9 45mm. I don’t have large wrists, but I think it fits better than the smaller version — it sits more flush with my wrist. I love it, and the larger text is so helpful. I stuck with midnight and got the winter blue velcro strap.
I have been looking at after market watch bands for the U2. I had no idea there was so many. The have exact copies of the Alpine Loop I have on mine, but instead of $99 bucks they are $15, I suppose the quality is not as good. But there are some survival/outdoors/military style bands that are very interesting.
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I don’t know what made me check when I was getting my Series 7 ready to factory reset and cleaned up.
Glad I did and they should also make it clearer rather than assuming people will click the + to expand the sub menus.
Funnily enough I’m using CEX for the first time tomorrow - got an old Dell tower and Apple TV I never use (got it from Vodafone a couple of years ago when I had broadband with them).
Have never used them before which is why I sent my Watch off to Music Magpie but think I may use them going forward if my experience tomorrow is good.
Saves days waiting for the package to get to MM and whether they’ll quote the trade in price offered or lower the value.