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Titanium AW6 thread
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Was chatting to Apple Support over the phone. Transferred me over to the AC team, who sent me a secure link via email (and mentioned that there are two payment options)
1 being an upfront payment and the other a monthly that I would need to remember to cancel when no longer necessary.
We're in the Titanium thread, so I assume we're discussing the Edition models - they come with two year Applecare warranty rather than one year, and thus AC+ becomes a full three years.
At least that's how it is in the US.
Nice. Apples fluroestamer bands are my favorite. Such a durable material, comfortable, easily adjustable and there’s so many color options now from when they first started, you can literally make the watch whatever you want to with the sport band.
You can combine monthly installments with monthly AC+, at least if you buy in an Apple Store.
Ah right. Typical as this was the first time I decided to just get AppleCare+ at the same time as the watch, every other time I’ve always done it afterwards ??♀️
Is this actually written someplace? I had an Apple Store employee tell me this once. But when I tried to get a refund when I tried to get a refund when trading a phone in that had AC+ I was told Apple no longer did this.
Take a look at this page... https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202704
In the fine print it has a click through so you can check the terms and conditions for your region. In the UK document for current AppleCare plans it says:
For Hermès and Edition watches it’s three years. Since this thread is about the Edition titanium watches three years applies.
I had a black S5 alum. I moved to the natural ti this year.
But the alum was great. It looked flawless after a year of gym use and mountain biking, and other daily use. I just kind of wanted ti. But alum is prob a much much better value hehe.
What about scratches on screen and case? Have you had any crashes with your bike and wearing apple watch?
The screen is kind of a trade off. The glass screen of the aluminum watch is easier to scratch, but the sapphire screen of the stainless steel and titanium watches is more prone to shattering.
Everyone I know with an aluminum watch (which granted isn’t a big sample size) has scratches on their screen. I personally have only had Apple watches with sapphire screens and even though I’m pretty hard on watches I have never had a scratch or damage to a watch screen.
However, in a bad bike crash the sapphire screen is more likely to shatter and leave the watch completely unusable whereas a glass screen might just take some scratches.
I have dilemma for now - which one to choose? That’s will be my first Apple Watch so it is hard to decide.
If you have the money I’d strongly recommend the sapphire models. It’s a helluva lot easier to scratch an ion-x screen than it is to shatter the sapphire.
The nice thing is with the titanium models, you can get that matte look without having to go cheap on the glass. I never was a huge fan of the flashy stainless so the first few watches I had were aluminum models.
My preferred is shiny steel, but I wanted a change so I ordered the Ti. I wanted to like the natural Ti, but I was also having trouble setting up cellular so I returned it within the 14 day period. AT&T has since told me they're having trouble with their system so my Ti was probably not defective. When I returned it the Apple rep talked me into getting the silver Al predicting that S7 will be a redesign and the Al is a good transition AW. IMO, the Al looks better now than the early series, the anodization looks better.
Since I'm planning that the Al will be a one year AW for me, I've accepted that the Ion glass will be scratched up. I had an Al AW in the past and after one year there were a few fine hairline scratches. It seems inevitable with the Ion glass. The Ion glass is more clear though, supposedly because the Ion glass doesn't reflect as much as the sapphire.
Since I'm planning that the Al will be a one year AW for me, I've accepted that the Ion glass will be scratched up. I had an Al AW in the past and after one year there were a few fine hairline scratches. It seems inevitable with the Ion glass. The Ion glass is more clear though, supposedly because the Ion glass doesn't reflect as much as the sapphire.
Cheers for the above, ended up cancelling the monthly plan and going for the upfront payment instead. Around £65 for the year sounded too tempting to miss out on.
If you’re rather difficult in terms of how you treat your property, I would advise the aluminum model. That is, if you don’t mind dealing with scratches, but being that it’s the cheapest entry-level model, you probably wouldn’t feel as bad if you damaged that one versus the more premium stainless/titanium models.
however, if you’re somebody that is more interested in the appeal of the watch with matching with outfits/different bands (As I am), the stainless and titanium offer quite a few band options, and to add, the sapphire is highly underrated.
I wore my Ti to McDonald’s today and they moved me to the front of the line VIP when they noticed
Looking pretty good! SBTi with the SB link bracelet
