Genuine question, what features of the Apple Watch are so appealing to you?

May 14, 2021
9:01:13am

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I've bought and returned three of them, and bought the version six for my wife for Christmas. I want to love it, but my primary requirement is fitness and I feel like it doesn't do that well.

How do you use it?

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This is pretty accurate

IceBlueCoug Supreme Teacher On All Things

5/14/21 7:51am

So is this...

Division Bell

5/14/21 7:59am

I can get knockoff glue on Amazon for like 6 bucks

deejo

5/14/21 8:24am

Apple users are just techphobes who pay an Apple tax to get 10 year old Android

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 8:03am

I've had both. Android phone w/ Android watch. Apple phone w/ Apple watch.

Fightgar

5/14/21 8:14am

Genuine question, what features of the Apple Watch are so appealing to you?

SpecialT

5/14/21 9:01am

Here's a list of what I use it for. Much of which I'm sure android watch does

Powerbait DPM

5/14/21 9:15am

Two factor would be nice. All the other features I have on my Garmin.

SpecialT

5/14/21 9:26am

As a T1D I also love i can see my blood sugar on my apple watch. Game changer

Druick

5/14/21 10:29am

RE: Apple users are just techphobes who pay an Apple tax to get 10 year old

deejo

5/14/21 8:18am

If apple users are 'taxed'.. what are Samsung users that spend $1.2k?

TheLost

5/14/21 8:18am

I would never buy that phone. I have a Samsung S10e that I got for like $400 on

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 8:25am

S10(and S10e) is a great phone... but there are also used (and new) Apple phones

TheLost

5/14/21 8:30am

The price gouging was started by Apple and Samsung followed. And for that reason

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 8:39am

You sound so smart.

zsmooth

5/14/21 8:42am

As opposed to yourself, whose replies lack substance and are instead personal

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 8:45am

RE: As opposed to yourself, whose replies lack substance and are instead personal

zsmooth

5/14/21 3:24pm

That is not true at all...

TheLost

5/14/21 8:49am

Picked this up for 600 around black friday

Darzog

5/14/21 9:03am

You don't buy a Macbook for gaming 🙂

TheLost

5/14/21 9:16am

No you don't. But this gives you the option

Darzog

5/14/21 10:00am

Here is my experience.. Zero issues (i'm a windows software developer)

TheLost

5/14/21 10:24am

*Crickets*

TheLoneCougar

5/14/21 10:04am

I don't feel like going on a tech spec fishing expedition for you just so you

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 10:18am

Sheesh dude, you are really on one with this topic...

TheLoneCougar

5/14/21 10:49am

Not really. I had stopped replying to you as I was done with the topic and you

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 11:03am

It is the whole thread that I am referring to. You can't leave this topic alone.

TheLoneCougar

5/14/21 2:46pm

It’s not Apple’s fault. It’s the market’s fault. They charge what people are

StalwartBraveTrue

5/14/21 8:53am

Again... Thats a huge misconception...

TheLost

5/14/21 9:00am

People buy what they are willing to pay for. It’s like cars. I don’t own a

StalwartBraveTrue

5/14/21 9:10am

Apple products do not cost more than competitors.

TheLost

5/14/21 9:24am

And the Escalade doesn’t cost more than a Suburban.

StalwartBraveTrue

5/14/21 9:31am

I give up.. Keep doing your orange vs. banana comparisons.

TheLost

5/14/21 9:47am

That’s the point though. To someone at a fruit stand looking at apples and

StalwartBraveTrue

5/14/21 10:55am

Actually, it really isn't very different in cost. Can you get a Suburban for quite a bit less? Absolutely.

Tokolosh

5/14/21 9:48am

We all know oranges are the superior fruit.

hydrocoug

5/14/21 10:25am

My point was on economics.

StalwartBraveTrue

5/14/21 11:09am

This is different from what you were saying. You started by saying Apple gouges people. Now you are saying that it's...

Tokolosh

5/14/21 11:18am

There’s been a mix up.

StalwartBraveTrue

5/14/21 11:44am

^Excluded from group texts

ldssdl

5/14/21 8:37am

Group texts are cancer. Just use Group Me.

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 8:40am

Lol no.

TCuz

5/14/21 8:44am

I'm in several. I don't pay attention to any of them.

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 8:47am

compared to imessage, Group me is terrible. We use it in the family group text

Powerbait DPM

5/14/21 9:19am

So what I'm hearing is the only reason to get an iPhone is for better group

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 9:24am

No, its just better than GroupMe which is the point he was making...

TheLoneCougar

5/14/21 10:05am

Not really. The point everyone not just him has been making is that Apple Group

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 10:22am

Sounds like a "you" problem and a savvy business move.

TheLoneCougar

5/14/21 10:50am

Sure. Good for business bad for consumers. That's Apple's MO. And why "I" have a

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 11:08am

(told myself i'd stop.. but.. ) You REALLY need to shop around more.

TheLost

5/14/21 11:12am

Nope. My argument is simply based on not being an Apple shill. The fact that you

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 12:03pm

How much does Windows 10 cost? How long does Google support Pixels phones?

TheLost

5/14/21 12:15pm

Will do, Tim Apple!

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 12:18pm

The difference between you and me...

TheLost

5/14/21 12:29pm

Lol, no. Not even close. I'm actually not a fan of Google or Android at all, due

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 12:38pm

As a consumer, I am plenty happy with Apple.

TheLoneCougar

5/14/21 2:47pm

For what it’s worth. I sent a lot of messages for work so the fact that it’s

Powerbait DPM

5/14/21 5:14pm

Hopefully this is sarcastic... GroupMe... I hate group me so much

jcase16byu

5/14/21 11:25am

Ok green bubble

zsmooth

5/14/21 8:41am

Is that some sort of a slight to Android that Apple refuses to fix their group

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 8:43am

RE: Is that some sort of a slight to Android that Apple refuses to fix their group

zsmooth

5/14/21 3:26pm

You couldn't pay me to switch to Android.

TheLoneCougar

5/14/21 10:02am

My take as a true apple hipster

Gustav

5/14/21 8:09am

Stop speaking truth. Sheesh!

StalwartBraveTrue

5/14/21 8:19am

Lucky, work would only get me an iPhone.

hydrocoug

5/14/21 9:28am

Android users right now

-C9-

5/14/21 8:34am

Apple users right now:

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 9:12am

RE: Apple users right now:

-C9-

5/14/21 10:03am

Your point that android users reply to your dumb memes mocking them with an in

CougarTailDevourer

5/14/21 10:27am

I love the confirmation bias on this thread. It’s entertaining for a Friday. 😂

StalwartBraveTrue

5/14/21 12:55pm

While making fun of android he is showing his own insecurities with apple.

hydrocoug

5/14/21 1:17pm

I'm an Android user but Apples latest tech has me thinking about switching! Have

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