Dis(likes) about my Watch (warning - wall of text)

i've had 38mm ss 5 days now.

things don't like:
1. can see screen ends , bezel starts. indoors , outdoors. thought may have gotten subpar screen, looking @ bunch of pictures of other apple watches (sport , otherwise), can see i'm not alone. wish apple had spent bit more effort making bezel less black @ transition edge mask better.
2. on screen wake have trouble getting notifications (swipe down) , glances (swipe up) recognized if swipe on waking. face activates, watch seems busy doing else in background recognize finger input. of course can't replicate i'm sitting typing this.
3. hey siri ignores me enough make me stupid. works enough i'm not turning off, around 15% of time i'm talking nothing.
4. battery ok-ish. if have sedentary day have 30-40% left. if workout lot (two 45 minute bike rides heart rate monitoring) i'm left low 10% @ end of 18 hour day. i'm concerned year battery 10% less capable , watch os 2.0 burning bit more power doing more tasks , i'll have start turning features off. seems happen iphones (awesome in beginning, year or 2 later i'm struggling through day).
5. screen resolution isn't high enough. real watches better closer them. hold small screens close face. apparently close vision enough can see pixels when hold watch close. hope apple increases density on future watches.
6. not bright enough in bright light. understand power match sun isn't possible right now.
7. watch face keeps activating when i'm driving. it'd clever apple tweak algorithm ignore steering wheel motions when phone knows driving.
8. taptic touch weak. seem miss equally whether set weak or strong left on weak see whether brain gets better @ noticing it. having tried prominent yet, because missing notification isn't problem (see #7).
9. why can't see reminders?!


said, there's no way i'm returning it.

like:
1. ss watch beautiful. beautiful sold 4/24-delivered sport , waited couple of weeks ss , don't regret it. white band, sharp looking. niggle have screen blackness (see dislike #1).
2. sports band comfortable
3. can leave loose can slide , down during day , heart rate works fine. watch triggers lock code when take off. when workout, slide 1 hole tighter.
4. digital crown silky smooth.
5. os surprisingly featured 1.0. logic of watch os makes sense after few days. watch face home screen. have 4 ways apps: 1. complications 2. glances 3. app screen. 4. siri.
5. seeing timer count down on watch face nice. since iphone seems not show count down on notifications screen.
6. can mark tracked bike rides phone deep inside backpack.
7. red dot when miss notification. check time every 5-10 minutes, missing tap hasn't been problem.
8. perfomance. not laggy/terrible had read. things load within few seconds (or faster). i'm using few non-native apps, since few played broken. 3rd parties watch apis @ wwdc.
9. raise activate works well. mad @ it, lot less expected.
10. complications awesome.
11. maps on watch nice. slick starting navigation on phone gives mapping seamlessly on wrist.
12. love covering watch turns screen on. it's cool flicking wrist away face turns if off.
13. activity tracking based on 3 independent activities (standing, exercising, calories burned) instead of dogmatic 10,000 steps. fitbit implies you've had failed day if ride bike 2 hours walk 5000 steps.

comments
1. glances less useful thought since aren't full apps. instance activity glance useless since have complication. getting confused see glance couldn't see granular information until touched launch actual app. makes sense things aren't real apps - power level.
2. heart rate takes 10 seconds reading. annoying.
3. weather complication goes blank. opening weather app doesn't fix it.
4. want google maps on watch. don't trust apple maps , google has better traffic/re-routing information/logic. crucial in dc.
5. want save more power when working out, looks option heart rate turn off workout. seems kind of extreme. i'd option record heart rate every few minutes. maybe wouldn't enough?
6. watch hard use while walking briskly , impossible when biking. had few near tip-overs when trying start , stop workouts while riding bike.

 

good review! have lot of same impressions, battery life , activity tracker. if don't trigger workout app, end day power spare, otherwise close power reserve.

spent $1 on app called reminders nano. looks reminders app should be, down icon.

lag apps annoys me more you. bugs me inconsistancy. app comes right up, takes 30 seconds , doesn't come @ all. frustrating.

 

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