So, are you among the relatively lucky few who’ve received your Apple Watch and had some quality time to spend with it?
How’s it working out? Are you liking it? Any problems? Any surprises? How’s the battery life holding out for you after much extra Day One poking, prodding, and Digital Crowning? Have you had to do a restart, as we did on one unit, to get phone calls working again this morning? Other than that, we’ve had no issues of which to speak – although, and this is obviously minor, we do wish we could customize the astronomy Watch face (we’d love to have battery life available there).
Praise or critique, have it at it below!
So, how do you like your Apple Watch?
MacDailyNews Take: We love ours! We’d venture to guess that Steve Jobs would be proud.
I put it on, and immediately it caught on fire and I lost the use of my left hand. Just got back from the hospital.
But how’s the watch?
Lol
It’s awesome. Not as fat as the pics make it look and way better than the pics make it look.
Got mine Friday, I went for the 42mm Sport with White band. I initially wanted the stainless steel version, but I am not a fan of polished stainless steel (always shows way too many scuffs and scratches) I prefer brushed stainless steel, so that pretty much resigned me to the Sport version.
I was a bit sceptical about how useful the Watch was going to be, but having used it extensively, I can say my iPhone 6 has now become a desk bound or pocket bound ‘hub’ for my watch.
It’s surgical grade stainless steel. It felt right at home in the hospital.
That would the an Android knockoff with a Samsung battery you purchased. Try not to buy that cheap on the street corner Apple products, chances are you can get burned.
I swear UPS dropped it off at my front door.
great opportunity to try out some of the health apps! did you find any particularly useful during your hospital stay?
Yeah the doctor used the watch as a tourniquet, after my hand was removed to save my life. I love the stainless steel.
the stainless has a nice look to it.
i wonder how well the sport bands would work as a tourniquet. it’d be interesting to hear from someone with the sport watch who might have found themselves in a similar situation.
I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
lost-my-armgate!
I’m changing my name to Luke Skywalker.
lost-my-arm-gate!
Tell us about the watch, we don’t care about your severed hand!!LOL
It’s was brilliant white, while it lasted. I was shocked and I am now a believer. I think I transcended.
I love mine. It was scheduled to be delivered May 13. It came yesterday instead. It was easy to set up and easy to start using. Absolutely stunning. I haven’t had to jerk my arm around to get the watch going as some have stated. A simple roll of the arm works. I see great potential for the Apple Watch!
I got a rock. I’m waiting for a June imprinting.
I originally ordered a black steel for $1099 scheduled for June within the first few minutes, then immediately after bought a $699 classic buckle shipping Apr24-May8 to get me by til then. But a few days ago I decided I was unwilling to accept a June ship date and have to deal with reselling my 2-month used watch, and cancelled the June order and settling for the silver. Ugh, oh well, maybe for the second gen I’ll get the black I really wanted. Still waiting for mine anyway though :-\
I unfortunately read a article by the Tech Doofus on USA Today. I couldn’t find a convenient way to contact as I do not have FB or twitter. He was complaining about everything and I simply wanted to send him a link from Apple where everything important is on video: http://www.apple.com/watch/guided-tours/
The doofus is Jefferson Graham at USA Today.
I read the same article, and while I didn’t think of the word “doofus” after reading it, I did think of another word that starts with “d”.
dildoe? dick? dookie?
douchenozzle? dumbass?
Ordered at 12:03 am with April 24-May 8 delivery and still no movement on my order except for a $49 Applecare+ authorization against my AMEX card Tuesday.😖😕😡
Finally got the Sunday afternoon email it shipped UPS expedited for Tuesday morning delivery in Santa Cruz CA. Happy Happy Joy Joy! 😀💥🎉🎊🚀⌚️😱👀😃📦😎👍
My wife’s blue-banded 38mm Sport arrived yesterday morning, and she could not be more delighted with it.
Unlike the iPad, where “you already know how to use it” some learning time is recommended. A little video tutorial did the trick.
Now, if my gray 42mm would only ship… ⌚️
Some of your respondents or more interested in expressing their lack of wit and complaining, how about a little
insight into the product experience.
How about lightening up on a Saturday night?
Definitely have noticed that USA Today has an anti-Apple bias in everything they write. 500 people will be bat-shit crazy about an Apple device and USA Today will focus on the one doofus who doesn’t understand how to tie his shoes, let alone use an Apple product.
I sure wasted my time reading the doofus.
You guys have heard me loud and clear. I got my Watch yesterday. I had used one over the past few weeks from developing iOS stuff from an Accelerator. I do like the Watch, but it has yet to prove me wrong. It’s cool no doubt, but I have yet to find any real necessity for it other than just being a geek and liking new gadgets.
Well, we’ve heard you loud and repeatedly, ad nauseam. But, that seems to be your goal in life.
What is this word “need” of which you speak ?
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I love it sofa king much!!! I ordered the 42mm sg sport, and, was a little worried it might look too big on my small wrists. It fits perfectly. I used the s/m band. The sport band is so soft, and comfortable. The “tap” on the wrist is amazing. Love not having to pull my phone out so much. Apple Pay on the Watch? Phenomenal!!!!! I mean, if you haven’t used Apple Pay with your Watch yet, go do it, now. Not much else to say. Except, wow, amazing. Might get another one for my other wrist (kidding).
Sofa king — love it! A brilliant new eggcorn.
Picked it up at the UPS Depot yesterday evening. Linked up okay to the phone. Set up ApplePay okay. Set up the fitness, clock app etc. Worked out on the eliptical and took the dogs for a long walk. Apple Watch tracked it all and easier to check that pulling out the phone. Pulse measurement is a good feature and works well. Watch is comfortable to wear.
Best feature is that I still have use of my arms.
Bought my lunch just today with watch at Subway. Sandwich maker was so excited she called everyone over to “watch this guy pay with his watch!” Worked great — just just have to get the watch *really* close to the terminal (almost touching).
Still getting use to it, but really liking it so far. Can definitely see how it will become essential down the road, especially for convenience while traveling.
Yea, Subway has one of the cheapest NFC receivers I ever saw. They also have to push special keys to make it work, nearly impossible till the employees were finally trained how to do it.
Subway is getting better though.
Really liked the fit and functionality, decided to read the online user guide ( I know you’re not supposed to do that ) , discovered you can reconfigure the display face to set up the button and stem on the left side of the watch face , swapped the two sides of the band, keeping the watch on my left hand. Now I love it! It’s easier to push the buttons with your thumb while holding the watch with your fingers as a brace, and the microphone and speaker are now on the right side, so you can hear the speaker better when you raise your arm up towards your ear. Much easier to use than the out of the box set up.
Interesting feedback!
Loving my white sport. It’s working perfectly. I love notifications and texts. Answering a call on the watch and transferring to the phone is seamless. I’m very delighted with my purchase!
My son got his 38mm Stainless steel Apple watch yesterday, I’m still waiting for mine. Today while out shopping he says, “uh, dad, there’s a scratch on my watch.”, I said to him, there can’t be, it’s a sapphire cover. I look at it, there is a scratch on it. I’m like, how is this even possible, I figured it was just dirt or something, nope, it’s either a scratch or a scratch under the glass, I immediately made an appointment at the Apple Store across the street from where we were. The Apple Genius looks at it and asks if he can take it in the back to look closer. After about 10 minutes he comes back and says that he can send it out for repair, but since it’s so new and they haven’t had to send any back and don’t have any in stock, he says he doesn’t know how long it will be before it comes back. Also since it’s just cosmetic they may send it back without repair, per policy. I argued with him that clearly it’s defective, less than 24 hours with it in normal use should NOT have scratched the sapphire. He says, well it’s not scratch proof….so basically he was not going to do anything for me except send it out and hope for the best. So I said to him if I called Apple Customer Service right now, would they tell me the same thing? He said he didn’t know, so I said “let’s find out”, I called customer service right there in the store, and the gentleman I spoke to was much more helpful. He agreed that ther shouldn’t be any scratches from normal wear especially after 1 day. I had to put a deposit down, but they are sending me a replacement, and then I can send the scratched one back. The whole experience has kinda dented my confidence in the watch, I hope this was a one time anomaly.
Put a deposit down? For what?
A deposit for the replacement so I could keep the current one until the new one arrived. I had to purchase AppleCare for the privilege.
I’ve had to do this when they sent me a replacement time capsule. They authorized the full price of a new time capsule when my replacement shipped out and voided the authorization once they received the defective one in return,
Very odd. Only sapphire or something harder than sapphire (e.g., diamond) could have scratched it. Sounds like a factory quality control issue.
I agree 100%, which was why I was so incredulous when the “Genius” was arguing with me that it was just a cosmetic issue and it wasn’t “scratchproof”, I said there was a reason I paid extra for the sapphire.
Sapphire while very resistant, is not scratch proof. I have some old digital watches with sapphire crystals, and one has several scratches. Not sure what caused the scratches, but I’m sure it wasn’t diamond since I have none.
That your son seemed to have scratched to his watch on day one is bad luck, not a factory defect… unless you are saying that it came out of the box scratched.
If that were the case, i think you would have said so. I would doubt that being the case not only due to historically excellent Apple QC, but because our most vigilant eye is on a product when we first handle it. In other words, I would be stunned if you would miss a scratch when you first opened and fawned over the watch.
Blaming Apple, or anybody else, for your misfortune is I believe, unfair. You seemed to have bad luck and first day is bad timing to boot. But Apple isn’t at fault unless it was that way in the box.
I have a 23 year of Movado with a sapphire crystal and it still has a perfect finish. The rest of the titanium band has seen better days but only the black finish has been rubbed off in some places.
His son did a scratch test on his own and it failed.
My Seiko watch (~$350) has sapphire and I’ve banged it into hundred of objects — it’s still perfect. i don’t think you should expect any scratches on a sapphire watch face.
Ditto for my 20-year old Citizen with a sapphire face. I distinctly remember accidentally dragging across a rough brick wall about a year after I got it and was horrified…but not a scratch on the face!!
The band shows plenty of scratches from tons of wear, but the crystal is still absolutely flawless.
The watch I described above with the scratched sapphire is precisely one of those Seikos. It can be scratched… to my chagrin. And I have no idea how I did it, but I would guess that when one encounters cement, one encounters sand. Sand contains all sorts of crystals including aluminum oxide. That is one of those items of similar hardness to sapphire. Bottom line… sapphire is harder to scratch, but it is not scratch proof. I have not seen apple advertise it as scratchproof, so I don’t see why they should be expected to give warranty service if a consumer has bad luck or is careless.
That is very strange… Maybe got in contact with a diamond ? About the only thing harder than sapphire….
There are videos on youtube showing the kind of increadible abuse these things can take… Its amazing.!
Glad your issue is resolved… Its a fluke… Dont be disappointed;)
love it
Love it! I’m glad I was one of the lucky ones to get it on day one.
I’m a guy and I got a blue 38mm from work to try out for the weekend. In terms of looks this design is not very “manly” and pales in looks compared to my Seiko. Having said that, I love its functionality. The ForceTouch and haptic feedback is very innovative. Screen is delicious. Battery at 40% after a whole day of use. I love wearing it in the house. I tend to leave my phone in different rooms. Now i get all texts and calls directly on the phone. That’s super convenient (more so that I would have imagined.) I also like the convenience of having the time, correct date (ahem, Seiko), weather, and AAPL stock ticker price, all at the flick of my wrist, all day long. I can’t wait until my 42mm stainless steel comes in. I can tell that this is not something I will ever want to be without. (Ordering one for wife tomorrow.)
Of course it’s not manly, you got a 38mm. This guy: “I bought some baby blue panties, but they aren’t very manly.”
Amazing gen 1 product. I love my watch. Got it delivered yesterday (Friday afternoon). Used it to find an address with turn by turn navigation the afternoon I got it (yesterday). Worked flawlessly, didn’t have to dig out my iPhone, I just flicked my wrist after it buzzed with the haptic sensor to see where to turn as I was driving. Then this morning went on a 31 mile bike ride and used the cycling part of the movement app to track miles, speed, time and heart rate. As I was climbing a hill all I had to do was flick my wrist to see my heart rate. Easy to use and very practical on a bike (got the space grey sport). Yesterday a friend texted a video he shot on his iPhone of the finish of a bike race, watched it all on the watch! There is a slight learning curve, but I got the hang of it pretty fast. Used it tonight to “Shazam” some music and it pulled up the lyrics right on the watch. Even gave me a list of previous songs “Shazamed” on the iPhone. Only issue is the watch does not always come on when I raise my arm, but that is seldom. Watch is very comfortable, surprised the Fluoroelastomer band was nice to wear (thought I would want to get another band, but I’m happy with the sport one). I’m finding new uses for it each day, while it isn’t essential, I think I will not want to go back to just using the iPhone. Overall I give it a 10 out of 10!
Get over the over hyped Watch.
M-o-r-a-……
Thanks for your insightful, logical and well though out post, jay.
I’m sure it will influence MANY people who THINK they are currently enjoying their watch.
I love this thing…. Amazing… Fun… Practical…. Sweet…
A winner in so many fronts so far!!!
Not hard to use at all. Mostly very intuitive… Just the bottons and force touch take a little getting used to as to what they do in different modes ….
So far..iin the one day that i have had it on, suprusingly the most used feature has been answering calls and holding short conversation with it … Super convenient…
Also took a shower with it…:) no problems….
This thing keeps getting better and better the more i learn it..
No hiccups so far.. 🙂
Plus ….it Takes it to another level if your better half and or friends have an applewatch too .
Cheers Tim, Jhonny and the whole Apple team!
A New chapter in history!
Love it !;)
I intercepted my 42SS w/Classic at UPS at 9:30 a.m. and I couldn’t be happier with it. When asked about it, I tell people that it is a ‘want’, not a ‘need’. The thing I like about it so far is the ability to know right away who is calling, emailing, or texting, and knowing if I want to jump on it or ignore it for now. For instance, I ignored many emails today, but was tapped on the wrist with a call from my 6-year-old son.
I’m enjoying having a watch again after so many years of digging my phone out of my pocket for the time.
I’m happy.
I got the 42mm grey sport with black sport band. This looks even better than I expected. Setup was a snap, holding the iPhone camera over the watch face.
I’m a lefty, and I set it up for wearing on my right wrist, and it’s working great!
I also set up Apple Pay on it, very easy, although nobody at my bank had set that up on an Apple Watch yet, the confirmation came through on the watch while I was on the phone with them.
I’ve paid for a few things with it so far, using Apple Pay and the Starbucks card from Passbook – all of the payments went through just like in the video 🙂
Using the camera remote works perfectly.
Overall, I love it – it works just as advertised, which most things don’t! And the Space Grey Aluminium and black band really look sharp, too.
I’m generally loving it. A few notes:
I love that it doesn’t simply duplicate notifications from my phone. If I’m using my phone they show up on my phone, otherwise they tap just on my wrist, not both.
There is not a watch face that I wouldn’t change. I too would like to customize either the jellyfish or astronomy one to show a complication or two. If I were designing my own watch face it would have simple analog hands (not the skeumorphic Swiss train ones they use) with an additional complication with the digital time.
I haven’t yet learned which taps mean which things.
It is sometimes frustrating to look down at my watch to check the time and the screen is off. Someday I suspect screens will be able to combine the features of E ink and color displays for full-time information.
I disliked when all my available apps began transferring automatically to my watch. I had to delete them one by one as they would transfer over. I don’t see most of them being useful.
My setup did not go normally. When it came time to point my camera at the watch the watch face was empty where the QR code should be. When I tried the manual option the only watch my phone could detect was a different number than the number displayed on the watch face. Exiting out and retrying the numbers matched and then it worked fine.
Trying to use the watch to navigate while driving was frustrating, primarily because due to Apple maps (didn’t recognize the restaurant when searching, put the address in the wrong state when entered manually). Hoping for a Google maps watch app soon.
I wish I could use the other button as my home button, since the digital crown seems slightly more awkward to press.
When setting the colors of the watch faces I wish it were an infinite gradient of colors rather than 8 predefined colors. I couldn’t get it to match my tie tonight.
Thanks for the feedback. I appreciated the specifics.
Hmmm… …sensing an opportunity for “third party tie makers” (or for an Tie) here….
🙂
So far it’s interesting. It’s comfortable. Smaller than I thought it would be (I got the 42mm space gray Sport with black sport band).
Functionality doesn’t do anything my phone does. Ran a 5K outdoors and I like the tracking. I’m not convinced I won’t return it, because it needs to enhance my life. So far, not too much different from my Pebble. But I did like adding Apple Pay, and looking forward to using it.
I received my SS Apple watch with white sports band on Fri. I had a bit of trouble setting up ApplePay on my watch. After a trip to the Apple store to get the problem resolved I headed over to Wholefoods to try it out. It worked perfectly. The cashier was amazed and thought it was really cool. My wife is drooling over my watch and now wants one. To say the least I love my Apple watch! It’s an amazing piece of technology and dare I say art. Apple has hit the ball out of the park and then some. I will definitely be adding to my long position in the stock.
Excellent. Apple did a great job. So convenient to make and receive phone calls, that alone makes it very worthwhile. It’s a keeper!
Then this happened. Figures. NOT recommended.
Hysterically Funny!
Genius… Hilarious!! Lol
I guess that was obvious.
More interesting will be an attempt to use gold leaf – as used by picture framers etc. that might actually look pretty close ro the real thing from a distance
I posted a video on my problem biking https://youtu.be/yneWfz96HsA
Just as I suspected for cycling. It will cause more accidents than it’s worth. A big apple FAIL. one of hundreds I’m sure.
i used mine for first whole day yesterday. wore it total of 15 hours and it had 40% battery left. had made 4 phone calls of about a minute each. rode stationary bike 30 minutes. it reminded me many times to get up. ended up wirh 14 out of 12 stand up. received 5-6 notifications from american express when i purchased things online. texted all day with it. great battery life. i have the sport space gray 42mm watch. love it and only into the second full day of this love affair.
Posted before but… just rode stationary bike 31 minutes in activity app and it showed 31 minutes. ended excercise and pressed save. it only logged 20 minutes activity. it did give me credit for 1 min standing within that hour. i did notice when riding stationary bike yesterday after riding 16 minutes it logged less time.
would know, I ordered mine at 3:02 am eastern time, black sport band. Unfortunately the unlucky one who is delayed
Wore my 42 sport with white strap for 18 hours yesterday. I wear a watch everyday and it feels very comfortable. Easy to set up from my iPhone. Really like it but there is a lot of learning and customizing. Starbucks with the qr worked great but apple pay failed at the wf checkout. Love the Mickey Mouse face.
Most surprising app was the Apple TV remote … Obviously it’s on iPhone and iPad and have used it on occasion but feel natural to use on the watch …. Most 3rd party apps seem slow… Hopefully that will change
Expect my iPhone to stay more on my desk or back pocket…
WooHoo! UPS just notified me that I have a package to be delivered tomorrow, Monday the 27th. It’s coming from China. My Apple Watch is the only thing I have on order, and Apple still shows it as ‘Processing’. Black Stainlees Steel with Black Stainless Link Band. Not supposed to be delivered until May 13 – 27. I say again, WooHoo!!
I’m jealous, ordered by black SS at 2:03 CDT, confirmed at 2:04 and I’m still “processing.”
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Sixty some comments, and less than 10 on topic. unmoderated is a great way to draw eyeballs (and by extension advertising), but a well moderated forum will do the same thing, the difference between the two being the amount of work involved and the class /intelligence of the posters.
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Better a shit poster than a shit eater such as yourself.
Day two and I’m loving my Apple Watch. Just as was the case with my first generation iPhone, a couple of days of experimentation and play – poof Magic! Despite much play time, battery life was great. On my wrist at 7:30 AM Saturday morning, off at 11:30 PM, 18% battery left. As a side, and never mentioned nuance, I went to bed last night with more juice left in my iPhone than I have ever seen before.
Sad story: I ordered at 12:20 and was told it would arrive late May – Early June. We were away, so no problem. Then we get the news that they were delivering Friday. I’m not there *Waaaaaaaaa!* It’s sitting in a UPS office till I can get home in about 10 days. *Waaaaaa* I want my new toy!
Man accidentally purchases Xbox One during Apple Watch tutorial
Not impressed! Seems slow to me.
After watching this video I expect a lot more accidental orders and payments with the Apple Watch.
Owner of 2 Macbook Pros, 5 iPads, 1 iPod, 2 iMacs. 2 iPhones, 2 Airport Extreme routers.
It sucks!
Still waiting for mine…
Would be great with android on it.
Best piece of tech evaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Thanks to my wonderful hubby, who got up at 3 a.m. To order my watch, I got mine Friday morning. I couldn’t be more pleased. I had no issues with set-up, just followed instructions. It’s already saved me loads of time running for my iPhone. My only beef? I now know how very little I exercise!
Thanks for your feedback Christine.
What watch and waiting for delivery, while I see other people get theirs before me
From I boxing to 48 hours later this has been a remarkable experience. The watch is an extraordinary example of just what we’ve come to expect from apple. From the whimsical scan to pair process to the incredible haptic bumps you get, I found joyful moments again and again! I exhausted every capability of the watch and downloaded countless apps for it. It’s a very exciting new piece of tech that I’m happy to add to my ecosystem. Remember, this is just the beginning. Apple Watch 1.0. Lots more great stuff to come.
I’m reading some comments about how “this is not a necessity” and I can’t help but wonder why you would ever think a wristwatch is vital? It’s a luxury with a thousand uses. You don’t need it. Nobody does. Get it if it makes you happy. If it doesn’t skip it! I love mine!
I’ve been tracking my steps and runs, getting notifications from loads of apps so I know when to pull out my phone and when to ignore it, controlling the music on my bluetooth headphones, getting nudges to get up and move, using a silent alarm, and I even used it to find my phone when I lost it.
The difference being I did all this with a Gamin Vivosmart for a third of the cost of the cheapest Apple Watch, I’ve been doing this for months, and my battery lasts a week at a minimum. Until Apple Pay launches in the UK, it’s just not worth the investment when so much of the core functionality is covered by other devices. It does show though how the real killer app isn’t on the watch at all and isn’t even an app – it’s Apple Pay.
I’m very impressed with my sport version. I used it today at the gym with its built in playlist and my wireless Beats earbuds. With this setup, I can elect to leave my iPhone locked up in the locker. Very convenient mobility.
This morning my order status changed to preparing for shipment. My Apple Watch is the 42mm SS with Milanese Loop band. Ordered at 3:09am April 10th.
I got it before noon on Friday and by 1:30 I was at Sephora using ApplePay, next stop was Whole Foods. Until you actually have one you can’t imagine just how incredible it is on so many levels. Ordered 2 more that afternoon–one for my husband and another for my daughter’s 50th birthday. The full animation Mickey face is beyond cool and the exercise tracker puts my Fitbit to shame. I could go on and on.
I don’t know that I’d call the learning curve “steep.” I’d say the software is a little different than iOS. When I first started using it, I didn’t like that I was continually having to enter the security code. Then I realized its function and how it was triggered by taking it off my wrist. They were smarter than I was. I suspect that much of this will be that way. It’s not unlike learning iOS when it first came out compared to the Mac OS. As I get to know the watch better, it is becoming more intuitive.
As I am in front of a desk all day with my iPhone perched in front of me, I still don’t know how much the watch will change how I do things. But away from my desk, I really like it. I rarely have to get iPhone out of my pocket.
With a 5S, I couldn’t use Apple Pay until now. I really like that. That alone justifies the expense.
Overall, I like it and while I am not sure it will be as revolutionary as the iPhone, I think it could be. Too soon to tell. And I still haven’t downloaded any non-OEM apps yet.
checked apple.com. My order for the 42 space grey sports with black band… order confirmation received at 12:05, was originally showing May 13-27… is now showing “preparing for shipment” seems it may show sooner than expected. Hope so!