Apple Watch SE

[...] I have an Apple Watch SE that I got the battery refurbed after 5 years, 95% of my use is a quick check on my next calendar, setting timers, managing the morning alarm, and tracking medication and exercise. Oh, and constantly putting it into power save mode after I take it off the charger. It's not a cellular model, so the other 5% is basically letting me know my phone has something to tell me. [...]

[...] Nothing life-changing, but for the price of a cheapo apple watch se once every 5 years or so, more than worth it. [...]

I made the switch a few years ago, but I recall the Apple watch taking much longer than 30 mins to charge. The current iteration of the Apple Watch SE (which is what I had) claims that the battery lasts 18 hours and can charge from 0-80% in 90 minutes: I'm much happier with a watch that does fewer things but does them well. Only having to charge it for 30 minutes once every few weeks means that I can just leave it on all the time like the non-smart watches I used to wear.

I got my child an AppleWatch SE (a few years ago), which yeah, technically has a bunch of apps but they're not really useful or of interest to them, and if they don't have social media accounts (which mine don't), then it acts as a phone and locater without all the rest. [...]

[...] I set up my daughter's Apple Watch SE which we got her because phones are depression machines for teen girls (according to the Biden controlled MSM anyway) and I just set it up using my backup phone. I then backed up her setup, restored my setup, and when I need to update her watch or do something else administrative I just restore her backup to the phone, do what I need, then restore my backup to the phone, ready to fill in at a moment's notice if my phone needs to be repaired or gets lost or whatever. I also take calls on my airpods connected to my watch pretty frequently because I exercise without my phone. [...]

My Huawei Watch GT 2 is a few years old and the battery life is (and always has been) better than my wife's (new last year?) Apple Watch SE (GPS) 2nd Generation. [...] My watch lasts all week if I go on holiday, and my wife's is dead won't last much longer than a day.

I am currently using both an apple watch SE 2 and a garmin vivoactive 5 simultaneously. Even if the Garmin has better battery life, I don't really like it for 2 reasons: - the round watch UI is ugly and doesn't work with the other UI elements. [...] Also, as you already said, I just charge the watch everyday while I shower, so battery life is not really an issue for 80% of the time. [...] but I think a newer model (and I hope that the new ones will be even better on that side) will have better battery life. When the battery life will be 48 hours it will be perfect for me.

So let me get this straight….the Apple Watch SE 2nd gen…that I bought 2 years ago…and still has apple care….doesn’t get WatchOS 27….which is almost entirely a bug fix update I’m happy the iPhone support is still solid, I’m hoping it addresses the really bad performance on my 13 mini but bruh

Last year in early July I bought myself an apple watch SE, this year like 4 days after the warranty expired it started forcing through a 911 call every 30s unless i unpaired it. Tried every suggestion, but didn’t have time to waste on non-critical stuff for myself. But had to repair my laptop…

[...] We will be maintaining screentime controls, and won't allow TikTok to be installed on her phone. [...] My eldest has had an apple watch SE since year 7 and we use that for communicating, and she can get in touch with friends that way. [...]

I tried a Garmin for a while but the UI bugs/inconsistencies/onboarding process put me off a lot so I eventually got rid of it. Using an old Apple watch SE at the moment and apart from the minor inconvenience of charging it overnight (no need for sleep tracking) it does everything better.

It honestly depends on the particular product. I think my M1 Mac Mini, my Apple Watch SE, and the iPhone SEs that I bought for my teenagers were actually quite reasonably priced. My iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and Apple Pencil feel a little overpriced on the other hand.

Apple Watch SE 2nd gen is on sale for only $149. I was skeptical about the Apple Watch but the reasons why I like it: - Text message notifications - Strava without carrying my phone (even non-cellular version can record route!) - Apple Pay without my phone www.macrumors.com/2024/11/25/a...

I bought an Apple Watch SE, thinking I could save some money for only a 1mm difference in size. Turns out that's the difference in case size, but the bezels on the SE are enormous. It's like going from the Series 7 screen size back to the Series 3.

No but they’re meant to work on it lmao I broke the Apple Watch SE first, which literally had an open water swimming mode. Then the Fitbit (also had a similar mode iirc, but was a cheaper one), then it was some xiaomi thing I bought years ago 😭

I bought the Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) yesterday on Black Friday plus got a free Apple gift card and have been testing it out since today. Despite the less function than the very expensive models, but I'm okay with it. Especially can watch the sequences of my workout.

Think I’m going to try doing a mile walk every day in 2024! I got the Apple Watch SE the other day and I like it a lot more than my fitbit that randomly died one day. The daily goals are really nice.

The only connection tmk my Apple Watch SE (fortunately 2nd G) has is through my phone and WiFi. Was it different for 1st G? Even the charger is magnetic.

Got my Apple Watch SE 3 today and I think I have a problem. Here’s my watch face. [...] Anyways, I hope battery life is good enough on the SE 3, otherwise I’ll have to see if I can exchange for Series 11.