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Apple - Watch SE (2nd Gen)
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"I’m one of those people the Apple Watch sent to the doctors 6 years ago and I had heart surgery in August! So it technically saved my life!"
"my AW alerted me to heart irregularities that sent me to the ER and findings of a small heart attack and a secondary artery in my heart with 99% blockage. I am AW for life now."
"The later AW is best in class for non chest straps. ... For daily fitness, Apple Watch is just better IMO. ... It being the most accurate heart rate tracker not a chest strap makes it the best fitness tracker to me. ... Maybe I should say it's the best workout recorder because it records the most accurate heart rate data. ... I just really like the AW for every day fitness more so than what Coros or Garmin can provide. ... Executing a training plan I've set out for myself and recording the results. Results being the duration and heart rate data during the planned workouts. I then upload that data to Training Peaks and use Training Peaks to keep up with my training load over time. So the every day fitness part is executing and recording my workouts. ... Apple Watch is data recording. Together they are tracking my fitness."
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"I unlock my computer and phone with it."
"the fact that they integrate to the Apple Watch simply cannot be understated for me, I couldn’t go back to Garmin now, it is just so much part of my life now. ... Tracking weightlifting workouts, nutrition and other stuff, analysis of the data, send messages to HomePod, changing NC automatically, sending emails …."
"it's awesome to have everything perfectly working with my iPhone, being able to reply to messages. Having everything in sync. ... small things like it being in sync with your Focus. So when my phone is set to sleep, the apple watch goes dark (optional) and gets your ready for bed. ... the reminders app being able to be displayed on a watch face, and I can see how many reminders I have left on my iPhone. ... being able to remote start my car from the watch."
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"I unlock my computer and phone with it."
"the fact that they integrate to the Apple Watch simply cannot be understated for me, I couldn’t go back to Garmin now, it is just so much part of my life now. ... Tracking weightlifting workouts, nutrition and other stuff, analysis of the data, send messages to HomePod, changing NC automatically, sending emails …."
"Paying for public transport is way more convenient with an Apple Watch."
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"It misses key info and HR was clearly elevated compared to baseline even on the Ultra, but it doesn't count that. So a night of drinking and shit sleep, still give you a 95 score! ... But the vitals aren’t accounted by the sleep score as far as I can tell and my HR was higher though not abnormally high by Apple Watch standard but this could be because of sampling it does compared to the Garmin ... both HR and RR were elevated but not enough for Apple to flag but the sleep score doesn’t include those metrics, which I really think they should. ... The sleep scores doesn’t take into account vitals."
"If you’re healthy and looking to improve your fitness, performance, or recovery, the Apple Watch probably isn’t the best tool. ... limited in terms of true fitness insights."
"It shows my calorie burn insanely high (I am talking several hundred calories high each day)."
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"The battery life is a literal joke. ... Do an activity? There goes 75% of your battery."
"Mine kept dieing one me mid run ... after two years of using it twice hours was about all an aw had battery for when using music and gps! By the 2:15 mark it would be dead. ... When I started running for longer than 2 hrs my battery would die mid run"
"Eventually as I got fitter the AW just didnt have battery for the length of activity (with maps and other metrics always visible)"
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"one day I only got 3 1/2 hours of sleep and I got a 95 sleep score on Apple lol the Garmin was correct in telling me I got shit sleep."
"Apple gave me kudos for sleeping 3h42m earlier than average last week and the sleep charts show me sleeping from 9:30PM-3:30AM on a day last week when I was traveling in a different timezone and actually went to bed at 12:30AM. ... It's crazy to me that Apple doesn't correctly account for traveling in the sleep monitoring/score."
"my sleep was very fragmented which the Apple Watch didn’t pick up. ... The difference is the garmin should a lot of awakenings which is what I really had. This is the effect of alcohol being metabolized."
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"If you are in long sleeves in the rain, you need to lock the touchscreen to prevent accidental touches. But that prevents you from using the touchscreen without holding to unlock for a few seconds. So if you are doing intervals, it can be hard to end the interval quickly."
"The biggest issue for me on the AW that stops me going only AW is Sweat. ... The screen becomes impossible to use when I hot and sweaty. I mean completely unresponsive. Can’t press the music controls, can swipe the screen etc."
"I already got sick and tired of touch screens with my Apple Watch ... Dripping sweat, rain and sleeves really screw with touch screens ... where I live we have like 6 months worth of snow so needing to take off my gloves and disable a screen lock before being able to pause my workout is an annoying PITA."
angelinacuck 1.0Damn…just bought an SE 2 last week :(
atown49 1.0Yep got rid of my Apple Watch a month ago and it’s been way better. The 165 Garmins battery last at least a week and wicked easy to use. Use mine for running and it’s been great for that some reason my AW SE2 would constantly stop recording my run don’t know why but never worked right. Also the battery only lasted 2 days terrible.
BarrhavenDad 1.0I have an SE2. 100% wait for that 3.
BlatantHarfoot 1.0Apple Watch with cellular. She won’t need to have her phone on her at all times and I personally love this for my workouts. If price isn’t an issue, get the Series 10, otherwise SE2 is perfectly serviceable. No point to look at other brands outside of Apple, unless she goes on multi day hikes, in which case a Garmin is a better choice, even if they got no cellular options.
If you expect any smartwatch capabilities you’ll be frustrated with the Garmin. I was wondering if I should go for Garmin last year and for my use case I am glad I didn’t. I need a smartwatch that gives me access to all my usual apps and payment methods and has LTE so I don’t need to carry my phone around. The Apple Watch was an amazing purchase for me. The Apple Watch also has more accurate tracking and an extra app brings the same gimmicks like “body battery” and “recovery” to it. Still Garmin is a no brainer if you need a sturdy watch for long outdoors sessions, like a multiday hike for example. So “was it a good choice?” depends on - what are you actually doing with your watch? If you aren’t spending your time in the wild outdoors, no, the Enduro is not a good choice.
CharacterBunch4095 1.0*topic on battery apple watch SE has it all except the battery life. got frustrated with it dahil ang dali ma drain kahit hindi ginagamit. makalimutan ko lang i-charge sa gabi after my workout, useless na siya the next day if I need to go, and it charges very slow. I switched to huawei fit (3) and no regrets. battery can go for more than a week without charging. it charges really fast din.
CierraW15 1.0I have the SE 2nd gen and I really like it. It covers all the basics (steps, sleep, heart rate, weather etc.) for a good price. I recommend!
c_is_for_calvin 1.0I switched from an apple se2 to a coros nomad and I will never go back. My apple almost died when I was doing a trail race. We have the same concerns, battery life. I only switched because I really wanted the data, I think you probably should think about it. But the aw was a really good daily watch, notifications and all that jazz. But being away from that was pretty good detox too.
garmin>coros>suunto in that order I switched from an apple watch to a coros recently. never going back.
Competitive_Fish6173 1.0I have an SE2, purchased new 1.5 years ago. I usually charge it for about two hours at my desk every morning and that’s sufficient. But I also have a focus mode on most of the time, so maybe it helps slow down battery drain? I noticed certain watch faces (i.e. Nike bounce face) drained it much faster. I switched to a modular face with minimal complications and now I usually get away with charging once every 24 hours, for about two hours. I don’t use my watch for tracking many exercises though. I do use it for Siri (timers, alarms, texts).
CurrencyUser 1.0Thanks! I’ll be using it solely during workouts and possibly sleep. I’m think the Se2 at a discount is the way to go
daaangerz0ne 1.0These are the notable differences between an AW SE 2 and a Huawei Fit 4 Pro: 1. AW has a medical grade SPO2 sensor (Huawei is not graded) 2. AW has fall detection 3. AW can use Wi-Fi independently 4. AW has independent Siri 5. SE 2 uses Bluetooth 5.3 (Fit 4 Pro still on 5.2) 6. AW has an independent App Store, with independent messaging functions, independent Apple Pay, and independent apps. In short, the Apple Watch is a complete standalone device with a more powerful processor. The Huawei is limited to being an extension of your phone. This is the main factor contributing to the disparity in battery life. Also it's not really fair to compare these two models. The SE 2 was released in 2023 and is the entry level AW. The Fit 4 Pro is from 2025 and was designed to be a knockoff AW Ultra. Two years of tech difference and different product segments.
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