Apple

Watch Series 5

Apple Watch Series 5

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Sentiment score46% positive
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Last updated: Oct 15, 2026

Reddit Reviews

Reddit IconAccomplishedPost6864
5 months ago

Ich war jahrelang Apple Watch Nutzer (Series 5/7, AWU 1/2). Sehr gute Uhr, dachte ich immer. Bis ich dann eine Fenix 8 ausprobiert habe. Es gibt nichts besseres. Und den Kommentar mit Spielzeuguhr befindet Apple Uhr kann ich teilen, sieht so aus und wirkt lächerlich wie ich heute finde! Software der Garmin ist super, klar nicht die Liga der Apple Watch Watch, aber: es ist und soll eine Uhr und ein tracker sein. Siri klappt super, alle wichtigen Informationen die man braucht werden ebenfalls angezeigt. Wozu derart leistungsfähige Prozessoren ect. wie an der Apple Watch? Was soll der Schwachsinn? Garmin ist der Meister!!!!!

8 months ago

Apple Watch User for a long time, then switched to Fenix 8. I really don’t regret it! It‘s a own device with all these top functions. An Apple Watch is just an gadget for the iPhone. Not more, yet.

Reddit IconAmazing_Raisin2836
8 months ago

Honestly, if you are an iPhone user a used old applewatch (like series 4 or 5) is extremely good value for the money. And you don’t have any subscriptions or anything like that

Reddit Iconausstieglinks
11 months ago

I wore nothing from age 15 to when I got an Apple Watch Series 5. I wore it all the time for a couple years. Slowly a lot of apps for it which I liked (mfa, Google Maps) and it started to feel less useful to me. A friend of mine showed me what mechanical watches were (I thought they were all quartz) and I watches some watch repair videos and realized I loved the engineering involved. After that I picked up my first automatic, a 40mm blue prx. After wearing that for a year and getting a couple other watches in the meantime I realized I wasn’t wearing my Apple Watch at all I gave it to my sister for her to use working out. Since then, I’ve got a few really nice watches for me and wouldn’t ever go back outside of exercise tracking/music/phone. It would be nice to go for a run with only AirPods and an Apple Watch. I actually love not having the Apple Watch, I didn’t realize how annoying it was. It’s also less socially and professionally awkward to check a normal watch than it is to check a mini cellphone

Reddit IconBakedChocolateOctopi
4 months ago

Coros and Garmin are built to be fitness and running watches from a design and feature/capability standpoint  Apple Watches are great smartwatches and can track runs, but they’re worse at it than Coros or Garmins and lack some of their capabilities Also they’re much cheaper than a Apple Watch, for people who don’t need a smartwatch functionality 

Reddit IconBarkley2019
10 months ago

Let me preface this by saying that I already know that this is stupid, lol. I have 2 AW's, a 5 series, and a 6SE. They both only last for about 2hrs or so when I use them during my runs to listen to music. If i plan to run for about 3hrs, I take the 2nd watch with me and throw it on when the first watch dies.

Reddit Iconbearuwu_
4 months ago

i honestly switched from my apple watch series 5 to fitbit air cause i was tired of the poor battery life on my apple watch, it was uncomfortable to sleep with, and overall the health tracking is pretty similar enough that i decided to switch things up and i’m glad that i did

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