Apple Watch Series 6 (September 8th Press Release)

eeloe · 07-09-2020 12:23am #1

So apparently the series 6 Apple Watch is being released this Tuesday via press release along with some new iPad models!

DelBoy Trotter · 07-09-2020 10:09am

I bought my Series 5 watch last Christmas so I'm not in any rush to change. The only thing that would make me change at the moment would be a big improvement in battery life

eeloe · 07-09-2020 12:07pm

I’ve got an S4 so would like to upgrade if there’s some nice changes and they bring back the OLD yellow gold colour.

I know what you mean about the S5 battery life tho, my wife has one and the always on display zaps the battery.

DelBoy Trotter · 07-09-2020 12:42pm

eeloe wrote: »

I know what you mean about the S5 battery life tho, my wife has one and the always on display zaps the battery.

Since about a week after I bought it, I've had the always on display off. And I'd comfortably get two days out of the battery, even with tracking runs/workouts/cycles. I've noticed recently that it's now struggling a bit to get two full days out of it, but I think I'm using the GPS for cycling/running a bit more at the moment too

Creamy Goodness · 07-09-2020 1:04pm

As much as I'd like to be replacing my Series 3 this week (with a Series 6) it looks like this week is more a press invite (well as much as a press invite can be in C19 times) for the upcoming hardware events.

https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1302685752485003264

I know Apple have announced things through Press Releases recently but not for their flag ship products which Apple Watch is one of them.

godtabh · 07-09-2020 10:00pm

New iPad? Hopefully not the pro as I just ordered one

dubmick · 08-09-2020 12:04pm

godtabh wrote: »

New iPad? Hopefully not the pro as I just ordered one

Won't be the Pro as only recently updated with better camera and LIDAR scanner.

OU812 · 08-09-2020 4:59pm

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

dubmick · 16-09-2020 11:52am

sill no way to get a data contract in Ireland for an apple watch?

Creamy Goodness · 16-09-2020 12:13pm

dubmick wrote: »

sill no way to get a data contract in Ireland for an apple watch?

Nope no provider support it.

forumdedum · 17-09-2020 11:08am

dubmick wrote: »

sill no way to get a data contract in Ireland for an apple watch?

While not too interested in the data part I want to buy an Apple Watch Titanium or one of the other 'fancy' ones. They are not sold on the Irish Apple site.

PaulT21 · 17-09-2020 11:39am

forumdedum wrote: »

While not too interested in the data part I want to buy an Apple Watch Titanium or one of the other 'fancy' ones. They are not sold on the Irish Apple site.

A quick visit to the Belfast apple Store should sort that out for you

https://www.apple.com/uk/retail/victoriasquare/

Its a pity that as usual we are hamstrung by Mobile operators who are willing to charge ridiculous contract pricing but not provide services like esim integration for iPhone and Apple Watch, visual voicemail etc :mad:

Vudgie · 17-09-2020 12:49pm

An 8 week delivery estimate is so disappointing on the series 6, I know it could be a bit quicker but you are still talking about sometime in November.

Creamy Goodness · 17-09-2020 12:53pm

Mine shipped from China today. Should have it by Monday.

5uspect · 17-09-2020 12:54pm

UPS telling me that my S6 shipped and should arrive Monday. My poor S0.

IamMetaldave · 17-09-2020 1:02pm

Vudgie wrote: »

An 8 week delivery estimate is so disappointing on the series 6, I know it could be a bit quicker but you are still talking about sometime in November.

A spin to CompuB could be the trick.

naasrd · 17-09-2020 1:03pm

My SE has been shipped, due now on Sept 22nd.

forumdedum · 17-09-2020 1:46pm

PaulT21 wrote: »

A quick visit to the Belfast apple Store should sort that out for you

https://www.apple.com/uk/retail/victoriasquare/

Its a pity that as usual we are hamstrung by Mobile operators who are willing to charge ridiculous contract pricing but not provide services like esim integration for iPhone and Apple Watch, visual voicemail etc :mad:

I went to Apple Belfast sometime last year or the 5 but they didn't have the Titanium in stock at the time. I never got around to buying. I'm not too keen on entering shops in the current pandemic.

Ireland tends to be more expensive for everything, with less features.

MillField · 17-09-2020 4:54pm

Mine is quoting October 5th for delivery, but has been stuck "Processing" for the past 2 days.

Slasher · 18-09-2020 11:06am

Does anyone know when the Apple watch S6 will be available in stores in Ireland?

eeloe · 18-09-2020 11:34am

PaulT21 wrote: »

A quick visit to the Belfast apple Store should sort that out for you

https://www.apple.com/uk/retail/victoriasquare/

Its a pity that as usual we are hamstrung by Mobile operators who are willing to charge ridiculous contract pricing but not provide services like esim integration for iPhone and Apple Watch, visual voicemail etc :mad:

13 years later and still no visual voicemail.

Good thing we didn’t hold our breath for it eh?

Creamy Goodness · 18-09-2020 12:52pm

eeloe wrote: »

13 years later and still no visual voicemail.

Good thing we didn’t hold our breath for it eh?

it was an outdated feature 13 years ago :pac:

Yakult · 19-09-2020 12:48pm

Slasher wrote: »

Does anyone know when the Apple watch S6 will be available in stores in Ireland?

Wondering the same thing. Doesn't seem to be available anywhere but online atm.

forumdedum · 19-09-2020 4:14pm

Yakult wrote: »

Wondering the same thing. Doesn't seem to be available anywhere but online atm.

I found some on John Lewis with Euro prices on them but the edition types sold out it seems.

Yakult · 19-09-2020 8:32pm

Yakult wrote: »

Wondering the same thing. Doesn't seem to be available anywhere but online atm.

forumdedum wrote: »

I found some on John Lewis with Euro prices on them but the edition types sold out it seems.

Picked one up in Harvey Norman limerick today. They have most models in stock from what I saw!

Went with the 44mm space grey for dem extra pixels

forumdedum · 20-09-2020 1:05pm

Yakult wrote: »

Picked one up in Harvey Norman limerick today. They have most models in stock from what I saw!

Went with the 44mm space grey for dem extra pixels

Enjoy!

5uspect · 21-09-2020 11:12am

Mine is supposedly out for delivery but UPS is claiming my address is incomplete. Ugh.

Slasher · 21-09-2020 12:01pm

Yakult wrote: »

Picked one up in Harvey Norman limerick today. They have most models in stock from what I saw!

Went with the 44mm space grey for dem extra pixels

I got one in Harvey Norman Carrickmines yesterday.

La Haine · 21-09-2020 12:05pm

5uspect wrote: »

Mine is supposedly out for delivery but UPS is claiming my address is incomplete. Ugh.

Yup. Got the same error message. Got in touch with UPS to correct it and now delivery is pushed back to tomorrow.

Creamy Goodness · 21-09-2020 12:12pm

got mine this morning, one thing I'm noticing is how much bigger the 44mm (Series 6) feels to the 40mm (Series 3), but the biggest differences so far are:

1. the weight, it's only 6g in difference but you feel it on the wrist big time.
2. how fast the watch actually is, I never considered the Series 3 to be a super slow watch, but it's like molasses compared to the Series 6.
3. restoring from a backup of my Series 3 took roughly 10 minutes, anytime I done this on the Series 3 it was take the watch off for several hours.

5uspect · 21-09-2020 1:03pm

La Haine wrote: »

Yup. Got the same error message. Got in touch with UPS to correct it and now delivery is pushed back to tomorrow.

I tried to contact them but it said I could only do so after a failed attempt.

Apple Watch Series 6 (September 8th Press Release)

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