I just picked up my new Apple Watch Series 6 from the Apple Store in Costa Mesa. This is the same store where we picked up my mom’s iPhone 11 about two months ago. Since it was a Thursday, there were a lot less people in front of the store. Additionally, I only counted less than 10 customers inside the store. The number of employees easily outnumbered the number of customers.
It took about five minutes to get my purchase from the back room so I chatted with the store employee about old/obsolete Apple hardware and how fast products evolve. He also told me that they are restricted to operating at 25% capacity, which was hard to believe since the store floor was packed with employees. He then said there were a lot of visitors from Los Angeles County since all their stores are shut down. Not in Orange County!
It took about 10 minutes to setup and synchronize the watch. I’ve never owned one before so there will be some getting used to having another apple device. I think I have something from all the Apple product families: iPhone, iPad, Watch, MacAir, Apple TV, and even some old iPods. I think the next purchase, if any, will be a new Mac/Macbook since the one I have is from mid-2012 and definitely showing its age.
Right now the watch is updating its OS from 7.0.1 to 7.1… death, taxes, and Apple software updates.
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Update: 12/5 /2020 6:00 pm
After wearing the new Watch for a few days, I’m slowly getting used to it. The rubber watch band is pretty good; it’s so comfortable that it doesn’t feel like the watch is there at all. I am a bit disappointed at the battery life however. I put the Watch on about 2:30 am this morning, and now the charge is at 35%. I’ll probably need to charge it every night. How am I supposed to use it for sleep tracking if I have to take it off and charge it every night?!
When I first turned on the Watch, it asked to synchronize apps with my phone. I said yes without thinking and it installed a ton of Watch apps. There is a lot of stuff I don’t use anymore so I’ll need to go and clean up. Unlike the iPhone/iPad, the Watch displays all the apps on a hexagonal grid. If you have a lot of apps, then it takes awhile to find what you’re looking for. It looks like this:
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