The following contains opinions about
Apple products that may or may not be
consistent with your own.  The Apple Watch.  I went from happy... to hating it... to loving it.
So what changed? And is the Apple Watch Series Zero still useful in 2020?
Welcome to BillBaud.  When the Apple Watch was released in 2015 I was excited. I was onboard.
And after much soul-searching and
saving up I got myself a shiny new
stainless steel sapphire crystal glass
Apple Watch Series Zero. And just like in
World War One when nobody called it
World War One because they had no idea
that there would shortly be a World War Two, the Apple watch Series Zero was at the
time simply known as "the Apple Watch". So much promise, so much potential.
And things were good... for a while.  Then I started getting a little bit tired of
apps crashing, not opening, taking ages to load and the watch generally behaving
badly. I felt like a beta tester. I waited
patiently with each of the software
updates which promised caching apps for
faster loading and many other general
improvements. And yes they helped, but
only a little. It got to the point where
I took to blogging my hatred of the
Apple Watch. "Hate, so much."
I aimed my vitriol directly at Tim Cook saying things like "my Apple Watch is the most
frustrating annoying and almost useless
device I've ever spent my money on".
"The Apple Watch does not do anything well."
"It almost feels like a dead weight on my
wrist".  Interestingly enough, reading back
over my comments, most of them still
exist on the current Apple Watch such as
news apps only providing a couple of
sentences from articles at most. The lack
of third-party watch faces. Notifications
not easily brought back after
disappearing.
I even threatened to give up on
smartwatches and go back to a nice
analog vintage watch but I didn't, because
then the Apple Watch 3 came along and
the critics started raving. So I took the
plunge and got one. But this time I
avoided the fancy one and got the basic
'scratches if you breathe on it' one.
And I must admit it was a serious step
up and I re-fell in love with the Apple
watch and the Apple ecosystem. Nicely
played
Tim Cook. So what about the Series Zero first edition? Is it still useful in
2020? Let's look at some comparisons
between my Series Zero and my current Series Four.
Strangely enough, I now wear my Series
Zero almost every day as my alternative
watch, while the Series Four gets charged
and there's something pleasant and
nostalgic about it. Which makes sense as
I'm notorious for my nostalgia and
always looking back fondly. Sure it's a
little slow but it still provides me
with notifications, tracks my activity,
and tells the time which is all I really
need it to do. And the stainless steel *chefs kiss* looks fantastic.
I remember thinking about all those
folks that brought the Series Zero Gold
Edition watches. Those people would
literally have paid thousands of dollars
for those watches, unless they were
Beyonce and got one for free. Their
watches would be running in exactly the
same manner as my Series Zero because the
insides were exactly the same. I guess if
you could afford the Gold Edition
then you could also afford subsequent
upgrades. Are you someone who has an
original Gold Apple watch? Are you still
wearing it? I'm keen to hear about it so
please let me know in the comments. So in conclusion the Series Zero Apple watch
is useful.  But for me I would not
recommend it as your primary watch,
unless that's all your budget allows or
you've been given one as a hand-me-down.
Now since the Apple Watch Series Five was an incremental upgrade from the Series Four,
what new features could possibly tempt
me to get the Series Six.
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Jules and Verne.
