I have other Apple products, phone, iPad, so thought I’d add an Apple Watch. Certainly a learning experience! After having a basic FitBit watch for several years. But after playing with it this evening, I do believe I will really love it. Lots of interesting, useful features. Still syncing it with the iPhone. My only complaint and this could have been an oversight on my part. Not with the phone but I did not realize I needed, to buy separate an USB-C charging plug! Yes it comes with the USB-C magnetic charging cable! But no plug. As I said, yes I have all other Apple products which did come with the USB charging cables and plugs. So I assumed the watch would come with all needed accessories. But, as I said, maybe somewhere in the description, it said, “purchase plug separately”. I didn’t see, so didn’t buy with watch! When I received on Friday, that’s when I found out, I couldn’t charge the phone up. But WalMart to the rescue. Ordered the USB-C plug and received next day. So, yes, after this long winded explanation, Buy this Phone (and the plug) and if you are a first time Apple watch buyer, you WILL be happy!!

Love love love my new Apple watch!! My old fitbit died and I wanted something new to track my steps. This watch was on sale and I decided to go with the watch that can do so much more than the fitbit. So glad I upgraded, I absolutely love it! Aside from the exercise tracking it has a whole phone on my wrist. Love that I can use as a speakerphone for calls too (had no idea it did that too!!). Will never not have an Apple watch going forward.

My Google ecosystem has broken down (according to Gemini, which can make mistakes so double check it) due to the change from Assistant to Gemini, which isnt finished yet. My home pod was confusing, and became a paperweight since chnaging our network. Gemini said they current "dont shake hands" anymore. I didn't realize there were so many snags (frog in pot) until I began using this watch again, with no snags except with the new phone defaulting to my old ipod mini, which probably has an option somewhere to change but for now it's just unplugged. I did like the round watch very much, but this is smaller and so that makes it better to me. The Apple is more responsive and more accurate than my previous watch. I can turn alarms off from the watch instead of having to go to the phone. The only way to do that on my other watch was to program the alarm into the watch itself, not the phone. It had gotten frustrating keeping track of which alarms were which, and stopping what I was doing to go find my phone was annoying. I was most impressed by the silliest thing. I used to complain that the other system never said "you're welcome" to any automatic "thank you." I chuckled when I forgot myself and said "thank you" to Siri. Siri responds with : you're welcome, or my pleasure, etc. Yes, silly, but contributes to the impression overall.

Love my new watch! Being an iPhone user for years, it was easy to set up, pair and explore. Only had it a couple of days and it surprised me yesterday, connecting with my Maps, giving me turn signal sounds and directions. Sweet! Enjoying the Health aspect of it. Monitoring my sleep. Since I live alone, it’s nice to have it looking out for me. Also enjoy that it has me take a minute to reflect and breathe. Enjoyed choosing and customizing my watch faces. I’ve discovered a lot about it in the short time I’ve had it, but I’ll probably learn even more. I do top off the charge in the morning and evening. But, I do that with all my Apple products.

This is my second Apple Watch I bought from Walmart. The first one lasted a long time it was a series 1 but the battery I think finally gave out so I had to get a new one. I opted for the SE because it does everything I need it to do without spending like $700. I’m almost a week into having it and it works like a champ. I’m very happy with it. Buying Apple products from Walmart always saves me money and the product is never different than directly from Apple. I always switch the bands to shark watch bands and put a protective clear rubber case on it and they last for years.

Watch has been great. No problems. Only thing I don’t like is the battery charge doesn’t last as long as most smart watches. Now I do have to admit though, when you look up how long the charge lasts, it says about 18 hours. Most of the time mine will go approximately 36, depending on just how much humidity there is for the day.

I’m still getting used to it, but overall it’s a good purchase. I feel more aware of my activity/or lack thereof. I don’t feel as tethered to my phone anymore. I was always afraid I’d miss an important notification and now don’t have to worry about that, which is nice. At first the watch seemed huge on my arm, (have size 40) but after a couple days of wear, it feels fine. I did replace the band with a low profile one piece stretchy band, which helped the size profile greatly.

Some pros and cons over my previous experience owning a Fitbits for years. Disappointing battery life, especially after being used to a Fitbit lasting a full week. More features that are an extension of my phone such as control of music with it. I like that the alarm on my phone softly buzzes my wrist for a few seconds before my phone starts making a sound. Definitely a learning curve, but overall good product.

Really pleased with the purchase of the Gen2 SE…my old iWatch I have had for years began having issues and so I decided on this as a replacement. The only issue was the battery was completely dead on arrival but setup went great after charging…only reason I gave it 4 stars. The deep green loop band and starlight combo is nice.

The screen doesn’t stay on very long and if you have it set up to be alerted for phone calls the battery dies in less than 24 hours so we’ve gotta charge it every day unlike the old Fitbit I had that spoiled me. And then recently it doesn’t charge anymore and it doesn’t work anymore. I think it’s affected and I don’t even have a two weeks not working anymore. I hope I can return it