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It’s now been a little over 6 months since I got my hands on the Apple Watch Series 3. While I’ve already done a review, I wanted to revisit it now that half a year has passed to tell you about my experience with it, what I like, what I don’t and if it’s worth it.
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What's up guys, Stephen Culls of Mac here, and it's now been a little over six months since I got my hands on the Apple Watch Series 3
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While I've already done a full review, I want to revisit it now that half a year has passed to tell you my experience, what I like, what I don't, and whether it's worth it
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Let's get started. So, six months in, and my series series is
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three Apple Watch is held up brilliantly, there's no scuffs and only one or two very light
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scratches. I tend to look after my stuff anyway, but I've been going to the gym, swimming
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playing with my daughter, so there's been plenty of times I've knocked the watch against something and it's still looking great. As I mentioned, there are one or two very slight
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scratches, which are more than hard to see, but I do kind of wish I spent just a little bit more
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for the stainless steel version instead of picking up the cheaper aluminium one. Not only do I prefer
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the look of the stainless steel version, but it also comes with the sapphire crystal screen
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rather than the cheaper IonX glass or whatever Apple calls it. I still have and occasionally used my original Apple Watch, which is the stainless steel version
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with the Sapphire, and there isn't a single scratch on that after three years of use
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I mainly use the Apple Watch for workouts and for notifications I recently been trying to shift some pounds so the Series 3 is perfect for keeping me on track and motivating me to keep going The only real exercise that I enjoy doing is swimming and for that the watch is perfect
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I can head to my local gym with just my Apple watch, so there's no need to risk leaving
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my $1,000 iPhone 10 in a locker or my car. If I've forced myself to go to the gym, it works flawlessly, and it's now actually fast
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enough to be useful. Previous iterations of the watch could take far too long to load apps, and would leave
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me standing in the gym just staring at my wrist. Now the watch is fast enough to load anything
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and get straight to it. It's how the original Apple watch should have been. Also, I'm an Apple music
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user. I sync my music automatically and use my beats X or AirPods to listen to music without
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having my iPhone nearby. For when I'm swimming, I can just wear my watch, set the length
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of the pool, click go and not worry about it. It tracks how many lengths I do super accurately
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how quickly I do them, how many calories I've burned, and the different swimming strokes brilliantly
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Having the watch keep count of what length I'm on is super helpful as I'm always forgetting whenever the pool is busy
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And whilst I build my fitness up, I'm always trying to reach a certain goal in terms of length and time
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Another feature I actually love with my series 3 Apple watches having cellular
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I've seen a lot of people complaining that they don't use it But when I'm swimming or at the gym, when I don't have my iPhone with me, it's super handy
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Being able to reply to the text whilst working out or take a call during swimming just helps me to keep in contact with people and not carry anything extra Plus as I mentioned it now fast enough to do whatever it needs to do so things like dictating messages is not a problem The downside
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of this is obviously the cost. You get the first six months of LTE free and then there's a monthly
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cost after that. For me personally, it's not too bad. It's an additional £5 per month
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which works out to around $7 or so, but in the States it can cost people over $10 per month
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What frustrates me is there's only usually one price option with each carrier
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For example, with mine, that $7 gives me 10 gig of data, which seems way too much for what I need on the watch
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But I can't just use any leftovers from my existing mobile plan, or have the option to downgrade the amount of data
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Thankfully, it's just a monthly rolling contract, so if I feel that I'm not making the use of the LTE on my Apple Watch, I can cancel it any time
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The watch has always been good at giving nudges to do just that little bit of extra exercise to close rings by taking a short walk
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or to stand up every hour if you've been hunched over a desk
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And the Series 3 is no different there. But it does now have heart rate tracking and even resting heart rate, which isn't something
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I personally use very often, but I'm sure it's useful to a lot of people
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Outside of workouts, the Apple Watch is still handy for quickly checking notifications, using
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Siri on the Apple Watch is surprisingly good and then it also great just as a watch to tell the time Although the faces that are available are starting to feel a little tired It still baffles me that Apple hasn made some sort of a watch face store for third
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developers and brands to sell the designs. In general on the watch, there's a lot of features I don't use enough like Apple Pay, but that's
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because I still feel a little strange, raising my wrist to the terminal
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Battery life on the Series 3 has also really surprised me, giving me around two full days
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on average. Of course, I'd love it to last even longer again
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But compared to my original Apple watch, which barely lasted day, this is a massive improvement
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I tend to put my watch on charge every night just out of habit, but it's really nice
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when I've forgotten to do that, and I wake up to find it still got 60% or so left, which
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is plenty for a full day of use. With the past two series of the Apple Watch, they were more of a luxury, one that could
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be infuriating to use. But with the Series 3, it's actually something functional and useful, generally helping
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to add to the whole Apple ecosystem. It's the first Apple Watch that's really worth buying for most people
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Well, that's it for this video. Thank you guys for watching. Let me know in the comments section down below what you think of the Series 3 Apple Watch
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and what you'd like to see in the next generation. If you enjoyed this video though, go ahead and hit that like button
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