Apple Watch Series 4

eeloe · 14-09-2018 6:49pm

Kagawa wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a brown leather strap for the 44mm model. I’d like to get the Apple one but they have discontinued it.

Prefer high quality rather than just a cheap one,

TIA

I have a very lightly used brown leather loop. If you’d like to PM me we can work it out.

Spon Farmer · 14-09-2018 8:22pm

Doodah7 wrote: »

This came up last year also. Main reason is demand. Simply not worth it for a carrier to invest in this for a few thousand customers. However if other manufacturers hop on the eSim bandwagon, and of course they will as they all slavishly copy Apple, then there may be a demand which would make setting up such a network a runner.

So are we years away from it or could something happen I the next few months?

If I bought an AppleWatch with cellular in the UK would that work here if the technology does come? (I think I asked this before).

Rew · 14-09-2018 8:44pm

Spon Farmer wrote: »

So are we years away from it or could something happen I the next few months?

If I bought an AppleWatch with cellular in the UK would that work here if the technology does come? (I think I asked this before).

I asked a friend in telco land and he reckoned comreg don't allow it under their current rules and they will have to change that before the networks will support the devices. Only 10 countries support eSIM so far.

Rew · 14-09-2018 8:45pm

Kagawa wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a brown leather strap for the 44mm model. I’d like to get the Apple one but they have discontinued it.

Prefer high quality rather than just a cheap one,

TIA

I have no first hand experience but I was looking for my self and these came up as interesting 3rd party bands

https://www.juukdesign.com/
https://hellonomad.com/collections/straps-leather

DubDJ · 15-09-2018 12:10am

I’d imagine eSim wouldn’t be too far out for Ireland tbh. Depending on how other counties go I could see it hitting by 2019 or maybe the year later. It would be nice having the option of a second sim even though I don’t think I’d ever wanted it.

Kagawa · 15-09-2018 11:12am

eeloe wrote: »

I have a very lightly used brown leather loop. If you’d like to PM me we can work it out.

Thanks eeloe, but I'm looking for a more traditional strap really. I have a black leather loop at the moment and i never use it really.

Kagawa · 15-09-2018 11:14am

Rew wrote: »

I asked a friend in telco land and he reckoned comreg don't allow it under their current rules and they will have to change that before the networks will support the devices. Only 10 countries support eSIM so far.

Does the watch have a separate phone number, or is it the same as your iPhone?

Gumbo · 15-09-2018 12:34pm

Kagawa wrote: »

Does the watch have a separate phone number, or is it the same as your iPhone?

Should be the same number, otherwise it’s a pointless add on.

Kagawa · 15-09-2018 2:30pm

I wonder will Apple allow non Apple Watch faces? It would be great to get some different ones, there could be some awesome ones designed.

Rew · 15-09-2018 7:09pm

Kagawa wrote: »

Does the watch have a separate phone number, or is it the same as your iPhone?

Same number as your phone

Johnmb · 15-09-2018 7:32pm

Rew wrote: »

I asked a friend in telco land and he reckoned comreg don't allow it under their current rules and they will have to change that before the networks will support the devices. Only 10 countries support eSIM so far.

Comreg have nothing to do with the telcos not supporting the cellular Apple watch. eSims are in use in Ireland, in the iPad. The telcos have their own reasons for not wanting to support the Apple watch, any who claim it's Comreg's fault are just BSing you.

Rew · 15-09-2018 9:01pm

Johnmb wrote: »

Comreg have nothing to do with the telcos not supporting the cellular Apple watch. eSims are in use in Ireland, in the iPad. The telcos have their own reasons for not wanting to support the Apple watch, any who claim it's Comreg's fault are just BSing you.

I didn't say it was eSIMs, my understanding is its the dupe numbers. Where can you use an eSIM with an iPad and an Irish carrier btw?

Johnmb · 15-09-2018 9:44pm

Rew wrote: »

I didn't say it was eSIMs, my understanding is its the dupe numbers. Where can you use an eSIM with an iPad and an Irish carrier btw?

Three come up as options on my iPad, AlwaysOnline, GigSky, and Truphone. They may be virtual carriers, but it means that eSims can be used in Ireland, the main telcos simply choose not to support them.

Doodah7 · 16-09-2018 1:37pm

What I have done previously is I bought a strap from Fossil and also used the Apple Watch adapters to make my own leather strap. Much cheaper but might be a bit of a faff.

https://www.fossil.com/uk/en/search.Leather%20strap.html

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Watch-Band-Connection-Adapters-Strap-Connector-for-Apple-Watch-38-42mm-UK-Stock/292523456738?hash=item441bc1b8e2:m:mCku88Er6JU-OlpvQcuCtRw

Gallant_JJ · 16-09-2018 3:30pm

Anyone know if the 4th series is ANT + compatible?

wolfi · 16-09-2018 6:21pm

Anybody order SS LTE from UK with parcelmotel?
My order is still show as processing. Hopefully apple will not cancel it.

blink44 · 16-09-2018 7:22pm

wolfi wrote: »

Anybody order SS LTE from UK with parcelmotel?
My order is still show as processing. Hopefully apple will not cancel it.

I did, mine showing as preparing to dispatch

wolfi · 16-09-2018 7:26pm

blink44 wrote: »

I did, mine showing as preparing to dispatch

Do you remember what time you placed your order? I did it late 08:19, as my priority was XS Max from Irish apple store.

blink44 · 16-09-2018 8:55pm

wolfi wrote: »

Do you remember what time you placed your order? I did it late 08:19, as my priority was XS Max from Irish apple store.

8:09. I wouldn’t worry too much, some items stay processing for ages but move along very quickly. I’m pretty sure last year with my X I only got the dispatch email on the Thursday and it arrived the next morning.

Gumbo · 16-09-2018 9:19pm

wolfi wrote: »

Anybody order SS LTE from UK with parcelmotel?
My order is still show as processing. Hopefully apple will not cancel it.

Mine still saying processing too. And that was from the Irish store to an Irish address so I wouldn’t worry just yet.

Gregor Samsa · 17-09-2018 9:38am

Gallant_JJ wrote: »

Anyone know if the 4th series is ANT + compatible?

It's not mentioned in the spec sheet or in any of the information Apple have put out, so there's no reason to suspect that it is.

Oafley Jones · 17-09-2018 1:11pm

I was listening to the latest Verge podcast in which they were discussing the Keynote and I was struck by a point they made on the fall feature. It's something I didn't pay much attention to, but they mentioned how big a deal it could be for various industries that require staff to have fall sensors. They also mentioned how there was a huge market for the elderly, who apparently have these ugly necklace devices. They seemed far more excited about it than the EKG. I though it was a novelty

awec · 17-09-2018 2:35pm

I really wish Apple let you build your own Watch when you ordered rather than having to buy one of their few combinations and then pay extra for a strap.

No way to get a black watch with anything other than a black strap, unless you fork out for the extra strap.

awec · 17-09-2018 2:38pm

Does the podcasts on the watch os5 feature require one of the cellular watches?

jack presley · 17-09-2018 2:44pm

awec wrote: »

I really wish Apple let you build your own Watch when you ordered rather than having to buy one of their few combinations and then pay extra for a strap.

No way to get a black watch with anything other than a black strap, unless you fork out for the extra strap.

I was thinking the same. I wanted the silver watch but dont want the white strap. So now I’ll send up keeping my existing black strap and sell on my old watch without the strap.

DubDJ · 17-09-2018 2:45pm

awec wrote: »

Does the podcasts on the watch os5 feature require one of the cellular watches?

Think you can just sync it with the watch for offline playback so should work in the standard GPS models.

Gregor Samsa · 17-09-2018 4:43pm

awec wrote: »

I really wish Apple let you build your own Watch when you ordered rather than having to buy one of their few combinations and then pay extra for a strap.

No way to get a black watch with anything other than a black strap, unless you fork out for the extra strap.

They know exactly what they're doing. Keep inventory issues down by having a limited number of choices. Make a good margin on the percentage of people who will pay extra for the strap they want.

No one Barely anyone who wants an Apple Watch is going to hold off buying because they don't like the bundled straps, so they won't won't lose any many sales. People will either make do, buy a replacement strap (from apple or elsewhere) or already have a strap they want to use.

Whichever way, Apple still get the watch sale and a certain percentage of the extra straps, which there must be a massive margin on.

awec · 17-09-2018 6:47pm

phutyle wrote: »

They know exactly what they're doing. Keep inventory issues down by having a limited number of choices. Make a good margin on the percentage of people who will pay extra for the strap they want.

No one Barely anyone who wants an Apple Watch is going to hold off buying because they don't like the bundled straps, so they won't won't lose any many sales. People will either make do, buy a replacement strap (from apple or elsewhere) or already have a strap they want to use.

Whichever way, Apple still get the watch sale and a certain percentage of the extra straps, which there must be a massive margin on.

Yes, it is safe to say the leather straps for example don't cost anywhere close to 150 quid to make.

ADSLUSER · 18-09-2018 5:00pm

Just noticed that Argos actually sell the cellular (LTE) version of the Apple Watch Series three:
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6068596/Trail/searchtext>APPLE+WATCH.htm
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7450189/Trail/searchtext>APPLE+WATCH.htm

Gregor Samsa · 18-09-2018 5:29pm

ADSLUSER wrote: »

Just noticed that Argos actually sell the cellular (LTE) version of the Apple Watch Series three

I was going to say that none of their stores show them as in stock, so maybe it was a mistake, but Liffey Valley actually claims to have one

Apple Watch Series 4

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