I’ve a series 2. It works well for strava but not for biking as the battery life is not great when using strava…fine for runs but not for bike rides several hours long. not sure if the series 3 and 4 batteries are better. But logs data just fine, and syncs with strava and other applications.
Music is synchronised via the watch app on the phone, so whatever music is on your phone you can sync with the watch. Means you don’t need to take your phone out with you for walks or runs if you want to play music, just hook up to some BT headphones.
Apple Pay is great, especially on the London Underground. rarely take my wallet out with me and cash is just so pre-historic. And the lack of max price restriction like you have with contactless card makes it even more useful as a means of paying for stuff. Not many places these days don’t take contactless.
Good for notifications and messages and also to answer the phone..I wouldn’t actually use it to make or take calls, but handy when the phone goes off and it’s in another room or something to save you running around trying to find it.
Charging is no problems. battery lasts fine for a day…usually on a typical day I’ve only consumed about 25 to 30% of the battery and that usually includes an hours exercise where I’ve tracked heart rate, calorie consumption and the usual parameters, so just charge it overnight and no problems. I’ve had 4 days out of it once when I forgot my charger on a work trip, so if you just use it to glance at the time a few times a day the battery lasts a few days.
All in all its a pretty nice gadget.. I like it. Is £400 expensive considering its features and build quality? well that’s upto you do decide, but to coin the usual phrase…it does just work.
Wont change anyones life, but a nice gadget all the same.