Log In

Your email is not your username

Register

If you were a member of the old Bodybuilding.com forums and would like to reuse your previous username, you can request it below. We use your email only for registration and do not store it. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Confirm your email

A registration code was sent to your email. Enter it here.

Welcome

You have successfully setup your account.

Sign in

Quick Navigation Bottom Misc
Forum » Just what in the hell is the point of the Apple Watch?
  1. Results 31 to 57 of 57
  2. Page 2 of 2
  3. First
  5. 1
  6. 2

Thread: Just what in the hell is the point of the Apple Watch?

post 1615155381 08-31-2020, 08:45 AM
-
#31
  1. iwant2beswole
  2. ayyyy lmao
  1. iwant2beswole
  2. ayyyy lmao
  3. Join Date: Jan 2013
  4. Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. Posts: 19,879
  6. Rep Power: 104695
It seems like the primary use to me is more of a fitness tracker/health monitor with some extra phone related functions than a “smart watch”.
watchout your comments boyo ↓
post 1615155751 08-31-2020, 08:51 AM
-
#32
  1. Duckliver
  2. Offal
  1. Duckliver
  2. Offal
  3. Join Date: Jun 2013
  4. Location: Washington, United States
  5. Posts: 32,148
  6. Rep Power: 346618
1) can see who is calling me when I’m butchering meat so I don’t have to rush to wash hands / dry to stick hands in pocket, just to see it was a telemarketer.

2) I actually leave my phone places like car/restaurant office a lot now and can answer calls, even textImg works out fine with the drawing feature. I get a lot of quick yes/no, do this etc phone calls during the day.

3) have had phone die and used my texted shopping list off watch to check what I needed at store before

4). Keeps track of my distance swam, how many yards indoor or miles outdoors.

5) use it to stream music to headphones while running etc..

6) the feature where it sends out SOS if you go unconscious is good for bike rides, or skiing out of bounds. Knew sO one who got hit by a car on his bike and it called for help for him (it was a hit and run)

7) easier to look at messages while not being rude in a setting where phones should be off/silent

8) helps me work on cadence and check speed/distance while running

That’s about it
post 1615156141 08-31-2020, 08:57 AM
-
#33
  1. MBisonSon
  2. Registered User
  1. MBisonSon
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jan 2016
  4. Posts: 39,767
  5. Rep Power: 166638
I have one because I'm smart.

If I wasn't a smart person why would I have a smart phone?
The billionaire and the beggar both have 24 hours in a day.

That's why grandma's apple pie rocks and yours sucks.
Originally Posted By Dave22reborn
At least it will thunderstorm tonight, and we know how they feel about water. :)
^^^Racist police officer who also cries about how racism doesn't exist, also cries reverse racism and typifies the stupidity of the racist right, referring to black people as "they" and regurgitating racist stereotypes.
post 1615156191 08-31-2020, 08:58 AM
-
#34
  1. BabcocksHair
  2. Banned
  1. BabcocksHair
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Aug 2020
  4. Posts: 1,967
  5. Rep Power: 0
its truly pointless. same as you if I got one for free would never use it. I love apple products, I have AirPods, MacBook and iPhone of course. iPad and watch are pointless piece of junk you never use. the only people who buy it are applemaxxers. lmao @ipadcels as well.
post 1615156871 08-31-2020, 09:07 AM
-
#35
  1. Matty5RA
  2. ‘X’
  1. Matty5RA
  2. ‘X’
  3. Join Date: Nov 2012
  4. Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
  5. Posts: 4,436
  6. Rep Power: 108063
I got one for free with my MacBook. Barely ever use it. I bought an attachment so that I can take the straps off and instead clip it to my work uniform. So basically I use this watch just to calculate patient respiratory rates lol
- Ex British Army

- Manchester United

- Tomorrowland 2014/15/16/17/19/22/23
- Ultra Miami 2016/18/22/23
- EDC Las Vegas 2022
- EDC Orlando 2023
post 1615157051 08-31-2020, 09:09 AM
-
#36
  1. frutistafreeze
  2. Registered User
  1. frutistafreeze
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2011
  4. Posts: 15,574
  5. Rep Power: 33457
Originally Posted By BabcocksHair⏩
its truly pointless. same as you if I got one for free would never use it. I love apple products, I have AirPods, MacBook and iPhone of course. iPad and watch are pointless piece of junk you never use. the only people who buy it are applemaxxers. lmao @ipadcels as well.
I use mine daily. I find it extremely convenient.
post 1615157311 08-31-2020, 09:11 AM
-
#37
  1. puzzycrookz
  2. Banned
  1. puzzycrookz
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Dec 2019
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 3,400
  6. Rep Power: 0
Only good for to meet your exercise goals
post 1615157661 08-31-2020, 09:16 AM
-
#38
  1. Scarrdbutsmartr
  2. Registered User
  1. Scarrdbutsmartr
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Mar 2009
  4. Posts: 20,492
  5. Rep Power: 93529
By generation 15th generation they will be useful...They will slow leak benefits through the generations until they will get where they should have been on the day...
post 1615157701 08-31-2020, 09:17 AM
-
#39
  1. PlanoLifter
  2. I lift therefore I am
  1. PlanoLifter
  2. I lift therefore I am
  3. Join Date: Oct 2014
  4. Location: Plano, Texas, United States
  5. Posts: 7,423
  6. Rep Power: 103033
Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
I have an Apple Watch and I love it.

I monitor my heart rate when I swim, run, or bike.

I don’t need to bring my phone along on workouts because I can stream music from watch.

I can easily track my score and stats when playing golf so I don’t need my bulky phone in my pocket

You can use it as a walkie talkie.

I can leave my phone at home and make calls on the go if I need to.

Whole lot of things I use it for.
This. I never envisioned buying one but my kids bought me one for Christmas and it's grown on me. I can see messages and emails (part of) without taking my phone out of my pocket. My watch also unlocks my MacBook Pro when I open the lid and I'm wearing the watch (and the watch is unlocked). I find it handy.
74
post 1615157921 08-31-2020, 09:19 AM
-
#40
  1. PlanoLifter
  2. I lift therefore I am
  1. PlanoLifter
  2. I lift therefore I am
  3. Join Date: Oct 2014
  4. Location: Plano, Texas, United States
  5. Posts: 7,423
  6. Rep Power: 103033
Originally Posted By BabcocksHair⏩
its truly pointless. same as you if I got one for free would never use it. I love apple products, I have AirPods, MacBook and iPhone of course. iPad and watch are pointless piece of junk you never use. the only people who buy it are applemaxxers. lmao @ipadcels as well.
iPads have their place. I use mine for flying as a backup flight navigation device and as a source of aviation charts/maps (I run the ForeFlight app). Just because you have no use for an iPad doesn't mean they're pointless. Not everyone has the same needs/wants as you.
74
post 1615158141 08-31-2020, 09:24 AM
-
#41
  1. MadNinjaSkills
  2. Unregistered Ninja
  1. MadNinjaSkills
  2. Unregistered Ninja
  3. Join Date: Aug 2013
  4. Location: San Diego, California, United States
  5. Age: 46
  6. Posts: 6,600
  7. Rep Power: 209500
I purchased one, I think it might be a series 3. I personally love not having to be glued to my phone.

Things I appreciate about it
-Have a two story house, can leave phone downstairs and answer calls on it while upstairs.
-Can see when ring doorbell motion goes off at any time.
-Can be hands free while pushing stroller.
-Tracks fitness.
-I use the calendar with pop up reminders all the time.
-Actually use it for the time.
-Use it for weather temps.
-Receive text messages without having phone on me.
post 1615158161 08-31-2020, 09:24 AM
-
#42
  1. HYDRAE
  2. Verified ✔
  1. HYDRAE
  2. Verified ✔
  3. Join Date: Dec 2009
  4. Posts: 16,247
  5. Rep Power: 67827
not worth what they charge for it, but I like mine. things that don't involve fitness tracking:

1) voice activated timer/alarm set is super handy when cooking.
2) morning alarm with a gentle vibration on my wrist is so much better than a blaring phone
3) easy to use timer for sets/stretching
4) phone calls and texts on your wrist - easy to discretely check during a meeting
5) control music when running/working out
6) sleep monitoring
7) can use as a spy camera with your phone
8) Apply pay
9) weather on home screen

EDIT: oh and another huge one is I know when I get a phone call. I don't have a landline, so my phone isn't always by me when I'm at home, but I always know when someone is calling cause I always have the watch on. I also, I can control the thermostat with voice commands into my watch which is pretty baller.
“The Misc. is a stone-faced Uncle Sam with Popeye’s forearms and a cocked pistol in each hand. It’s a screeching bald eagle with a foreign Bad Thing in its talons. It’s everything that defines America’s bro culture, magnified and weaponized. But it’s deeper than that.“
post 1615158441 08-31-2020, 09:29 AM
-
#43
  1. Weezy32
  2. Registered User
  1. Weezy32
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: May 2010
  4. Age: 39
  5. Posts: 14,375
  6. Rep Power: 68868
I love my apple watch, i still use apple watch series 2 and for one main reason. For some reason i am obsessed with closing the circles so it definitely keeps me active. I had Galaxy watch when i had my note 9 and i barely wore it because without the circles i did not care if i reached the steps goal. With apple watch there have been few times where i went out for a walk at 10pm w my dog to make sure i close thecircle.


Its also nice to see texts you get without having to pull your phone out. Often times ill reply with a smily face on my watch if i am in the middle of somethign to acknowladge that i received a text or ill use text to speech on the watch to reply which is fairly accurate and convinient. Like textss its nice to see when i get an email and i can see if its important enough to check it right away. Also i am in the middle of selling some things on ebay and its nice to get a notification anytime someone bids on my items.

Another benefit is answering a quick call on the watch when you are by yourself. For example if i am on my computer and my phone is charging i can still easily answer my phone.

Another benefit is when i am exercising as in running or walking I can easily skip a song when listening to music on my headphones.


I would say that apple watches are much better then android watches imo... ive had 3 different android watches and either they are uncomfterblle or i just end up not using them. With apple watch i make sure to have it on so that all the exercise counts toward closing those circles lol.
Atlanta Falcons!!!
post 1615158711 08-31-2020, 09:32 AM
-
#44
  1. andrew28
  2. Rex, eat the salad
  1. andrew28
  2. Rex, eat the salad
  3. Join Date: Apr 2007
  4. Location: New York, United States
  5. Posts: 20,458
  6. Rep Power: 73987
Originally Posted By HYDRAE⏩
not worth what they charge for it, but I like mine. things that don't involve fitness tracking:

1) voice activated timer/alarm set is super handy when cooking.
2) morning alarm with a gentle vibration on my wrist is so much better than a blaring phone
3) easy to use timer for sets/stretching
4) phone calls and texts on your wrist - easy to discretely check during a meeting
5) control music when running/working out
6) sleep monitoring
7) can use as a spy camera with your phone
8) Apply pay
9) weather on home screen
#2 would be convenient for me. I oversleep through my alarms and was gonna buy one of those electric shock alarm watches, lmao.

and #5, music while I run is perfect. Don’t have to use that bicep armband to carry my phone.
post 1615159061 08-31-2020, 09:38 AM
-
#45
  1. dannyg1217
  2. Registered User
  1. dannyg1217
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jun 2007
  4. Location: Greeley, Colorado, United States
  5. Age: 45
  6. Posts: 14,987
  7. Rep Power: 62602
Originally Posted By HYDRAE⏩
not worth what they charge for it, but I like mine. things that don't involve fitness tracking:

1) voice activated timer/alarm set is super handy when cooking.
2) morning alarm with a gentle vibration on my wrist is so much better than a blaring phone
3) easy to use timer for sets/stretching
4) phone calls and texts on your wrist - easy to discretely check during a meeting
5) control music when running/working out
6) sleep monitoring
7) can use as a spy camera with your phone
8) Apply pay
9) weather on home screen

EDIT: oh and another huge one is I know when I get a phone call. I don't have a landline, so my phone isn't always by me when I'm at home, but I always know when someone is calling cause I always have the watch on. I also, I can control the thermostat with voice commands into my watch which is pretty baller.
7 sounds cool
Yellow fever crew
High test Manlet crew
EE master race

5'7" @ 175
PRs, B325 S405 D405
post 1615159101 08-31-2020, 09:39 AM
-
#46
  1. HYDRAE
  2. Verified ✔
  1. HYDRAE
  2. Verified ✔
  3. Join Date: Dec 2009
  4. Posts: 16,247
  5. Rep Power: 67827
Originally Posted By andrew28⏩
#2 would be convenient for me. I oversleep through my alarms and was gonna buy one of those electric shock alarm watches, lmao.

and #5, music while I run is perfect. Don’t have to use that bicep armband to carry my phone.
if you want music without your phone, you'd need the cellar version of it. although there may be a way to download playlists to the watch, I've just never tried.

Also - it never gets old putting your watch to your face and asking "Who won the Panthers game" and installing knowing the score.
“The Misc. is a stone-faced Uncle Sam with Popeye’s forearms and a cocked pistol in each hand. It’s a screeching bald eagle with a foreign Bad Thing in its talons. It’s everything that defines America’s bro culture, magnified and weaponized. But it’s deeper than that.“
post 1615159161 08-31-2020, 09:40 AM
-
#47
  1. PlanoLifter
  2. I lift therefore I am
  1. PlanoLifter
  2. I lift therefore I am
  3. Join Date: Oct 2014
  4. Location: Plano, Texas, United States
  5. Posts: 7,423
  6. Rep Power: 103033
Originally Posted By HYDRAE⏩
if you want music without your phone, you'd need the cellar version of it. although there may be a way to download playlists to the watch, I've just never tried.
I have music downloaded to my non-cellular watch (series 3)
74
post 1615159951 08-31-2020, 09:53 AM
-
#48
  1. JStrez
  2. Breaker of Gains
  1. JStrez
  2. Breaker of Gains
  3. Join Date: May 2010
  4. Location: New York, United States
  5. Posts: 9,748
  6. Rep Power: 54369
I thought they were kind of dumb when I first got one, because I never really liked having a watch to begin with. But now that I have one, I can't stop wearing it. I use it for work mostly when I get notifications for emails or messages for work. I can just look at my watch, see it, and then answer it if I need to. Otherwise I'd have to pull my phone out and get distracted. I use it for working out too to see where I'm at and how I'm doing. I then also use it for music when I don't want my phone since I have a load of stuff downloaded to it. It's just really convenient to have and to wear. I don't think I'd go out and buy a new one, but when I first got it as a gift I couldn't stop using it and my quality of life got a bit better.
*Mechanical Engineering Crew*
*6'3" Master Race Crew*
*6 Figs Crew*

"Because the thing about repairing, maintaining, and cleaning is it’s not an adventure. There’s no way to do it so wrong you might die. It’s just work. And the bottom line is, some people are okay going to work, and some people … well, some people would rather die. Each of us gets to choose.”
post 1615160121 08-31-2020, 09:55 AM
-
#49
  1. HYDRAE
  2. Verified ✔
  1. HYDRAE
  2. Verified ✔
  3. Join Date: Dec 2009
  4. Posts: 16,247
  5. Rep Power: 67827
don't forget it can save your life if you fall too.
“The Misc. is a stone-faced Uncle Sam with Popeye’s forearms and a cocked pistol in each hand. It’s a screeching bald eagle with a foreign Bad Thing in its talons. It’s everything that defines America’s bro culture, magnified and weaponized. But it’s deeper than that.“
post 1615160801 08-31-2020, 10:03 AM
-
#50
  1. Jimbo0731
  2. Registered User
  1. Jimbo0731
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Mar 2014
  4. Location: Canada
  5. Age: 41
  6. Posts: 3,687
  7. Rep Power: 9659
It's just one more piece of tech to constantly bug you with notifications and charge on the daily. Should sell it for the cash to invest with.
post 1615160971 08-31-2020, 10:06 AM
-
#51
  1. HYDRAE
  2. Verified ✔
  1. HYDRAE
  2. Verified ✔
  3. Join Date: Dec 2009
  4. Posts: 16,247
  5. Rep Power: 67827
Originally Posted By dannyg1217⏩
7 sounds cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKa9kAtjapI
“The Misc. is a stone-faced Uncle Sam with Popeye’s forearms and a cocked pistol in each hand. It’s a screeching bald eagle with a foreign Bad Thing in its talons. It’s everything that defines America’s bro culture, magnified and weaponized. But it’s deeper than that.“
post 1615161451 08-31-2020, 10:13 AM
-
#52
  1. niospecv
  2. I mean yeah...
  1. niospecv
  2. I mean yeah...
  3. Join Date: Mar 2006
  4. Posts: 38,152
  5. Rep Power: 214442
It works better for people that are busy, not losers that live with their parents and play video games all day. I'm an Android user and I used to have a smartwatch. It did come in handy many times. My wife has an iPhone and iWatch and IMO, the iwatch is much better. The quality, software, and hardware is superb compared to Android Wear. Google needs to get their chit together.
**Texas Crew**
**Ultra MAGA Crew**
**Pure Blood Crew**
**Dallas Cowboys Fan Crew**
post 1615161521 08-31-2020, 10:15 AM
-
#53
  1. Ironmanlet
  2. Adamantium User
  1. Ironmanlet
  2. Adamantium User
  3. Join Date: Aug 2009
  4. Location: Cajun Country
  5. Age: 40
  6. Height: 5'7"
  7. Weight: 185 lbs
  8. Posts: 52,297
  9. Subscribers: 4
  10. Rep Power: 415456
Originally Posted By Jimbo0731⏩
It's just one more piece of tech to constantly bug you with notifications and charge on the daily. Should sell it for the cash to invest with.
Yay!!!

I can continue to receive the same dopamine releasing light and noise stimulation that has has been forced down my throat since birth because who wants to just be?

Consumerism.

Yeah, but I like mine.

Because dopamine.
“The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.“

PS: Don't eat poop, just don't let the idea of it stop you from living life to its fullest.
post 1615161621 08-31-2020, 10:16 AM
-
#54
  1. Procta
  1. Procta
  3. Join Date: Feb 2006
  4. Location: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
  5. Posts: 132,672
  6. Subscribers: 8
  7. Rep Power: 1749235
received one as a gift

only like it for health monitoring but its usefulness I have found out to be only using my jog/ bike rides app, using GPS & reading text messages

Shazam on the fly is nice

other than that just a digital watch
Subscribe for extra premium content (no noodz sorry guys)
post 1615161821 08-31-2020, 10:19 AM
-
#55
  1. litljay
  2. Time to Work
  1. litljay
  2. Time to Work
  3. Join Date: Oct 2009
  4. Location: California, United States
  5. Age: 53
  6. Posts: 17,547
  7. Rep Power: 123114
I find them very convenient. Just picked up a re-furbed series 5.
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
post 1615174471 08-31-2020, 12:52 PM
-
#56
  1. andrew28
  2. Rex, eat the salad
  1. andrew28
  2. Rex, eat the salad
  3. Join Date: Apr 2007
  4. Location: New York, United States
  5. Posts: 20,458
  6. Rep Power: 73987
Originally Posted By HYDRAE⏩
don't forget it can save your life if you fall too.
If I die from a fall, it was for a reason lol
post 1673085553 12-18-2022, 12:10 PM
-
#57
  1. MajorTendonitis
  1. MajorTendonitis
  3. Join Date: Jan 2016
  4. Location: East Kootenays BC
  5. Age: 65
  6. Height: 5'8"
  7. Weight: 241 lbs
  8. Posts: 41,975
  9. Subscribers: 8
  10. Rep Power: 714490
I quit wearing watches decades ago, but my heart specialist recommended I get a watch that could monitor heart rate because of my atrial fibrillation.
I’m already in the Apple eco system,so I thought stay with Apple , as it all integrates nicely.
Freeking cool having cellular capability on your wrist at times too .

I’m looking at the Apple Ultra as an upgrade to my series 4 . Crazy how they managed to get that much technology in it imo
Back with my Fam
Quick Navigation Top Misc
Bookmarks
Digg.com
Digg
del.icio.us
del.icio.us
Stumbleupon.com
StumbleUpon
Google.com
Google
Facebook.com
Facebook
Posting Permissions
  1. You may not post new threads
  2. You may not post replies
  3. You may not post attachments
  4. You may not edit your posts