Smartwatches and fitness trackers · Apple
Owners keep the Apple Watch 12 for how well it fits into the rest of their apps and daily routine, even when they have to plan around charging it.
There isn't a praised theme with enough accounts to draw a verdict from; the only recurring theme raised was battery life, and it leans negative but has too few accounts to call a clear pattern either way.
Battery life is the recurring complaint owners raise: several compare it unfavorably to Garmin, Whoop, and other watches that go days or weeks longer between charges, though with only 3 accounts this is too few to call a settled verdict.
Pick up to three. You get a page with just those, side by side, on the subjects owners raised.
Once the newness wears off, the daily habit that sticks for owners is charging the watch, since it doesn't hold a charge anywhere near as long as competing fitness trackers or other smartwatches they've tried. Some who switched away and came back point to fast charging as what makes that routine bearable rather than a dealbreaker.
Beyond battery, owners describe choosing the watch because it stays tied into the rest of their phone and app ecosystem, which matters enough that one owner gave up on a Samsung watch and returned to the iPhone/Apple Watch setup despite liking parts of the Samsung experience.
The comments available don't speak to long-term durability or hardware failures, only to battery endurance. On that front, several owners who also use or have used other wearables (Garmin, Whoop, Moto, CMF, Galaxy Watch, Watch Ultra 2) say the Apple Watch 12 runs down faster than those alternatives when features like always-on display are left on.
The long-term picture here is thin: only 3 accounts raised this theme at all, and none of the comments describe how the watch performs after a year or two of ownership. Say so plainly rather than stretch a short-term charging complaint into a durability verdict.
Nothing with a clear majority yet. Owners who raised these subjects were split, or too few to judge.
Nothing has a clear majority against it yet. Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.
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