Hi, I have never swam with my watch, but the vibrations as far as I am concerned are definitely strong enough to feel. Take care. Peggy
Peggy Sent from my IPhone. > On Aug 22, 2018, at 4:37 PM, 'Linda Gaitskell' via VIPhone > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Simon > > is the vibration strong enough to feel if you're not expecting it? I read > somewhere that the vibration was very mild. > > Thanks > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: goshawk on horseback > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 4:33 PM > Subject: Re: apple watch > > you won't hear the sound of the alarm when it is under water, but the watch > will vibrate. > I have used this a lot when open water swimming, so that I am not late for > other things as well, and it is just so useful to know when it is time to > start heading back to shore. > I know what you mean, the second gen watch can be a little slow to respond, > so would also like to hear about the 4th gen's improvements, as it is > something I may well go for. > > Simon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 4:25 PM > Subject: RE: apple watch > > Hi Linda, > > I use my watch for swimming all the time and while I haven’t set an alarm I > am almost certain the alarm would sound. > One thing I would, however, srongly advise is that you not get an Apple Watch > in the next 3 or so weeks since most likely in 3 weeks (the week of September > 10) Apple will have their big event and while a new Apple Watch was released > last year, it seems the rumours are that another new watch is expected this > year. My wife and I both have the second generation Apple Watches (before > last year’s model) and we are both not so happy with how responsive they are. > Apparently the third generation watch is much better, but it is of course to > be expected that if a fourth generation watch will be released that it has an > even faster processor and other improvements. I also would say that unless > you absolutely can’t afford the higher price of whatever is the top model you > need to buy the newest model. I for one don’t feel it is reasonable to expect > people should upgrade their watch every year or two although if this year’s > model has some really cool improvements I might be very tempted especially > since both my wife and I had the batteries of our 6S and 6S Plus replaced > this year, the phones are working great and we are not upgrading our phones > for at least another year. We’ll see, it all depends on what we can get for > our old second gen watches if we sell them and so on, but to buy an Apple > Watch now with a new one possibly weeks away is not a good idea. If anything > last year’s watch can probably be had at a bit of a discount once the new > model comes out. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: 'Linda Gaitskell' via VIPhone <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 4:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: apple watch > > Hi All > > i'm thinking of getting an apple watch and was wondering if seeing as the > speech would be disabled when the watch was in swimming mode if you set an > alarm or timer would you get an audible alert. Sometimes I have only a > certain amount of time that I can spend in the pool so was looking for a way > to know when my alotted time was up rather than having to ask someone what > the time was. > > Thanks > Linda > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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