I understood that the idea is you cannot use the watch while wet, which is why you have to use the water lock plus it prevents damage to watch. Drying it off before turning off water lock is important. I'll be surprised if that is any different in the 9. No one knows what the redesign for the x or 10 will be at this stage.
Richard, USA —— "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley (Sent from my iPhone) > On Aug 25, 2023, at 5:02 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > "the screen acting up a bit" is an understatement. > I find the watch is quite useless when water lock is turned on, I also have a > fifth generation Apple Watch and I wear it when doing pool swims which is > good, but if I loose track of my number of laps and I want to check I so far > have not found it possible to do so unless you totally stop, turn waterlock > off and then preferably have a small towel handy to wipe the screen and the > watch because if the screen and your fingers are wet it does many things but > usually not what I want. > I am tempted to maybe consider getting an Apple Watch 9th Generation this > fall because the rumours are it is getting a new chip which one expects would > make it a lot faster and responsive and maybe that would help. I must say > that I did definitely notice an improvement when we switched from the second > Generation watch which were our first Apple Watches to the fifth generation. > But then again there are already rumours that we will probably see much more > significant advances and possibly even a complete design change in a year > when the Apple Watch X or 10 will come uout so I may just have to stick with > my 5 for another year because I definitely don't feel like upgrading my watch > ever year or even 2 or 3. Next fall we would have had our apple Watch 5 for > 5 years which is at least a bit more acceptable and then hopefully whatever > they come out with then will last another 5 or 6. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > goshawk on horseback > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2023 11:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: To swim with apple watch or not? That is the question > Importance: High > > I regularly swim with my watch 5, and apart from the screen acting up a bit > when wet at times, have never had any problems. > > Simon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel McGee" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2023 6:52 AM > Subject: To swim with apple watch or not? That is the question > > >> Hi all >> >> Own an apple watch SE 5th generation. >> >> Think I already know the answer but has anyone done a swimming workout >> with your apple watch and bricked the device? >> >> My workout Routine if a, 50 meters outdoor pool and the session lasts for >> 1 hour. >> >> -- >> 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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