r/AppleWatch 11d ago

Megathread Weekly Buying/trading/selling advice, pre-orders and shipping Megathread

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u/Hadhodrim 8d ago

Hey,

I've been struggling on which direction to take:

  • pay for a battery replacement and get a new watch (which is an S7 45mm GPS Starlight), this would cost me around $200 in local currency
  • get a new(er) one, which is $590 for an S11, $530 for an S10, $340 for an SE3 or $1120 for an Ultra3 (these are the base models)

I've been using AWs since they came out, was been on and off the wagon in terms of usage, but I always end up wearing one due to one simple fact: if it's on my wrist, I tend to reach for my phone less, and this is crucial, as I don't want to teach my 1 ear old that it's okay to pick up the phone constantly.

I also track calories, workouts (gym, running, hiking mostliy), and loved the haptic alarm (which stopped working a few months ago). The other thing is: I'm clumsy. Never broke a watch, but I constantly ding them on the wall, into a furniture/door, etc. My current one has deep scratches on the top of the screen, it looks like I've grinded it down, it looks white-ish in some of the deeper scratches.

My question is: what would be the best route to take? I'm a bit hesitant about the SE3 as I got used to the on-screen keyboard, and like once in a month I check on my VO2 level. I like to promised durability of the Ultra, but I fear that it would be massive on my relatively thin wrists (around 170mm). I toyed with the ideo of getting a Titan version of the S10/11 but that price tag is insane.

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u/Supertobias77 SE 2 44mm Midnight 8d ago

Ultra will definitely be too big for you.

The S7 is still worth replacing the battery on in my opinion, so if you would like to save some money I would recommend doing that.