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New to Apple Watch, not sure which one is right for me (if any) (alien.top)

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Hi there. I'm a long time Pebble and Amazfit Bip user, primarily for their battery life (45 days-ish) and low profile, but it's becoming so much more convincing these days to switch to an Apple Watch for productivity purposes. Can you help me figure out which watch series and model would be ideal?

If the following features are priority for me, which Apple Watch should I consider (if any)?

Light & low profile: I use watch vibration as my alarm and will want to sleep with it on
Battery life: Since I sleep with my watch, I'd prefer to not have to charge it daily
Notifications: Texts, calls, etc
Outlook calendar view would be nice to have

A few things that are NOT priority for me:

Fitness tracking
Cell coverage
GPS

What kind of battery life could I expect if I turn off all GPS and Fitness functions? I'm all for buying a used one, but I don't know which one to look for. Thanks for any advice. Hopefully it's helpful to more than just me.

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[–] Laketech@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It sounds like either the current Series 9, or a 3rd generation SE would be the best choice for you. Both are low profile and light, both do the haptic vibration things you want as well as notifications, texts and calls. The advantage of an S9 over the SE is an Always On Display capability, ECG, and Blood Oxygen measurement. If those are not important to you, get an SE.

Neither of those watches will measure up to your battery expectations, and will have to be charged daily. (the Series 9 will charge much faster than the SE though), but you’ll be charging daily.

There’s also the Ultra, but definitely not slim or low profile, and much heavier than the aforementioned two devices. The Ultra however has about a 3 day battery life.