The Breakdown
- Solid fitness and heart-rate tracking for daily use
- Glued construction, unrepairable by design
- Ecosystem lock-in and subscription upsells
- Health data routed straight to Apple servers
- Frequent model churn renders prior versions obsolete
Side Effects
constant pings, data harvested, battery fades in two years
Buy Instead
Skip Apple Watch. Buy a Garmin Forerunner – real battery life, no ecosystem tax, actual repair options.