@@ArBrnJunk I do trust. Every smartwatch from Amazfit, Samsung, Huawei, even cheap Casio watches are waterrestistent without this sneaky warranty regulations.
The USA government doesn’t allow the term “waterproof” because nothing is waterproof. Back in the 1970s when I was diving, I bought a $5,000 divers watch from Omega. The warrantee stated that if there was water ingress, they, and only they, would decide whether the ingress was due to a manufacturing defect, whereas it would be repaired, or if necessary, replaced. That watch was rated, by Omega, for a 1,000 meter depth. By the way, the same type of warrantee is offered by Samsung and others. There is nothing different here. I know this makes a fun video and is good clickbait. All dive computer makers have similar warrantees.
The difference being that Apple is point blank stating water damage is *not* covered in the warranty material. At least Omega had the decency to see who's mistake it was first! Also I googled dive computer warranty for water damage and for the first 2 brands their policy is the same as Omega where they will check whose mistake it is. It is reasonable Omega/ dive computers to inspect first and then access fault as they can be opened by the user to replace the battery and so forth, where as the Apple watch cannot! If anything they have greater reason to *not* cover water damage and yet, according to their policy they offer greater coverage than Apple!
I used Apple Watch from Series 3 to 6. I replaced them annually. A week before the warranty expires, the Series 6 started to display a message that the battery needs to be replaced. They replaced it with a new one that died on the first contact with water. I would say that I received the special "warranty is about to expire" version without gaskets of any kind.
I'm sorry to hear that! I wonder if you may have gotten a refurbished model that was opened and then "sealed" in a different way to the factory method.
@@RichWithTech Probably recased devices have worse seals than new ones.Anyway, it was going to be my last Apple Watch. I had already chosen the Garmin model to switch to because Series 6 replaced the interface that made the difference between Apple and the others with a confusing and unintuitive one as if it had been copied from the $10 watches on AliExpress.
I've had a 3, 7 and I have an ultra. I swam laps with the 7 and now the ultra several times a week and have zero issues. I'd really like to know the actual failure rate for the Ultras is it .0001%, 1% or 10%?
Hi - my own experience: after 20 months, I went swimming first time with the Ultra1. Depth: 1m. First the watch went crazy and then it went dead. In my opinion, no watch for diving! Only good marketing. Very disappointing
Yep, this pretty much sums up Apple's way of doing things. They make commercials that make you think you can use it for all kinds of cool stuff. But, in all honesty, there is a LOT of fine print that says that you can NOT use it for what they showed the person doing in the commercial.
I swim in all 3 of my Apple Watches, a SE, series 5 and ultra 2 and so far I haven’t had any issues, it’s common knowledge NOTHING is water proof, only water resistant, this has been a issue in ALL advertising for well over 30 years. Apple or any other manufacturer has no idea if you are going to expose you watch to extreme heat or cold and kill the gaskets, while I’m not simping for Apple and as a person who paid $800 for their watch if they fuck it up they absolutely should replace it your best product is only as good as the dumbest user and that is the reality we live in.
Let's be honest, it's already a norm ever since, for example we literally thought that smoking is a good idea or even the fact that we bought medicine from snake oil salesman, thinking that their quack cures removes illness.
As a person who’s used Apple warranty numerous times, I have to say each and every time I was sent a brand new unit ( not refurbished because they can’t give you a refurbished “ if “ you originally bought New and not refurbished ) without a Single hassle !!! No one cares about what the lawyers wrote when you call service ….
Yes BUT I didn’t say it was water damaged over the phone… they send you a New unit and you send yours back. They never called back with any questions…. Best way to use the warranty is always over the phone ! Never go in store for warranty because results may vary.
I literally only rinse my body in the shower with it on. An after the fact I dry it off with a towel. I would never think to go swimming with this watch on let alone go diving.
Hello everyone here are some links if anyone fancies doing something about this, there will be draft message at the end of this comment to use as a base if you wish- feel free to suggest improvements: **America** the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov/ your state attorney general www.consumerresources.org/file-a-complaint/ the National Advertising Division (NAD) bbbprograms.org/programs/all-programs/national-advertising-division **Germany** (I put Germany separate as they seem to hold advertisers accountable for their content) www.vzbv.de/en/about-us/contact (these guys recently banned TESLA from using the term “Autopilot” as it was seen as false advertising) **UK** www.asa.org.uk/make-a-complaint.html **EU** www.easa-alliance.org/product-services/want-to-complain/ **Draft message** Apple is advertising it’s Ultra Watch 2 in water environments including under water, down to 40m depth. In addition they claim them to be “swim proof” [***paste screen shot of swimproof***] Some of the watches are suffering water damage however, on the first exposure to shallow water and in some of these cases Apple is not offering to cover 100% of the associated costs, choosing instead to fall back on small print such as “Water resistance is not a permanent condition and can diminish over time.” Due to the way the watch is advertised as capable of being enduring 40m depths I believe this is a misleading advert and should be amended either to show it may not be capable of surviving these environments, or that Apple should be forced to pay for any water associated damages for a period of time after purchase. Currently their warranty also has “get out” clauses so if they choose not to take responsibility and fall back on the “its water resistant, not waterproof" and "water resistance will reduce over time” arguments then there isn’t much the consumer can do, even though the consumer is using it as the advert showed them was possible, they now have a dead Apple watch. Please hold Apple accountable for their advertising material, to prevent consumers from being misled.
you are editing your videos WAY too hard, at 0:44 you have trimmed it so much that you haven't finished one word before you speak over yourself with another. The same thing happens at 2:02 this is not good to listen to
Degradation over time is normal; in a standard watch, part of regular service includes replacing the seals. For an unserviceable watch like this, it's expected that after X years, it will eventually leak and fail. It’s clear that Apple’s wording is crafted in a way that doesn't favor the consumer, which is indeed frustrating. However, with a disposable watch, the expectation is that it will eventually fail and won’t be repairable. I agree-a more reasonable approach would be a 5-year warranty where, as a standard practice, water-damaged watches are simply replaced.
I did withstand about a half of this blah blah ... video. May i simply ask you for that WHEN? plz ;) My guess is ancient Mesopotamia or even much sooner ;)
I used to have a phone that started malfunctioning out of nowhere... and when I tried to claim warranty, it got rejected because of water damage. Since it has never been in the rain whatsoever, I said that it should be impossible. The company claimed water damage could be caused by going from a warm environment into a cold one could cause it... in other words, it happened because I left my house with my phone during the winter... because of this experience, I decided never to trust any water resistance claims as the phone was supposed to be at least resistant to rain...
This whole video is pretty useless unless you talk about how actual dive watches are advertised and what the manufacturers claim for them. Otherwise just sounds like clickbait. Disclaimer: I don’t own one of these things.
