I was supposed to wait a while before purchasing an Apple Watch, and it was supposed to be a Series 7, but I saw that Amazon was having a sale, specifically the Amazon Prime Early Access sale that occurred on 11-12 October. I wasn't even aware of the sale until 12 October at maybe 9 PM.
I ended up purchasing a Series 8 45mm GPS model in silver aluminum, for $379. That price was good enough to where I decided not to pass it up. I didn't want the steel version, as there's no way I'm going to spend $700 on ANY smartwatch, which also left out the Ultra. NO SMARTWATCH IS WORTH THAT MUCH.
I ended up ordering it the day before I went on vacation to New England. It's already been delivered at my home and it's awaiting me to open it.
Yes, I deviated from my plan of purchasing the Series 7, but that watch would've been refurbished if I'd chosen to buy it from Apple. I'd thought to buy the Series 7 through Amazon, but didn't want to worry about Apple not offering support with refurbished Series 7s and didn't know if I could find new Series 7s on Amazon.
I really didn't want to worry about support (if the watch ever had an issue) and wanted the max support duration possible, so Series 8 was the best choice. I'm also tired of always getting older tech equipment, so this time I bought something that's been recently released.
I'll eventually be buying a watchband for this watch.
The Fitbit Sense will be used at night only (it has good sleep tracking) and maybe for workouts (it has great workout detection and tracking - probably much better than the Series 8).
I'll document my experiences with this watch on this blog.
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