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Phone Arena
3 days ago
- Business
- Phone Arena
At 24% off, the Apple Watch SE 2 helps you complete your ecosystem without breaking the bank
Looking for an Apple Watch that won't break the bank? Well, say "Thank you, Lady Luck," as this deal on the Apple Watch SE 2 is exactly what you're looking for. Amazon is currently offering a sweet $60 discount on the 40mm GPS version of this bad boy, letting you snag one for just south of $190. Granted, the markdown isn't as glamorous as the $80 price cut the timepiece received a few weeks ago. Nonetheless, it's still a top choice for buyers who want to enjoy the full watchOS experience and complete their Apple ecosystem without spending a fortune. $60 off (24%) The 40mm Apple Watch SE 2 is now $60 off on Amazon, knocking 24% off the price. It covers all the essentials without the premium cost, making it a smart pick for budget-minded shoppers. Don't wait—save while you can! Buy at Amazon Of course, Cupertino had to cut some corners to keep the SE 2 budget-friendly. But while our friend here skips premium features like ECG, blood oxygen tracking, an always-on display, and temperature sensing, it still provides a reliable and well-rounded experience. It boasts all the essential stuff like heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, and activity tracking, helping you stay on top of your health and also packs some key safety features, including Emergency SOS, Fall Detection, and Crash Detection. And with watchOS, it gives you access to the App Store, where you can find various apps to enhance your experience. As for battery life, it should get you through the day, but like most Apple Watches, you'll need to recharge it overnight. All in all, the Apple Watch SE 2 offers incredible value at its current price on Amazon. So, don't waste any more time—tap the offer button at the beginning of this article and grab this budget-friendly smartwatch at a lower price now while the offer lasts!
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Yahoo
I've been wearing an Apple Watch for 10 years – these are the 5 settings I change right out of the box
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Whether you've just bought the best Apple Watch on the market, like the Apple Watch Ultra 2, or you've got your hands on the budget Apple Watch SE 2 model, opening your Apple Watch and putting it on for the first time is a pretty great experience. You might have an idea of what your Apple Watch can do, or how you want to use it, but what about some of the settings and tweaks you can use to truly personalize your Apple Watch experience? For as long as I've been a tech user I've been enthralled by customizing gadgets, whether it's the theme on Windows XP or the color of the menus on my Sony Ericsson K850i. Having worn an Apple Watch for 10 years, I know a thing or two about settings you should definitely tweak on day one. Here are my go-tos. If you're new to Apple Watch, the very first thing you should do on your new one is change the watch face. You won't find third-party options like you might on Wear OS or Garmin, but there are plenty of great Apple options to choose from and they're very customizable. To change your watch face simply long press on the center of your Apple Watch display until it vibrates. Then simply swipe through the options until you see one you like. If you tap Edit you can tweak aspects of the face including colors, and the Complications (small nuggets of glanceable information) that show up. Your Apple Watch is designed to sit pretty discreetly on your wrist, and one of the joys of using one is that you can get notifications without too much disturbance, either for yourself or others. Obviously, if you have accessibility needs, you might want to leave the Apple Watch notification sounds on. For me, however, this is the first toggle I switch off. The watch gently vibrates whenever I get a notification (if I have them turned on at all), and I definitely don't need that piercing ding telling everyone in the vicinity that I've just got a notification. Simply press your Apple Watch's side button and select the bell icon on the left to silence your Apple Watch. Apple Watch is pretty easy to navigate, and moving between apps and the watch face is fairly straightforward. However, another setting I like to tweak is the Return to Clock setting. This takes your Apple Watch back to that smashing watch face you've just customized automatically once you put your wrist down. By default, it's set to a two-minute delay, but I like to select Always, so that I can drop my wrist at any time and know my Apple Watch is displaying the time, rather than sensitive information or an app where I might accidentally pause a workout or change something unknowingly. Simply press the Digital Crown, scroll to Settings, select General, and then Return to Clock to toggle this. Siri isn't particularly helpful these days, and lags behind rival virtual assistants from the likes of Google and Android, not to mention more advanced AI offerings that overshadow the delayed Apple Intelligence upgrade it badly needs. To that end, I always turn Siri off on my Apple Watch to some degree. In the Siri section of the Settings app on your Apple Watch, you can tweak how and when Siri responds to your inputs. I actually prefer to select Listen for to "Hey Siri," that way it's much more difficult to trigger accidentally. I also tend to leave Raise to Speak on, and turn off Press Digital Crown. I can't count the amount of times I used to accidentally activate Siri during workouts by pressing the Digital Crown, so this works well for me. I can access Siri by very deliberately raising my wrist, but never trigger it accidentally with a button press. However, you might want to consider the opposite, leaving the Crown on and turning off Raise to Speak. Or you can turn Siri off on your Watch altogether to avoid it getting in your way. A more recent addition to my Settings repertoire is screenshots. You can take a screenshot on Apple Watch just like iPhone, by pressing both buttons on the side at the same time. I can't think of any scenario whereby taking a screenshot on the Apple Watch would be necessary. However, as with Siri on the Digital Crown, it's very easy to do accidentally, especially during workouts. As such, I turn screenshots off in the General section of Settings, to avoid my Photos library getting clocked up with random snaps of my watch face. New figures claim the smartwatch market just shrunk for the first time ever, and the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is to blame In 10 years, this $99 Amazfit Active 2 is the closest I've come to ditching my Apple Watch I've spent 10 years with Apple Watch, and after 10 minutes with the Galaxy Watch Ultra, I can't believe Samsung skipped this feature
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Yahoo
The Apple Watch badly needs the iPhone 16e treatment
Apple isn't very quick to update its lower cost products, but there's one model which badly needs its attention: the Apple Watch SE. The company's willingness to let the SE languish for several years is now affecting its bottom line, and when the Apple Watch Series 11 arrives later this year, an Apple Watch SE 3 needs to be there alongside it. In 2024 shipments of Apple Watch models declined by 19% compared to 2023, according to Counterpoint Research, and a quote in the report stated, 'The slowdown of the existing Apple Watch SE lineup and the lack of new SE models contributed to the decline.' While the entire smartwatch industry slowed over the same period, Apple saw the largest fall in shipments, which points to something being awry with its current product range. The Apple Watch SE first arrived at the end of 2020, and the second generation Apple Watch SE 2 came at the end of 2022. Two models isn't enough to fully establish a trend for release dates, but logically the Apple Watch SE 3 should have arrived at the end of 2024 with the Apple Watch Series 10. But here we are in March 2025, and no such smartwatch has come along. 2024 was an odd year for the Apple Watch. While I love the Apple Watch Series 10, especially in titanium, I'll admit it's not the biggest step forward in technology — at least to the casual observer — but at least a new model was released. The Apple Watch Ultra 2 only received a color update, rather than a new model entirely. With only one true new model in it, Apple's smartwatch range sadly lacks life, and the Apple Watch SE 2 looks terribly old next to the Series 10 and Ultra 2. The Apple Watch SE 2 is based on an old Apple Watch design. This means a 40mm or 44mm case size, a smaller screen with larger bezels and half the brightness of the Apple Watch Series 10, and the dual-core S8 processor inside. There are fewer features in general, such as no always-on screen, ECG, or body temperature sensor, but these are to be expected considering it costs less than the Series 10, and Apple has to tempt you into upgrading somehow. When the Apple Watch Series 9 came out, there was still a good case for the Apple Watch SE 2 if you didn't want the always-on screen or ECG. Because the 10.7mm case thickness was identical between the two, you really only had to forgive the bezel size on the design front. This is much harder to do when you put the Series 10 next to the SE 2. The Apple Watch Series 10 is 9.7mm thick, and the reduction really notices on the wrist, plus the screen's larger size and smaller bezels are very obvious. If nothing else, the Series 10 shows how far Apple has progressed with the Apple Watch's hardware. Some may have been disappointed the 10th anniversary of the Apple Watch wasn't celebrated in an iPhone X-style way, but few can deny the refinements it did make have considerably improved how the top Apple Watch looks and wears. Unfortunately, it also highlights the SE 2's age. The Apple Watch SE 2 isn't the only SE product Apple has left on the shelf for too long. The beginning of 2024 was dominated by anticipation for the Apple iPhone SE 3, which eventually arrived as the iPhone 16e. The iPhone SE (2022) came out in early 2022, and like the Apple Watch SE 2, was badly in need of an update. The iPhone 16e may not meet some of the higher expectations, but it has brought the design (and the name) in-line with the rest of Apple's current range. New products, even when they aren't to every tech geek's taste, drive sales. The iPhone 16e can happily live in the range for another two years, when if it's sensible, Apple can replace it with an iPhone 17e. Very few normal people will look at the iPhone 16e and think 'it's old' and pass it by, but I do think even those not plugged into the world of tech will see a working Apple Watch SE 2 and not think it's getting on a bit. We shouldn't expect an Apple Watch SE 3 to take the Series 10's case and screen, but if it took the Series 10's case it would sufficiently advance the design. I'd love to see an always-on screen on a future SE, but it's seems highly unlikely Apple will take a top selling point of its more expensive smartwatch and stick it on the cheapest. The screen and the more advanced health tech separate the two, and in many cases the SE model is a great purchase for a lot of people. But at the moment, it's being held back because no-one should be buying a smartwatch first introduced two-and-a-half years ago. Apple usually introduces new smartwatches with its new iPhone models, therefore we can expect the Apple Watch Series 11 to come with the iPhone 17 series. There's very little discussion about an Apple Watch SE 3 at this point, outside of reports an SE 3 smartwatch will come later this year with a redesign along with the expected new processor. Compared to the amount of rumors that swirled around the Apple iPhone SE 3 for years ahead of its release, it's practically silence. The iPhone 16e took a long time to arrive, so it's hardly a shock the Apple Watch SE 2 wasn't updated at the end of 2024. Apple's big chance comes at the end of 2025, when it should announce the update and even a new name — Apple Watch Series 10e perhaps — alongside the Series 11, the Ultra 3, and a host of new iPhone models including the already extensively discussed iPhone 17 Air. It'll be an event to look forward to, but it also means the Apple Watch SE 2 still has to sit, unloved, on the shelf for another six months. And no, you probably shouldn't buy one. Buy the Apple Watch Series 10 instead. It's fantastic.
