Downloading battery phone. Really annoys me the phone tells you the watch battery but not vice versa. Now to decide what complication to drop!
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Just received my dispatch email from Apple. DPD are delivering this time.
I find it odd how they re-use consignment numbers - tracking says it was delivered back in February 
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I’ve also received notification that DPD are delivering mine
Delivered back in February too 
Mines back in Feb too haha.
My watch has arrived and is now fully set up, including transfer of my EE data plan. Previous years have been an absolute pain transferring the data plan but it took all of 10 minutes this time.
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Apple have got a lot better with transfers. The iPhone was a lot easier this year too.
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How do you do that buddy ? I am getting the cellular watch too.
It’s the mobile operator who’s responsible for transferring the data plan, not Apple. The eSIM needs downloading to the new watch.
EE have always made a mess of it in the past but this year they appear to have finally got their act together.
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You unpair your existing watch, keeping the data plan, then set up the new watch from the backup made when you unpaired the existing one.
When you come to set up mobile data, it will fail with error code 003. You call EE, tell them this, and they should ask for the EID of the new watch (which is on the box and also in the watch app on your iPhone). They need this to download the eSIM to your new watch.
It should then start working within a couple of hours (10 minutes in my case).
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I should have been more clear. I will be setting it up for the first time. I am with EE pay monthly plan. Is the process still similar.
Thanks
That’s even easier - just go into the watch app on your iPhone (once you’ve set the watch up), select Mobile Data, then add the data plan.
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Looks great!
I ordered one but had trouble with my internet so missed the launch delivery window.
I can’t wait for it to arrive, especially seeing how good the new screen looks.
I’ve got the olive green aluminium one and it’s not what I was expecting. It’s almost a dull dark grey/black colour until the light catches it at the right angle, then it’s the green colour you see on the website.
A bit like a kingfisher, if you’ve seen one in real life. They are a dull brown colour until the light catches them at the correct angle, then they’re iridescent blue, orange, etc.
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That sounds a bit like how the Midnight Green iPhone 11 Pro often looked very like Space Grey from a distance, but up close or if it caught the light you would clearly see the green.
I’ve ordered a Midnight Apple Watch (my first Apple Watch, so I’ve very excited!) which I imagine will be similar as it seems to be a very dark blue; the blue probably won’t be that noticeable unless you look at it carefully. I think that’s quite cool and more interesting than a standard colour, but it’s a while until it arrives so I’ll have to reserve judgement until I see it in person.
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Anybody got any size comparisons? I have a 42mm Series 3 but I have small wrists (I think). I guess the 41mm would be about the same, given the increased screen size?
Yes, except that looked close to silver rather than black/dark grey.
I actually like the hint of colour, it adds interest and helps the device look professional because it’s often quite unobtrusive and subtle.
Bright colours sometimes (not always) look a bit cheap and amateurish, and I don’t want to be reminded of something like the iPhone 5C, which always looked terrible. I’m not always against colours standing out though, Product RED has often looked great on a range of Apple products.
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That’s fair.
I should really have said that I like the understated look and feel it’s quite elegant, rather than implying that I think bright colours are “unprofessional” (which I don’t think they are, necessarily, although the societal perception is there as you’ve said).
It’s not that I would think people at work would think less of a person with a bright blue iPhone, or anything like that. It’s more the emotional attachments that people have to colours? If that makes sense?
I saw the featured colour of the time at a BMW showroom was burnt orange a while ago (this was two or three years ago) and that looked vibrant and very cool.
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I understand the decision fatigue thing but I love my Space Grey MacBook Pro, so I have to disagree with you!
Silver does hide scratches better, though, and there is something nice about the contrast between the case and the keyboard. Plus it’s timeless as you say, so I see why you like it.
I usually go for Space Grey everything, but I liked the look of the Midnight Apple Watch!
I did also get a Product RED iPod Touch 5th generation back in the day, which I still have. I think that looks great with a white front and red back.
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I’ve not reviewed the new flagging rules recently, but if I can’t flag this opinion, they’re pointless. 