I Tried Switching Back to the Apple Watch (After Garmin) — Transcript

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1. 0:01I'm about to turn off my [music] Garmin
2. 0:03for the first time in years. See, 3
3. 0:05years ago, I left the [music] Apple
4. 0:07Watch after too many frustrations.
5. 0:12But while I was gone,
6. 0:13>> but we're not stopping there.
7. 0:14>> Apple kept updating everything.
8. 0:16>> We do have
9. 0:19one more thing.
10. 0:21>> So, the real question is, what happens
11. 0:23if I switch back now?
12. 0:28And to make this fair, I have to go in
13. 0:30and get Apple's newest Apple Watch.
14. 0:33Let's do the Apple Watch [music] Ultra
15. 0:36Series 3 with this loop.
16. 0:38>> Okay,
17. 0:40black watch. Cool.
18. 0:44That one isn't.
19. 0:47[music]
20. 0:49Now, I want to be clear that I'm going
21. 0:51into this experience very optimistic,
22. 0:54not as a Garmin fanboy. I'm literally
23. 0:57giving Apple every chance to win me
24. 1:00over.
25. 1:04I forgot how easy Apple makes
26. 1:07everything. And it's not that Garmin is
27. 1:10difficult, it's just that Apple is
28. 1:12literally effortless. You simply turn it
29. 1:15on and it connects [music] instantly.
30. 1:17You get this futuristic QR code that you
31. 1:19scan and Apple does the rest. You just
32. 1:22keep tapping next, agreeing to terms you
33. 1:25know you didn't read.
34. 1:27Where Garmin users, we depend on the
35. 1:30Garmin Connect app. Now, the nice part
36. 1:32about that is that we're not really
37. 1:34locked into an ecosystem. Works on
38. 1:36iPhone or Android.
39. 1:38Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel
40. 1:41like Garmin users don't use some of the
41. 1:43most basic features on their watch.
42. 1:46First, they don't set up their Garmin
43. 1:48Pay. And second, they don't set up their
44. 1:50music.
45. 1:51>> Currently, what watch do you use?
46. 1:53>> 4Runner 965.
47. 1:54>> Garmin Pay.
48. 1:56>> I have it set up, but I've never used
49. 1:58it.
50. 1:59>> Do you use the music on your Garmin?
51. 2:01>> I do not.
52. 2:07Now, since I mainly lift and run, two
53. 2:10things that I care about are
54. 2:12accuracy and battery life. Now, there
55. 2:16are two ways that I thought I could test
56. 2:17this. The first one, long-term use,
57. 2:20which we're going to get to later, but
58. 2:22another way is just putting it through
59. 2:24an actual race.
60. 2:30And that's why we're in Miami. And
61. 2:33tomorrow I'm gonna break my one rule.
62. 2:35I'm gonna have my Garmin watch on my
63. 2:37left and my Apple Watch on my right
64. 2:39throughout the Miami Half Marathon
65. 2:41course to see how these compare.
66. 2:56>> [music]
67. 3:02>> Mile one always feels the easiest.
68. 3:07Mile two marker right there.
69. 3:11Mile three right there.
70. 3:16[music]
71. 3:18We're coming up close to the 10k marker.
72. 3:20But we know as soon as that sun rises,
73. 3:23we're all cooked. [music]
74. 3:30>> Mile nine. [music]
75. 3:34Mile 10.
76. 3:36[music]
77. 3:41[music]
78. 3:45>> [music]
79. 3:47>> What is it?
80. 3:50[music]
81. 4:01Now, this is my official race time.
82. 4:06This is what Garmin recorded, and this
83. 4:08is what Apple recorded. And by the end
84. 4:10of the race, my Garmin was at 91%. My
85. 4:13Apple Watch Ultra was at 79. And one
86. 4:16important thing that I need to call out
87. 4:18is you might have seen that I was
88. 4:19wearing AirPods,
89. 4:22but they were paired directly to my
90. 4:24phone. And speaking of AirPods, this
91. 4:27video is sponsored by ESR, and they just
92. 4:30dropped a bunch of new cases. And this
93. 4:32one's my favorite for four reasons.
94. 4:34First, it has a super tough [music]
95. 4:36hook. I clip it to my everyday sling or
96. 4:40my camera bag.
97. 4:43Second, it has an internal latch, so the
98. 4:46[music] case stays locked, but it still
99. 4:48opens with one hand.
100. 4:51And third, if you do happen to drop it,
101. 4:53[music] the AirPods, they're not going
102. 4:54anywhere. And last, it supports Mag
103. 4:57Safe, and the magnets are actually even
104. 4:59stronger. I'll have a link in the
105. 5:01description below. Now using this
106. 5:03diagram there are three categories but
107. 5:06based on this race and also a few other
108. 5:08runs this is where I would place them
109. 5:10accordingly. First up controls and on
110. 5:13race day under pressure physical buttons
111. 5:16is going to win every time on my Garmin.
112. 5:18I purposely turn off the touch controls
113. 5:21especially on a race day. It just kind
114. 5:22of gives me that like ease of mind that
115. 5:25I'm not going to do any accidental
116. 5:27presses. Now, with data screens, I have
117. 5:29to give it to the one that's more
118. 5:30customizable [music] and that has more
119. 5:32data fields per screen. While Apple's
120. 5:35native workout app, yes, it looks
121. 5:37beautiful. The fonts, the colors, the
122. 5:40animations,
123. 5:41but the functionality, it really feels
124. 5:44kind of limited,
125. 5:46but this is where Apple turns everything
126. 5:48around. The App Store basically fixes
127. 5:51most of the Apple Watch issues. For
128. 5:54example, the native workout app. just
129. 5:56don't use it. [music] And you have this
130. 5:57app. It gives you more customizable data
131. 6:00screens.
132. 6:02This one handles readiness and recovery
133. 6:04better. And there's honestly so many.
134. 6:06But most of these apps either require a
135. 6:08one-time purchase or a subscription. And
136. 6:12honestly, at this point, my entire life
137. 6:15feels like it's one big subscription.
138. 6:17So, if you take though the health and
139. 6:20fitness aspect out of the equation and
140. 6:22if I just live a regular life, I
141. 6:26honestly forgot how good the Apple Watch
142. 6:28is.
143. 6:30When you own an Apple Watch, the
144. 6:32accessory options that you [music] have
145. 6:34are wild.
146. 6:35Watch bands are everywhere. Chargers
147. 6:38[music] are everywhere.
148. 6:41They sell garments here, but I have
149. 6:43never seen this store or any other store
150. 6:46sell a Garmin charger or a Garmin watch
151. 6:50band. [music] And I know this because
152. 6:52I've bought plenty of Garmin watch bands
153. 6:54online, and they work fine, but I wanted
154. 6:57something different. [music] So, I
155. 6:59designed my own. And this is the first
156. 7:01and only glow-in-the-dark watch bands
157. 7:05for [music] Garmin. Now, notifications
158. 7:08on a Garmin, we receive them, but on an
159. 7:11Apple Watch, you literally experience
160. 7:13them.
161. 7:15That convenience does come at a cost,
162. 7:18and that's battery life. So, on this
163. 7:21Apple Watch Ultra Series 3, I'm getting
164. 7:24roughly like 2 days of battery life, and
165. 7:26that's partially because of my running.
166. 7:28I'm on a marathon prep. So, my fix to
167. 7:32this battery life is simply just get
168. 7:34more chargers.
169. 7:44What's surprising me the most is that I
170. 7:47haven't worn an Apple Watch in over 3
171. 7:49years. And now that I have the newest
172. 7:51one, it seems very, very familiar. But I
173. 7:56don't mean that in a positive way. I had
174. 8:00to double check exactly what was new.
175. 8:03and classic Apple crushing the
176. 8:05presentation, but a lot of the main
177. 8:07features, not really much improvements.
178. 8:10Still, there are a couple upgrades I can
179. 8:12really appreciate. I will definitely
180. 8:14give Apple credit for the satellite
181. 8:16connectivity for emergency messaging
182. 8:18when cellular fails. That is generally a
183. 8:21great feature. Also, offline maps, we
184. 8:24needed that. So, let me show you. This
185. 8:27is how I actually see it.
186. 8:32On one end you have the sports watch and
187. 8:34on the other the smartwatch and in the
188. 8:37middle this gap. This is where you get
189. 8:39the best of both worlds. Now Garmin and
190. 8:41Apple they started on opposite ends but
191. 8:44over time Garmin added some smart
192. 8:46features and Apple added fitness
193. 8:48features but in these last few years I
194. 8:50feel like Apple has pushed more to
195. 8:52bridge that gap.
196. 8:54And that's okay because in my opinion, I
197. 8:58don't really feel like Garmin users
198. 9:00expect their watch to become their
199. 9:03phone. But I do feel like Apple Watch
200. 9:06users, especially fitness ones, do
201. 9:09expect their Apple Watch to get more
202. 9:12Garmin-L like and Whoop features.
203. 9:16I get why someone would want that
204. 9:18constant connection. A watch that feels
205. 9:21like a phone on your wrist, that extra
206. 9:24peace of mind when you're running alone.
207. 9:26Hey Siri, text my girlfriend. Let her
208. 9:30know I'll be home in 2 hours. But
209. 9:33there's just something about waking up
210. 9:35to your garment and seeing that morning
211. 9:37report.
212. 9:39Running a whole marathon and the watch
213. 9:42keeping you humble.
214. 9:43>> Okay, man. Do you want to be a
215. 9:45today? Do you want to feel like a little
216. 9:46Do you want to walk around all
217. 9:48day knowing that you could, but you
218. 9:49didn't?
219. 9:50>> Next month, I'll be running my second
220. 9:52World Marathon major, and I'll take that
221. 9:55tough love that Garmin gives.