I bought an Apple Watch 5 last week (my wife wants constant trackability [i.e., she's crazy and has anxiety issues, but I digress]), and I hate carrying a phone. The cellular function of the watch seemed to make sense as a compromise.
This watch seems horribly inaccurate, and the GPS smoothing function Apple uses seems to tell you what speed you were running 60 seconds ago, not what you're running right now. That'd be fine for long, steady runs....terrible for intervals, etc.
I wore the Apple Watch and my ten year old Garmin Forerunner 10 at the same time for the past two days, and verified that this isn't just confirmation bias. I ran ten or so identical loops last night, and the Garmin had them all within 0.01 mi of each other, and the Apple didn't.
The Apple Watch seems to work better when you don't carry a phone (apparently it defaults to the phone's GPS when they're paired, which is less accurate?).
Is there anything else I can do to make this thing work? I have about four or five days left on the return policy if I can't make this thing useful.
This watch seems horribly inaccurate, and the GPS smoothing function Apple uses seems to tell you what speed you were running 60 seconds ago, not what you're running right now. That'd be fine for long, steady runs....terrible for intervals, etc.
I wore the Apple Watch and my ten year old Garmin Forerunner 10 at the same time for the past two days, and verified that this isn't just confirmation bias. I ran ten or so identical loops last night, and the Garmin had them all within 0.01 mi of each other, and the Apple didn't.
The Apple Watch seems to work better when you don't carry a phone (apparently it defaults to the phone's GPS when they're paired, which is less accurate?).
Is there anything else I can do to make this thing work? I have about four or five days left on the return policy if I can't make this thing useful.