Hi Pam, I struggled with the same delimma a couple of months ago. I decided to go for the Series 1, as for my situation, it was a better fit.
The first item was the price, in Canada, the Series 1 is $399 while the Series 2 is $629, about $130 more. The second item was the brighter screen, being blind, not really a selling point. The third item was the Water Resistance, I know that I don't plan on wearing the watch while swimming or showering. And lastly, the built-in GPS. Sure you can take walks with the Series 2 and don't need to carry your phone, but in my case, my phone is always with me, and that coupled with the $130 savings (which I put that towards an AppleCare plan, and with taxes, came about $5 less then the Series 2 watch alone before taxes. As for performance, the Series 1 has the same processor as the Series 2, and not haven't played with the Series 2 personally, have heard that they both perform similarly. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia did a demo of the original Apple Watch with the Series 2 and although you did notice a very small difference in performance, with Watch OS 3, both watches performed fairly close. Now I've had the watch for a little over two months now and I don't regret it for a second. But like I said, my situation is nothing like others. The best thing I can suggest is to go to an Apple Store and play around with both to see for yourself and make a decision based on what works for you and your budget. As for battery life, I've changed some settings in order to save on battery and have only enabled certain notifications, the most important ones I want to see, and have decreased the brighthess all the way down, and for me, I will typically come home at the end of the day with about 70% to 75%. Now for me, I use the watch normally, occasionally checking my watch from time to time, but it will all depend on how you use it. Hope this helps! From: "Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: 2016/11/29 2:13 PM Subject: Apple Watch Series 1 Versus Series 2 Models Hi All, I am considering an apple watch, and would like to know if anyone has opinions on the Series 1 versus the Series 2 watch. After researching, it appears that the main differences are that the Series 2 has a GPS antenna, a brighter display and is water resistent up to a much greater depth than the Series 1. Of the above, the only difference I am concerned with is the GPS. I have seen references to the Series 1 being able to give directions while you walk. So, with the Series 1, is it that you can run a GPS app on the watch, but it needs to use the phone's GPS, whereas with the Series 2, you do not need to use your phone's GPS? I would be interested in hearing anyone's experiences with either model. Thanks, Pam -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
