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- Last Friday, I bought the latest Apple Watch Series 4.
- The last Apple Watch I'd used was the original model, which I've had since 2015, but stopped using after several months of use.
- The first Apple Watch didn't really grab me. The new Series 4, however, has made me an Apple Watch believer.
On April 27, 2015, at 4:15 in the afternoon, I ordered Apple's very first smartwatch. It arrived at my doorstep nearly three months later, on June 2.
I was immediately taken with the Watch's cool hardware, and I absolutely loved being able to pay for goods with my wrist.
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Three main reasons for that: the software was slow, applications at the time felt limited, and it was not very comfortable to wear. "Guess I'm just not a watch guy," I told myself.
Fast forward four years. I'm now married, and thinking about my health more often. Given the passage of time, and the fact the Series 4 was also the first real Apple Watch redesign since the first-generation model, I decided to buy Apple's latest wearable.
Here's what I think of the Apple Watch Series 4: