Made me giggle that the ad for this is some surfer being totally in the middle of an amazing moment and then getting distracted by a phone call.
I really like my apple watch, but this really isn't selling it...
Apple Watch 3
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#122From the bottom of the page: Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) requires an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 11 or later. Apple Watch and iPhone service provider must be the same. Not available with all service providers. Roaming is not available outside your carrier network coverage area. Wireless service plan required for cellular service. Contact your service provider for more details. Check apple.com/watch/cellular…
Can't tell 100%, but it looks as if you will still need a companion iPhone as the "master" device. So, you won't be able to use the watch as a stand-alone phone.
I wonder if there is a technical reason for that or if they aren't ready for possible cannibalisation yet.
I was really hoping it wouldn't require a phone at all.
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#123The only thing I'm interested in with this new Watch, is the heart study. I'm VERY interested if they have this monitoring mastered without the chest strap. Super useful for me.
They're trying to to detect heart issues in people who don't otherwise have any reason to suspect they have them. Given that the heart rate monitor isn't even accurate enough to be useful for exercising[1], it seems unlikely you'd want to rely on this if you already know you have an issue. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/7/2/3/htm
Curious why you come to that conclusion? That study itself says the watches were within acceptable error for their purposes. Why would you need more accuracy than the roughly 2% error on the Apple Watch?
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#124LTE is a great addition but disappointed Apple Watch 3 has no new sensors. See you next year Apple Watch!
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#125Re: Apple Watch 3
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
It might be a technological issue: standards (GSM, CDMA) and allowed frequencies vary a lot from country to country. The chip in this Apple Watch might be too specific? If it's a purely contractual issue, it should be gone soon (for a fee): too much money to be made from international roaming.
> allowed frequencies vary a lot from country to country They do, but a few "roaming" bands are well-supported worlwide, mostly aside from the Americas and especially the US * LTE bands 1 and 3 will cover Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, but North and Latin america use LTE bands 2 and 4 instead. * band 7 is well supported in latin america, europe, asia, oceania and canada but not africa or the US * band 28 is well s…
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That would be so great, but they need to figure out camera (taking photos is still a big part of what phone in my pocket is used for)
Can anyone recommend a standalone camera that's as easy to use and takes photos as good as an iPhone 7 plus? Camera is now the only reason for me to have a phone rather than a watch. Difficulty: I really like live photos and expect future-me to be super happy with present-me for taking so many live photos of my kids.
These are small, with bigger sensors than iPhone:
Sony RX100 $1000
Canon G9X Mark II $500
Panasonic Lumix ZS100 $600
Panasonic Lumix ZS50 $300Re: Apple Watch 3
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can't tell 100%, but it looks as if you will still need a companion iPhone as the "master" device. So, you won't be able to use the watch as a stand-alone phone.
I wonder if there is a technical reason for that or if they aren't ready for possible cannibalisation yet. I was really hoping it wouldn't require a phone at all.
It probably piggy backs off the SIM information from the "Master" device (which is the phone in this case).
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#129From the bottom of the page: Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) requires an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 11 or later. Apple Watch and iPhone service provider must be the same. Not available with all service providers. Roaming is not available outside your carrier network coverage area. Wireless service plan required for cellular service. Contact your service provider for more details. Check apple.com/watch/cellular…
It wasn't until a later version of iOS that you could setup an iPhone without iTunes. The same independence should come to the Apple Watch eventually, it just might take a few more versions.
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#130Unlike most of the other commenters here, I'd like to have both a phone and a watch with my existing provider. However I wouldn't really be happy if there was an additional monthly cost to add the watch.