The one thing that everyone besides a quite limited group of people is asking for many years - battery - gives no change.
Give people 1-week battery life. Otherwise just stay a gizmo.
Apple Watch 3
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#222The one thing that everyone besides a quite limited group of people is asking for many years - battery - gives no change. Give people 1-week battery life. Otherwise just stay a gizmo.
This gizmo is the best selling watch in the world, so maybe everyone isn't asking for more battery life?
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#223From 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…
The phone is how you configure, update, etc. the watch. So I'm betting you need a phone for all the initial setup, and then you can leave your phone at home and go on a marathon run and take phone calls while you are out and about.
I have an iPad. If I get this watch why do I need an iPhone too?
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#224Earlier quoted context omitted.
In what health scenario do you need your HR to stay at a constant 150 so stringently?
If you're trying to do UT1 (70%-80% of max HR) training and instead you're doing UT2 (55%-70%) or AT (80%-85%), then you're not going to get the benefits you were going for. Further, the only way you can accurately measure your rate of improvement is by comparing average watts across time at a fixed HR. So if your HR isn't at your target level then not only are you not going to be making progress at an acceptable rat…
Your assuming that your other measurement devices don't have any significant error rates.
And that the gobblygook of UT1, UT2, etc, is actually meaningful.
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#225From 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…
The phone is how you configure, update, etc. the watch. So I'm betting you need a phone for all the initial setup, and then you can leave your phone at home and go on a marathon run and take phone calls while you are out and about.
why couldn't you do that with a computer or an ipad, or an older iphone? ofc you could. Just Apple being really greedy, as we are getting used to
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#226Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually, I believe it has a barometric altimeter, for measuring height - e.g. flights of stairs climbed.
It’s also useful for climbing situations. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’d survive alpine conditions.
Apple specifically called out skiing and boarding in the keynote when they mentioned the altimeter. Which I'm really excited for!
Plus the current generations work fine in alpine conditions, from personal experience.
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#227The one thing that everyone besides a quite limited group of people is asking for many years - battery - gives no change. Give people 1-week battery life. Otherwise just stay a gizmo.
This gizmo is the best selling watch in the world, so maybe everyone isn't asking for more battery life?
Maybe because every worthy watch brand has hundreds of models of watches, instead of one?
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#228I have thought about buying an Apple Watch multiple times. But, then, I see comments from a lot of Apple Watch users who say that they completely stop using it after few months. For many of them, the utility is not strong enough. Have things improved in that regard? What do you Apple Watch users think about it now?
I own an Android wear watch, and I use it for three things: GPS and music while running without my phone, shopping list while buying groceries, and checking notifications when I have my phone in my pocket. When I first got it I thought it was really cool with a small computer on my wrist and tried to think of all sorts of things to do with it, but the truth is that your phone is better at almost everything. The only…
Which watch? And what app are you using to sync music to it?
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#229Curious about hardware differences across markets. I bought my previous gen 2 watch in Japan, so it came with the Suica feature (which my phone lacks). Will they again limit this feature to Japan sales? And then, will LTE be different (optimized to frequencies) from country to country, given the small size?
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#230Earlier quoted context omitted.
The phone is how you configure, update, etc. the watch. So I'm betting you need a phone for all the initial setup, and then you can leave your phone at home and go on a marathon run and take phone calls while you are out and about.
why couldn't you do that with a computer or an ipad, or an older iphone? ofc you could. Just Apple being really greedy, as we are getting used to
Mobile is the new PC. Config on the dominant platform is simplest.