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Post by mcculley »

enos_feedler wrote: post #90
zikduruqe wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. I seldom, if ever, carry my iPhone outside my house. My Apple Watch with cellular is enough for internet connectivity when away from home. In my perfect world, I could provision my Apple Watch as a standalone device, and I could get a MacBook with an eSIM.

I think macbook with eSIM could land once the OS has good controls over the network usage. Carriers aren’t gonna let those things run wild

Just bill me by bandwidth used. It is ridiculous that one cannot buy a MacBook Pro with a cell modem. I fight with tethering at least once a week.

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Post by heresaPizza »

robbomacrae wrote: post #46

Having worked at Apple I feel like this is a mortal risk they are taking. The Apple Watch could be the next big thing that replaces the smartphone, except they require an iPhone to use it. So instead of taking a short term hit and moving with the times they greedily hold on to their money maker and risk a competitor bringing out a standalone version and tanking the entire thing. Likewise the Apple TV is a great produ…

Being an iPhone + Watch + AirPods user I can say the exact opposite. The Watch is the perfect iPhone companion but it can’t replace it. Its screen is so small it makes me want to complete interactions as quick as possible. I love leaving the iPhone at home when I go for a walk and still listening music and podcasts, but it’s something that requires minimal interactions. Receiving notifications is great, but replying? terrible. Imho Apple should be a bit braver when designing the Watch UI. Put an always accessible now playing widget, let apps create more complex widget etc. (but still, I am thinking about glanceable informations or single tap actions).

And I didn’t mention the fact the iPhone has cameras and it’s not physically attached to you.

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makeitdouble wrote: post #31

It's interesting how the responses basically split into two camps: - the "just buy an iPhone" and "you've brought it on you, what did you expect" camp - the "Apple fix this" camp At the point I'm reading this, the first camp represents the vast majority of the responses. That's interesting regarding Apple's ongoing lawsuits and regulaory pressure. For most people Apple domination and dictating the rules is basically…

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Post by valleyer »

Joeri wrote: post #43
makeitdouble wrote: post #31

It's interesting how the responses basically split into two camps: - the "just buy an iPhone" and "you've brought it on you, what did you expect" camp - the "Apple fix this" camp At the point I'm reading this, the first camp represents the vast majority of the responses. That's interesting regarding Apple's ongoing lawsuits and regulaory pressure. For most people Apple domination and dictating the rules is basically…

To be fair, owning an apple tv and only an apple tv is not a scenario that I would expect, so I’m not surprised apple’s engineers simply didn’t conceive of this situation occurring. Occam’s razor would lead me to assume this wasn’t malice on apple’s part.

I think I'd rather apply Hanlon's razor in this case.

(I've worked at Apple and have witnessed this sort of myopia firsthand.)

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Post by parker_mountain »

ceejayoz wrote: post #23
riffraff wrote: post #4

Apple won't let you use "find my device" on airpods unless you have an iPhone either, iirc. Its shitty behavior, but sadly unsurprising.

I'm able to locate airpods via icloud.com using a web browser.

How did you enroll the airpods in find my network?

Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

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Post by jelly »

I think the current title is mistaken, the twitter user isn't claiming he can't use the Apple TV, he's just saying the message appears.

I encountered the same message when iOS 16 had just released and wasn't available on my iPad yet. It wasn't a blocking message, pressing "OK" was enough to make it go away, and when iPadOS 16 finally came out I was able to clear it.

It's bad UX but the Apple TV can still be used as before.

Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

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Post by yamtaddle »

jagged-chisel wrote: post #95
yamtaddle wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing's replacing the Smartphone unless it's got a camera in the same ballpark of quality and usability. Several use cases for a smartphone—including a couple major ones—don't really work with a watch, mostly for camera-related reasons. If it's not good as a camera, it's also not good as a scanner replacement, not good for remote check deposit, not good for things like the Measure app (or any other AR stuff), and s…

But there’s no technical reason a stand-alone watch couldn’t be an option for those who actually want it.

Sure, but

> The Apple Watch could be the next big thing that replaces the smartphone

I simply don't think is true.

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