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Re: Apple Watch 3

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Post by eli »

OberstKrueger wrote: post #129
protomyth wrote: post #93

From 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.

And there initially was no Windows version of iTunes. The iPod's market was at first only people who already owned Macs.

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Post by reneherse »

jedberg wrote: post #163
badwolf wrote: post #156

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Second this. It seems much less rude to discretely glance at your wrist briefly.

You think that, but it's super noticeable. Muliple times I've been in a situation where I'm in a conversation with someone who is constantly glancing at their watch. Depending on how well I know them, I either say, "You you like to just look at your phone?" or "Is time moving faster on your side of the table, because you seem to be very concerned with your watch." Or I say nothing and just think about how rude that p…

Agreed. The gesture of glancing at one's watch or wrist during a conversation carries a very particular connotation, probably going back generations.

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Post by brianwawok »

BartSaM wrote: post #221

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.

My garmin 735 has a one week charge. Works well for me. Missing about 80% of the apple watch features though.

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Post by yequalsx »

sliverstorm wrote: post #184
yequalsx wrote: post #170

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30 years ago some would have said the idea of not being able to years without a battery recharge seems....

There's definitely a threshold of intolerability though. Somewhere between the points of: - charge when you notice you're low (weekly or more) - charge as a matter of routine (daily-ish) - obsessively hunt your tiny overlord's next power fix, living life as a series of trips from outlet to outlet (multiple times daily)

True, but if it lasts all day I don't see the problem with charging it when I'm not using it. Also, should they not produce the device because of this pain point? With new technology there will be pain points. This is to be expected.

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Post by socialist_coder »

thecity2 wrote: post #74
uniclaude wrote: post #17

Cellular coming to Apple Watch finally makes it a usable product for me, Apple Music being the killer app. Question is then, will Spotify and Google Music ever come to Apple Watch?

I'm not buying one until Spotify has an app for it. I'm not switching to Apple Music just to get a watch.

Seriously. Lack of syncing Spotify & podcasts for offline playback is a deal breaker.

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Post by eljimmy »

baldeagle wrote: post #150
sgarg wrote: post #71

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I'm with you. Before watching the keynote, I was looking forward to the new phones but the presentation made me more excited about the new Apple Watch with LTE. I may be in a minority, but over the past few years, I've been trying to actively reduce the amount of times I pull out my phone. I feel like it will be liberating to leave home without your phone to go to dinner or go for a run, but still connected through t…

The air pods were the revolution for me. This is the one thing I was looking forward to until I heard that you needed a connected iPhone as well. Now it is a non-starter. Guess I need to go test the Samsung buds.

I own the Samsung pair. Don't have much good to say about them except they work... for a bit. I usually can use them for an hour and then they're completely dead.

They also can't hold a charge very long. If I charge mine up overnight, by next evening when I go to use them, they're already half dead. Great product except for very poor battery life.

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Post by [deleted] »

mrsmee89 wrote: post #57
JohnTHaller wrote: post #48

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If it's another thing with a connection to a carrier network, it's another thing you have to pay an additional monthly fee for on all US carriers. I'd wager Apple is negotiating 'discount' 2nd/3rd/4th line rates with the carriers that will sell the Apple Watch in their retail locations, so it may be less than adding another full line on some carriers.

I hope not. I'm paying for access to the network via a phone number. This remains unchanged when I use my watch. Anyone have a different perspective?

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Post by derimagia »

baldeagle wrote: post #150
sgarg wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm with you. Before watching the keynote, I was looking forward to the new phones but the presentation made me more excited about the new Apple Watch with LTE. I may be in a minority, but over the past few years, I've been trying to actively reduce the amount of times I pull out my phone. I feel like it will be liberating to leave home without your phone to go to dinner or go for a run, but still connected through t…

The air pods were the revolution for me. This is the one thing I was looking forward to until I heard that you needed a connected iPhone as well. Now it is a non-starter. Guess I need to go test the Samsung buds.

I have AirPods and don't have an iPhone, they work with other devices with Bluetooth just fine.

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Post by valuearb »

BartSaM wrote: post #227
valuearb wrote: post #222

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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?

And there isn't a single worthy watch brand in the entire world, including all their entire hundreds of models of watches, that sells as well as the Apple Watch.

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Post by rhodysurf »

xwvvvvwx wrote: post #121

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...

yeah I'm a surfer and I have an apple watch. never once have I wanted the ability to use my phone while surfing, it's the antithesis of the entire activity. that video made me laugh
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