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If so, how come this is not a #1 issue Apple needs to address? The Watch is then unreliable for notifications and doesn’t eliminate the need to check the phone from time to time. I’m amazed this is not talked about.
"International emergency calling also works with fall detection, if enabled, to automatically place an emergency call if Apple Watch senses the user has taken a hard fall and remains motionless for about a minute." I like how they have thought, don't need a sim to make an emergency call, let alone credit, why not add the ability to call emergency services and use the GPS to pick the right local number. Equally the sa…
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18 hours is a practical level for smart watch battery. That way users will recharge it every night and never run out during the day. 24 hours means that people will sleep with it and forget to charge in the morning -> annoyed users. 36 hours would require charging every other night, but then you'd miss every other night's sleep tracking -> annoyed users. There's really no way for Apple to win, unless they jump up to…
Honestly, all I want is something that I can put on charge once during the day, for 30 minutes while showering, and have it last until the following nights shower. I want it to track sleep, and monitor health. That's it at least. My Fitbit Versa works perfectly for this, and hey, it has a bonus that if I forget to charge it one night or over a weekend, it still lasts! No interrupted heartrate monitoring or sleep trac…
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Hoping one day it can be a standalone device With all the watchOS 6 stuff that makes it more independent (App Store on watch, iPhone-less apps, etc), I was thinking this might be the year. Oh well, bet it happens next year.
I don't think it will ever happen if I'm honest. Would take away from iPhone sales.
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It was the polished stainless that I liked though, and that’s not there.
It says they have stainless in silver. Pretty sure that means polished. They said polished on stage.
This is a big let down for me. I love endurance sports and currently use a S3+LTE with bluetooth headphones and it's the perfect running companion. I don't have to carry anything to track to run and listen to my music, podcasts, or audiobooks. But I was really expecting more innovation from the "by innovation only" event. Garmin's flagship watch has a feature that extends the battery life by embedded TWO SOLAR PANELS…
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I quite like the idea of a smart watch, but having to charge it every day is much less appealing.
You pretty much throw it on the charger when you put down your wallet when getting home. I put it down when I get home, wear it to sleep, charge it again when I wake up and shower, then wear it all day. It's a few seconds added to my routine.
"International emergency calling also works with fall detection, if enabled, to automatically place an emergency call if Apple Watch senses the user has taken a hard fall and remains motionless for about a minute." I like how they have thought, don't need a sim to make an emergency call, let alone credit, why not add the ability to call emergency services and use the GPS to pick the right local number. Equally the sa…
I'm pretty sure that fall detection only activates when it senses rapid acceleration. Just because you stop moving doesn't mean you'll trigger fall detection.
(Then the acceleration will asymptotically approach 1 g again as the device's velocity approaches terminal velocity, but well before then the software will have determined that the device is in free fall.)
Am I correct that if a Watch user goes far away from his/her phone, receives a SMS during that period of time, and then comes back, the notification is never shown on the Watch? If so, how come this is not a #1 issue Apple needs to address? The Watch is then unreliable for notifications and doesn’t eliminate the need to check the phone from time to time. I’m amazed this is not talked about.
Am I correct that if a Watch user goes far away from his/her phone, receives a SMS during that period of time, and then comes back, the notification is never shown on the Watch? If so, how come this is not a #1 issue Apple needs to address? The Watch is then unreliable for notifications and doesn’t eliminate the need to check the phone from time to time. I’m amazed this is not talked about.