Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties

Post by sly010 » Sat, Aug 05, 2017, 1:02 AM UTC

brianpan wrote: post #58

Avshalom wrote: post #49

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A watch might be worse at keeping my attention but it is even better at demanding my attention.

You are in control of that- doesn't your watch let you configure notifications? My watch is always on mute (vibrate only) and it has only a subset of the notifications that my phone has. My experience is it is less demanding of my attention than my phone.

Post by TheSageMage » Sat, Aug 05, 2017, 1:19 AM UTC

Post by jmull » Sat, Aug 05, 2017, 1:28 AM UTC

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jmull wrote: post #55

This is all great. In the short term, the sticking point is the cell contract. If there is a reasonable add-on price to your existing phone rate, this is going to catch on. The more reasonable the rate, the quicker it will catch on. Longer-term, the standalone service contract (Watch-only, no phone) will become more significant. People don't have an intrinsic urge to carry a rectilinear slab in their pocket... they h…

I would love to drop the smart phone from every hour of my waking life but limited text input capabilities would be a major sticking point for me.

Post by jrochkind1 » Sat, Aug 05, 2017, 1:51 AM UTC

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This would be pretty cool. I've started the habit of bringing a book (yes, paper!) to places to read. But, I still need to have my phone with me, in case of emergency calls or urgent messages. If the watch can do that, it'd basically act like a dumb phone with just enough capabilities to make me leave the phone at home.

I recently bought a cheap feature phone and used that for a while, especially at work. Two things pushed me back to carrying a smartphone full time: 1. Typing messages on a keypad (T9 predictive), annoying as I usually just send messages for work 2. Swapping the sim card between two phones on the weekend / evenings Battery life was phenomenal. Does anyone know how to copy an Australian sim card?

Post by jasonkostempski » Sat, Aug 05, 2017, 2:36 AM UTC

erikpukinskis wrote: post #45

Avshalom wrote: post #38

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How would an even more closely (physicallyly)coupled device help alleviate whatever pandemic you think exists?

The lack of a screen capable of paragraphs and videos would cut you off from the most forms of readily available content, which would blunt the device's addictive potential. It's similar to the theory that mandating a lower nicotine content in tobacco would curb addiction.