A review from Hodinkee. It's good to see what a proper watch enthusiast site thinks of it.
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I will admit, I don't post on here very often. I like to read the posts and see some of the arguing, but I'm actually wanting to reply for once.
One I like this review. Thanks ditzy for posting a link to it. I am an original Series 0 owner and have owned it since day 1. It isn't the fastest thing in the world but it accomplished most of the things I wanted. I enjoying biking, running, hiking, and many more out door activities. It was able to monitor them with little issue. Did it have GPS, nope, but that was fine.
Now I'm upgrading to the Series 3 with LTE for a few reasons.
1) I like leaving my house and leaving my phone behind. I'm even a "millennial aged male".
2) I can't stand running, or doing certain outdoor activities with my phone, just so I can listen to music.
3) If I want to just run to the grocery store, I don't see the reason to take my phone. I have Wallet App, and Apple Pay setup on my Watch. Now I'll be able to do that, and still be reached if someone needs me.
4) I spend a lot of my day in business meetings. I can leave my phone at my office, and still get notifications, and calls (silent of course). Nothing annoys me more, than people in meetings looking at there phones every 5 minutes. (We wonder why 30 minute meetings are not 1-2 hours long these day... Yes a rant, sorry)
I know my post will get torn apart, and that's fine. I think people thinking the LTE watch should last all day on LTE only, is asking for a lot. I'm actually happy if it will last 1 hour with talk, or whatever I'll get with mixed usage. I won't be making calls on mine, and if I do, it'll be a very fast emergency call. This isn't to replace your Apple Phone, this is just to give the ability to not go into a paranoid downward spiral if you leave your iPhone behind for 30 minutes, or accidentally.
I think the Apple Watch S3 + LTE is being torn apart, because people are asking for so much, but in reality, I think its right on par with where it should be in today's time.
Okay I'm going to step off my soap box, kick it to the side, and prepare for my beatings.