Yeah, the LTE watch is my favorite part of today's announcements...and the red dot is my least favorite part.
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Apple Watch Series 3: Skepticism Surrounds Usefulness of LTE, but Performance Improvements Welcome
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Yeah, the LTE watch is my favorite part of today's announcements...and the red dot is my least favorite part.
Gotcha, I guess in my situation I would only not want to carry my phone if I'm exercising (hour at most a day) and would just update my playlist periodically. Also don't want to pay the ridiculous amount per month that Canadian cell providers will probably charge for LTE on the watch either.
Not really sure how they can charge us another $10/month when the watch and phone share the same phone number.
Does anyone know if this works with the MVNOs for the Big 4? I use Teltik (T-Mobile network) and would love to put an AppleWatch on this. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
God I hate The Verge. LTE on the Watch is killer. Apple Music over LTE on Watch is killer. Always available Siri is killer. Constantly being data-connected is killer.
But yeah, if your imagination literally stretches to taking phone calls on the Watch, what is the point?
But yeah, if your imagination literally stretches to taking phone calls on the Watch, what is the point?
This is still one of the ugliest watches I've ever seen. Square, thick, brick.
Yeah, I do take my phone when I run. I want to track my run and listen to music (don’t like running to the sound of my labouring breath). I know the GPS only version will learn over time and I can store some music on it but I don’t want to chop and change all the time. Would rather have my music available on the fly.
I’m not screaming for this LTE bidness as I wanted a watch and waited for the latest itiration before “getting it” but the addition of LTE is a nice little cherry on top (Why I thought of Xenia Onatopp when I wrote that is beyond me). Also, I’ll be able to glance down and see my progress along with adding in my exercises in between the runs and readily change music from Killswitch Engage to Lamb of God or Gojira depending on how hard I want to hurt myself...
Why would you stream content from your phone to your watch via bluetooth? Wouldn't you just stream from your phone to your earbuds/headset? What is the "middleman" watch providing?
That's funny! You're not sure how the phone company can nickel and dime us to death for every little thing? They do it because THEY CAN! (except TMobile...they care about us at least a little bit...)
Looks like that's Bell's price though you also need to be on a share plan which costs more which I am not on.
This is true. I also think right now it would best used if you forget your phone and home or just want to run around without your phone.
For me I would like to leave my phone charging at my work desk without worrying if I would miss a call from the mrs--- good for people with little ones.
I went into today's keynote with the mindset that I was going to buy the Series 3. The same oversized design and no support for Rogers LTE in Canada, left me no choice but to hold off until Series 4. The WiFi-only watch is nothing more than a Series 2S. The red dot on the crown sticks out like a sore pimple.
Last year's meme: "Hain't nobody gonna buy no Apple watch 'cause it ain't got no LTE like Samsung."
This year's meme: "Why in the heck did they put LTE on the Apple watch? Hain't nobody gonna buy that."
This year's meme: "Why in the heck did they put LTE on the Apple watch? Hain't nobody gonna buy that."
I wanted a smaller SE as my secondary phone to take to the gym, hiking, jogging, and boy does this fit the bill and more.
And cheaper cellular bill to boot.
[doublepost=1505263860][/doublepost]Now do that calculation for three years with an iPhone.
This is the source for that number.
https://www.thestreet.com/story/14302553/1/wireless-carriers-eager-for-apple-watch.html
Don't get me wrong, I love my Watch, but in no way does it even come close to replacing my phone. There's zero web browsing capability (even if there was, how awful would that be?), replying to text messages is a pain, most of the apps that people use daily are a total no-go. What it does, it does very well, but you can't expect a 42mm screen to be a competent replacement for a phone.
I like the watch and will be ordering one Friday. I wish it didn’t have the red dot. I think that takes away from how it looks.
[doublepost=1505264931][/doublepost]That wrist is tiny. Like that of a 5 year old. The 42mm looks small on my wrist. But then again, I'm a man.The biggest question is: can it get any bigger or uglier on the wrist?
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Just hit it with a black sharpie.
Looked at my watch to confirm. You're right. Its a control feature. If you're listening to the playlist on your watch and then want to switch to one on your phone, it starts playing through your phone.