Hi,
So am most likely getting my grandma an Apple Watch in the coming weeks but doubt I’ll get her the LTE version.
This leads me to the question that if she leaves her iPhone at home while she is running errands at say, Walmart, Starbucks and the post office if shecould connect to the free WiFi network at Walmart and Starbucks. Both obviously provide free WiFi but am wondering if the first initial setup requires an iPhone.
I’m hoping it doesn’t and though it may be unlikely that she would forget her iPhone at home, I guess I want her to have the option of being able to connect to a WiFi network on her Apple Watch which would allow her to text or call us for say her grocery store list that she forgot pinned on the refrigerator door. Or perhaps she’s at Starbucks and before she leaves wants to know if we want a latte and muffin.
If so, Well then hopefully these WiFi networks would be remembered on her watch and they would connect automatically any and every time she visits these locations.
It’s kinda a bummer that she wouldn’t have connectivity anywhere else, say, while stuck on the freeway or the post office but if the Watch could connect via WiFi on its own then I would feel a million times better getting her the GPS only version instead of the LTE. Most places provide free WiFi anyway and on my iPhone at least, seem to connect automatically all the time which includes places like McDonalds, StarBucks, Target, Walmart, the Mall, Home Depot, etc. etc. etc.
THANK YOU!!!
So am most likely getting my grandma an Apple Watch in the coming weeks but doubt I’ll get her the LTE version.
This leads me to the question that if she leaves her iPhone at home while she is running errands at say, Walmart, Starbucks and the post office if shecould connect to the free WiFi network at Walmart and Starbucks. Both obviously provide free WiFi but am wondering if the first initial setup requires an iPhone.
I’m hoping it doesn’t and though it may be unlikely that she would forget her iPhone at home, I guess I want her to have the option of being able to connect to a WiFi network on her Apple Watch which would allow her to text or call us for say her grocery store list that she forgot pinned on the refrigerator door. Or perhaps she’s at Starbucks and before she leaves wants to know if we want a latte and muffin.
If so, Well then hopefully these WiFi networks would be remembered on her watch and they would connect automatically any and every time she visits these locations.
It’s kinda a bummer that she wouldn’t have connectivity anywhere else, say, while stuck on the freeway or the post office but if the Watch could connect via WiFi on its own then I would feel a million times better getting her the GPS only version instead of the LTE. Most places provide free WiFi anyway and on my iPhone at least, seem to connect automatically all the time which includes places like McDonalds, StarBucks, Target, Walmart, the Mall, Home Depot, etc. etc. etc.
THANK YOU!!!
