Only one totally disappointed with AW?

[Mad Mac Maniac]

Oh one thing I should note. Now anytime I'm not wearing my Apple watch I feel totally gyped any time I'm standing, walking, or exercising... it's like those activities never happened!

 

[douglasf13]

As others have said, if you purchased an AW thinking it would replace your phone, you will definitely be disappointed. In my opinion, it's meant as simply a complementary device. For people that ask me, I tell them that I probably end up taking my phone out of my pocket 50-70% less than I did before I had the AW.

The most utility I get from it is responding quickly to text messages and short emails by dictation. If I get an alert for an email or message or anything that I need to respond or read more thoroughly, that's when the phone comes out. I don't feel the need to carry the phone around the house anymore either. I just leave it on my nightstand or desk.

Interestingly, I've also found that I don't sit there and stare at my phone nearly as often, particularly in front of my kids. This is a pleasant surprise considering I've been trying to be more conscious of being on my phone when the kids are around.

That being said, it's not a device that you can sit there and "play with for hours." There's really nothing to do on it until you get an alert that you want to respond to. There's only so many times you can ask Siri, "what's the weather like today?" before you get bored with it.

Your experience is identical to mine.

At this point, the only 3rd party apps that I even have installed on the device are a language translate and voice memo app. This is a device that primarily tells me when to interact with it, rather than me trying to figure out something to do on it all the time.

 

[MBHockey]

I'm not totally disappointed, but i am mostly disappointed. For me, it turns out it is a very passive notification manager where most of the time I have to pull out my phone to get anything accomplished anyway. I don't see a great value in a device which performs this very specialized function for the price Apple is charging.