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Simple question.. iPhone 6 with iOS 10.3 and Apple Watch S3 LTE?
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You will need to convince your wife to upgrade to a version of iOS 11 on her iPhone 6 and then they will pair and work fine.
Here are the Apple details:
Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) requires an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 11 or later. Apple Watch and iPhone service provider must be the same. Cellular is not available with all service providers. Not all service providers support enterprise accounts. Check with your employer and service provider. Some legacy plans may not be compatible. Prepaid plans are not supported. Coverage dependent on carrier network. Roaming is not available outside your carrier network coverage area. Wireless service plan required for cellular service. Contact your service provider for more details.
Dave
Here are the Apple details:
Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) requires an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 11 or later. Apple Watch and iPhone service provider must be the same. Cellular is not available with all service providers. Not all service providers support enterprise accounts. Check with your employer and service provider. Some legacy plans may not be compatible. Prepaid plans are not supported. Coverage dependent on carrier network. Roaming is not available outside your carrier network coverage area. Wireless service plan required for cellular service. Contact your service provider for more details.
Dave
You need iOS 11 to even discover Apple Watch series 3 loaded with watchOS 4. Get your wife ready for iOS 12, skip iOS 11 altogether.
Thanks. That’s one way to do.
The problem is this 6 will be given to my mom when I upgrade to new phone next year and give my X to my wife. I’d love for it to stay at 10 because it’s simpler and easier.
So it’s either update to 12 and my wife get my watch next month or stay at 10 and my wife has to wait one full year.. I think it will be the latter.
I'm curious why you think iOS 10 is simpler or easier than 11 or 12. I just don't see that difference.
You have to think like a 70 years old. For example, you swipe down for notifications and swipe up for Control center. Very simple. And in control center everything is clear with icon and labels, no need to force touch to find hidden things. Everything is out in the open. WYSIWYG. This is just one example.
I support a number pensioners so appreciate the dilemma, but in fairness you're asking us to think like a 70 year old who doesn't like change but wants to learn how to use an Apple Watch 3 (good for her!).
The alternative is she sticks with iOS 10 until her phone dies then it's a much bigger shock when her new phone comes with iOS 12/13/14/... Presumably she understands that iOS 10 has loads of unpatched security holes - nothing upsets a pensioner like the 'risk' of people stealing their money on the internet (I'm teasing!).
I’m talking about my mom lol. Of course she doesn’t like change. She’s 75 yrs old after all.
When my mom get the 6 I’m not even sure who’s gonna die first.
Having Apple Watch series 3 (or better yet, 4, when it is released) will force you to go to iOS 12. But that’s a different story.
Yeah, I totallly understand. My point is that (IMO) if he upgrades his wife's iPhone6 to iOS11 so that she can use the AW3, they'll be buying a new iPhone very soon. Which they would likely be doing anyway. However, that iPhone6 would now be stuck on iOS11 and will be dog slow for his mom to use.
My suggestion would be to not even pass down the AW3, at least until your wife gets a new iPhone. Then the 6 can be passed down to your mom while still on iOS 10.3.3
Only a few more weeks to wait for the new iPhones anyway. Might as well wait.
Also, perhaps iOS12 will bring back some of the life that iOS11 has sucked out of older iPhones, at which point it would be safe to update the 6. However, matrix has been around here long enough to understand that anecdotes on Macrumors regarding performance varies greatly from member to member. Heck, there's lots of folks that insist (yes, I'm biased) that iOS11 doesn't affect performance on iPhone6 devices.
Aside - I'm gonna do an experiment after I get my new iPhone X2. Gonna get a new OEM battery for my iPhone 6, then run some performance tests. Take some videos showing how sluggish the thing is. Then wipe/reset it and run the same tests and take the same videos. I truly wonder if a full wipe will make the 6 run faster.