The Million-Dollar Question: How Much Less Do You Use Your iPhone Now?

[gsmornot]

I look at my phone much less because I'm not being pulled in by a notification. I get the notice on my watch, deal with it and move on. When I have time to sit and read at home or in the car while waiting I have my iPad. I do still use my phone but with this change in use I might actually consider moving from the 6 Plus to the replacement for the 6. It would be a smaller phone in my pocket that continues to serve as the feed for my watch. My iPad will still be my primary reading device. The 6S or whatever they call it just might do for everything else.

The watch has changed the way I deal with my phone greatly. If something happened to my watch today I would be right back in line this afternoon with a replacement order.

 

[simonx314]

I have some hard data for you guys. I've been using a free app called Moment which tracks total minutes spent on my iPhone and count of iPhone pickups. Since the Apple Watch, I have used my iPhone 5% less, which is not as much as I thought. It feels like I use my iPhone a lot less, but the data shows by only an average of 7.4 minutes a day, which I probably more than make up for by playing with my Watch. If I omit the unusually high usage day of April 24th when I setup the Watch, I use my iPhone 8% less. Strangely, the data shows I pick up my iPhone more now than I did before, maybe due to Handoff.

Between January 13th and April 23rd
151 minutes a day on iPhone
40.2 iPhone pickups

April 24th to May 17th
143 minutes a day on iPhone
44.6 iPhone pickups

7.4 less minutes per day

Assuming an hourly rate of $35, and a Watch price of $423, the Watch will pay for itself in 98 days in terms of productivity time saved from using the iPhone less. $50 per hour = 69 days. $9.40 per hour = 365 days.

This graph of my data shows there is a downward trend in iPhone usage, I hope this trend continues.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Any difference in end-of-day battery percentage on your phone? That's how I would quantify it.

On the phone or AW? No real "hit" on the phone. Before AW usually have about 30% at end of day. After AW 25%. AW battery is usually between 50-75% at end of day. Again, this is just with passive use -- messages, reminders, occasional ask Siri to launch something... never manually launch -- too painful. (no mail use -- don't see the point or wisdom w/ such a tiny screen).

 

[FilmIndustryGuy]

85%-90% less. I only care about money making and new girls I'm meeting texts and emails. Everything else gets dismissed. I take out the phone to create reminders and make notes but always wanted a way to avoid the phone every time i heard it chime.

was going to get the new phone, tossing the 5S but now i prefer the small phone in the pocket.

If you social network like its your job then you don't need the watch.

 

[mightyjabba]

Some people (myself included) feel that using the watch with the phone has adversely affected battery life (although not to a huge degree) so I don't think a simple before/after comparison of battery life is necessarily going to be very instructive.

 

[Gameboy70]

On the phone or AW? No real "hit" on the phone. Before AW usually have about 30% at end of day. After AW 25%. AW battery is usually between 50-75% at end of day. Again, this is just with passive use -- messages, reminders, occasional ask Siri to launch something... never manually launch -- too painful. (no mail use -- don't see the point or wisdom w/ such a tiny screen).

The phone. I wouldn't expect a "hit" on it from the Watch, but I would expect that those who were using their phone less would have a higher battery percentage at the end of the day. Some responses on this thread have indicated as much.

 

[iMas70]

This thread pretty much covers a question that I was about post. Is the Apple Watch as functional as you thought it would be? I tried on a 42mm Stainless Steel Watch when I was at an Apple store a few days ago. Looks good and fits good. I really like tech items. But I left the store wondering "what will the do for me?". I understand that I can use it to quickly glance at messages that come in, check the time, send quick replies ect... I think it would be easier to type messages that are longer that a few words and surf the net on the phone. I do like the fitness apps and camera remote. Those would be useful.

So what do you think? Many people seem to be using their phone less. Is the watch as useful as you thought it would be?