I fly 70,000 miles a year - will my phone be limited to a watch in the air- or will the bluetooth work on apps that don't require pulling data?
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What will the watch do on a plane?
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You should be fine. Turn on Bluetooth and Wifi on your iPhone, spring for the in-flight internet, and all functionality will be there.
But seriously...you have your phone, and you're on a plane. Just use your phone.
But seriously...you have your phone, and you're on a plane. Just use your phone.
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Why does the watch need to do anything in the air? Maybe I'm missing something. I'll fly over 200,000 miles a year and it's not really important to have junk running in the air for me. It will tell the time when it still has juice, reminders will work for when I need an alert or if I have notifications that don't need online access, and it will tell me when I need to stand up hopefully and stretch. That last thing probably isn't too important because if I get a blood clot mid-air and die from it, I'm not going to care much.
Would be interesting to see how one's heartrate reflects turbulence and whether #⌚️ would award you with the badge after especially bumpy flight. 
Depends on the airline and wifi setup on the aircraft. Most of them only open certain ports.
You cannot, for example, make Skype calls, use FaceTime, etc. Anyone's guess regarding various apps and services in the mix.
Those limitations are not unique to the Watch, though. Skype and FaceTime aren't even on the watch. He was asking about watch functionality.
I'm looking forward to completely keeping my phone buried in my briefcase under the seat and still accessing my tunes via bt headphones. Much less clutter.....
