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What if it could pair with air pods and function as a proper phone?
by keymone 9y ago
What if it could pair with air pods and function as a proper phone?
- aetherson 9y agoIt might function as a proper phone, but it can't function as a proper smartphone, because you need a real screen for that.
- erikpukinskis 9y agoWhat you're implying is that blind people can't properly use a smartphone, which I believe is false.
- harpastum 9y agoI'm not sure what the grandparent was implying, but there's definitely a major benefit for larger screen sizes, even for those that are completely blind. iOS voiceover and other accessibility UI affordances are much more difficult to implement on the watch form factor, where a very small amount of content can be 'active' at a time. There are some interesting startups targeting the possibilities here, but right now, smart watches provide a less capable experience for everyone right now.
- keymone 9y agosure i won't get the display but i get speech to text, text to speech, calls, messages, calendar, activity tracker and all the other stuff that one can install on apple watch. are you saying that everybody who has smartphone needs 100% of what makes it a smartphone?
- gehwartzen 9y agoAt that point may as well have the cellular and processing function in the AirPods themselves.
- Avshalom 9y agoHow would you properly dial?
- Bud 9y agoIt's 2017. Nobody dials. You say the person's name. Anyway, the Apple Watch has a perfectly usable 10-key entry screen; that's what is used to unlock the Watch. Have you actually seen an Apple Watch?
- Avshalom 9y agoit's 2017 nobody calls, voice dial is 2001. that said my 5.2" phone doesn't have a perfectly usable tenkey, forgive me if I'm skeptical of a watch screen.
- MBCook 9y agoI use the pin pad to unlock my watch when I don't have my phone nearby, it works fine. I'm not going to say it's a great experience, but it's OK. I agree I'd be more likely to use Siri or the Contacts app on the watch.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoRotary dial. ... I'm not sure yet whether that was a joke or not.
- drewmol 9y agoDon't they support speech to text? Unfamiliar never really played too much with one, but selecting from contacts isn't wasn't difficult. Rotary dial?
- owenwil 9y agoWhat do you mean what if? This is something you can already do for calling + streaming music direct from the watch.
- MBCook 9y agoAlso when you can listen to music or podcasts from the watch, they have to be preloaded. If there is an episode that you didn't download and put on the watch or you want to listen to a streaming music service… you're stuck unless the phone is there.
- keymone 9y agoyou can't call without carrying iphone with you
- owenwil 9y agoWhat do you mean what if? This is something you can already do for calling + streaming music direct from the watch.