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I immediately got excited about the idea of replacing my phone with a watch, until I learned about the constraint of needing a phone to setup the watch. That sh

I immediately got excited about the idea of replacing my phone with a watch, until I learned about the constraint of needing a phone to setup the watch. That shows that the phone isn't completely replaceable right now, but I guess Apple will fix that in a year or two. I'll definitely get rid of my phone then.

gnicholas 9y ago
Yeah, even though I don't currently have an Apple Watch (go Pebble!), I wondered whether this would be feasible now. You could just choose to leave your phone at home all the time, but you'd still have to pay for the wireless plan. Currently, carriers charge $10 extra for the Watch, but you can't yank coverage for the phone. They use the same phone number, so you still have to have both.
- valuearb 9y ago
  My iPhone is a three year old 6 Plus. I have no problems leaving that giant at home to rely on a watch. I'd hope it would bring more attention back to my day, and help break me of the habit of going to my phone when bored. The watch would do everything I need, texts, phone calls, email alerts, and I can even use it for navigation. While it would be better not to pay the $10 a month surcharge, that's a fairly small price to pay if it's an improvement in my daily experience.
  - gnicholas 9y ago
    Yep! And one issue Apple will have to deal with is: if people routinely leave their phones at home, will they pay $600+ for new phones every 2 years? My guess is that Apple will not be too eager for that scenario...
    - valuearb 9y ago
      Apple isn't dumb enough to think they have a choice. When Android finally figures out watches as well as Apple, a hundred watch makers will start chipping away at the phone market. Apple has always been smart enough to try to cannabilize its own products if cannibalization was inevitable.
      - gnicholas 9y ago
        What do you think the ETA is on a good, LTE-enabled Android watch? I feel like nothing out now is as good as the original Apple Watch, and it took them 2 more years to get the LTE stuff worked in there (and even then, the battery life isn't as good as Series 2). And to be clear, I'm not a fanboy who sees the Apple Watch as the gold standard — I don't have one and probably won't purchase the Series 3.
ClassyJacket 9y ago
Apple isn't going to let you replace a 1000$ phone with a 400$ Watch any time soon when they can easily sell you both.
- digi_owl 9y ago
  Same old Apple really. Back when the iPod first happened, the idea was of the Mac as the hub of your Apple provided device world. These days it is the iOS device, tethered to your iTMS account.

gnicholas 9y ago

Yeah, even though I don't currently have an Apple Watch (go Pebble!), I wondered whether this would be feasible now. You could just choose to leave your phone at home all the time, but you'd still have to pay for the wireless plan. Currently, carriers charge $10 extra for the Watch, but you can't yank coverage for the phone. They use the same phone number, so you still have to have both.

valuearb 9y ago
My iPhone is a three year old 6 Plus. I have no problems leaving that giant at home to rely on a watch. I'd hope it would bring more attention back to my day, and help break me of the habit of going to my phone when bored. The watch would do everything I need, texts, phone calls, email alerts, and I can even use it for navigation. While it would be better not to pay the $10 a month surcharge, that's a fairly small price to pay if it's an improvement in my daily experience.
- gnicholas 9y ago
  Yep! And one issue Apple will have to deal with is: if people routinely leave their phones at home, will they pay $600+ for new phones every 2 years? My guess is that Apple will not be too eager for that scenario...
  - valuearb 9y ago
    Apple isn't dumb enough to think they have a choice. When Android finally figures out watches as well as Apple, a hundred watch makers will start chipping away at the phone market. Apple has always been smart enough to try to cannabilize its own products if cannibalization was inevitable.
    - gnicholas 9y ago
      What do you think the ETA is on a good, LTE-enabled Android watch? I feel like nothing out now is as good as the original Apple Watch, and it took them 2 more years to get the LTE stuff worked in there (and even then, the battery life isn't as good as Series 2). And to be clear, I'm not a fanboy who sees the Apple Watch as the gold standard — I don't have one and probably won't purchase the Series 3.

ClassyJacket 9y ago

Apple isn't going to let you replace a 1000$ phone with a 400$ Watch any time soon when they can easily sell you both.

digi_owl 9y ago
Same old Apple really. Back when the iPod first happened, the idea was of the Mac as the hub of your Apple provided device world. These days it is the iOS device, tethered to your iTMS account.