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This is exactly why I purchased the Apple Watch. I leave my phone at home more often than not. The Watch does just basic comms and I've removed notifications of
by piffey 7y ago
This is exactly why I purchased the Apple Watch. I leave my phone at home more often than not. The Watch does just basic comms and I've removed notifications of everything else. It's the essential communication/navigation device that I need and all I really want. For anything else I'd much rather open my laptop. Hoping one day it can be a standalone device.
- glhaynes 7y agoHoping one day it can be a standalone device With all the watchOS 6 stuff that makes it more independent (App Store on watch, iPhone-less apps, etc), I was thinking this might be the year. Oh well, bet it happens next year.
- geerlingguy 7y agoI’m optimistic too; remember the iPod and iPhone required a computer to get them set up initially too.
- piffey 7y agoI don't think it will ever happen if I'm honest. Would take away from iPhone sales.
- gurkendoktor 7y agoI think this depends on whether other manufacturers go that route. Apple would rather have their own Watch cannibalize iPhone sales than some Android Wear gadget.
- thih9 7y agoIt looks like their long term strategy, i.e. put smartphone functionality into a watch, put tablet functionality into a phone, put laptop functionality into a tablet.
- michaelmarion 7y agoOne could argue that the iPad is intended to do the same thing to the MacBook line. Obviously the iPhone is a bigger driver of Apple's business, which changes the circumstances somewhat.
- EugeneOZ 7y agoWorth to note that you can't setup new Apple Watch without iPhone. Even version with virtual sim.
- mavihs 7y agoIsn't that like going back 10 years, when phone were small and will do all the basic stuff? (Of course they weren't "wearable") Looking at the trend, I wonder if a time will come when the good old "Nokia" phones will be the new "hip".
- adenta 7y agoCheck out the Palm companion. I believe we have already started heading in that direction, and couldn't be more excited.
- baby 7y agoCan you look for restaurants and order uber with it?
- adenta 7y agoYou can specifically only order an Uber X, so, it wasn't worth it for me. I tried building my own app to do it, bit at the end of the day the cellular reception just wasn't good enough for daily use. I'm currently using a palm companion, and seeing if I can use it for most of my daily tasks.