I’ve bought an Apple Watch Series 6 LTE, and I’ve noticed that my screen-time has decreased a lot. I feel that I’m not that addicted to my iPhone.
I feel more free when I go for a walk or shopping wearing just my watch. Now I can left my iPhone at home.
What about you?
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I have a non LTE version but it does too, the Watch is in my pocket, unused
Definitely. Usually leave my phone in the office during lunch now or for late night walks. So nice knowing I can remain in touch if need be but be free from my phone for a bit.
How far can you get from the phone? I didn’t think that the distance was that dar
Nah
Yes, for sure, I’m leaving my phone at home as often as possible. I only really take it with me when I go to work or any trip that lasts longer than a few hours. Before, I was pretty much glued to my phone
How long can you run your series 6 watch on LTE for?
7:40 pm and still at 67%
This. My watch dies so quick on LTE.
i have an LTE watch and i pay for service… but i swear it never works without my phone/ wifi. it’s been over a year still can’t figure it out lol
It takes a little bit for it to swap over. I was upset the first time I tried it, but didn’t realize this.
If that’s not the issue the watch is definitely defective and needs to be serviced/looked at.
Yea sometimes if you’re not too far away from your iPhone the watch will keep going back and forth from LTE to Bluetooth connection with the iPhone.
When I leave my iPhone behind I turn Bluetooth in the watch off to speed up the transition to LTE
I’d be more inclined to leave my phone at home if Meta would release a WhatsApp Apple Watch app. I know there are third party apps, such as Watch Chat 2 but they all feel very clunky. Last part of the puzzle IMO
I see your point. Luckily me and my family use iMessage instead
Nope. Not even a little. If anything it’s actually increased it because I want to keep tabs on my activity numbers.
I leave my iPhone at home when I walk the dogs, go walking and if I go out during work. Even though the 15 Pro Max is lighter, it’s still a heavy beast.
No I’m always afraid I’ll want to snap a pic and I’m on socials all the time
Sorry to hear that.
Sounds like a miserable approach to life.
I sadly can’t use cellular on my cellular aw since apple doesn’t allow to have different contracts for the phone and aw :/ The moment I put a different sim in the iphone the sim on the aw gets disabled
Yes and no.
Work life? No. Unfortunately I need my phone everywhere I go. Emails, phone calls, texts, etc. While I could do it all on the Ultra, it feels clunky and is faster on my phone.
Vacation/off-time? Yes. I’ve recently bought a camera (R50) specifically so that I won’t feel the need for my phone since that’s what I mainly use my phone for during that time anyway.
I’m actively trying to reduce my phone usage though, and can see moving to smart watches completely in the future. The biggest daily obstacles right now that force me to bring a phone during off time:
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Uber and Lyft can’t be ordered from the watch, only given updates after ordered from the phone. Ordering rides used to be supported, hopefully it will come back.
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Apple CarPlay is not supported with just the watch. Fingers crossed an update will give the watch CarPlay support.
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I’ve had my Ultra 2 for a month or so now and I’ve found myself trying to be more “daring” by leaving my phone at home. Unfortunately, like a lot of people, when it’s work hours, I gotta have my phone for emails and the such, but it’s been a nice release to leave it at home when I take the dog for a walk or leave the house for a bit.
I’ve found a couple issues with trying to use my watch without my phone. 1) I always seem to want my camera when I don’t have it; 2) you can’t create/ edit a note or ask Siri to make a note from the watch, even when it’s connected to the phone; 3) if you want to make/ take a phone call in public, you better have your AirPods with you.
I wish AW had support for:
-Uber/Lyft
-Apple CarPlay
-Picking up a Target 🎯 Drive Up Order
-Camera