Edit: to be clear, of course you need a real phone. The AW doesn’t work without an iPhone. I mean day-to-day not needing to carry a phone every time you leave the house.
Going out for exercise and errands without being (figuratively) weighed down by my phone has been incredibly liberating. My AW with headphones nearly eliminates the need for my phone, especially with wifi. I’m debating going cellular and leaving the phone at home full time.
it’s kind of the perfect balance between a ‘dumbphone’ that doesn’t have social media apps, while still having smartphone capabilities (music, podcasts, maps, Apple wallet etc).
I don’t even mind not carrying a camera. Was even thinking it would be cool to carry a dedicated point & shoot for photos that actually matter.
For me one feature I would find hard to live without would be Apple CarPlay. I drive a lot and carplay is a dream. I suppose I could leave my iPhone in the glovebox?
What about you? What features could convince you to leave the iPhone at home most of the time?
Y’know Meta killing the Messenger app on the Watch really pissed me off. The Watch was a much closer replacement to a phone than it will likely ever be already while that app existed.
I use Messenger to chat to my wife, my other lovers, most of my friends, it’s an essential tool; and I used it almost daily to compose messages only to find it missing randomly one day, and a very sad Google revealed they took it away.
That’s one thing I imagine we will never get back that is a full-stop for me. I’d actually considered a cellular watch before they killed Messenger.
(I’m aware I can hit ‘reply’ to messages still, but what if I want a new one or to see the short history that was there - eg they texted me an address?)