Once again, I agree with Donna. As someone who has been using an Apple Watch since it debuted in April 2015, I think Janina’s expectations are not realistic. The Apple Watch is a great device, and while I am on my 6th iteration, I realize the watch has limitations, and can not be expected to be a replacement for an iPhone.
- Brad - On Jun 4, 2024, at 08:53, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: Hi Janina, I can’t answer your questions about Safari, headphones, or the keyboard, but I’ll share my thoughts on some of the others. Personally, I don’t think that the watch can replace a phone. I find responding to messages a little clunky. Reacting or sending an auto-response—OK, thank you, etc.—is fine. But in my experience, dictation has had mixed success. And correcting text when dictation gets it wrong is a PITA. If I need to send a more involved response to a text, I pull out my phone. On the other hand, if all you have to do is answer OK, yes, no, I love being able to do that from my wrist. Likewise, I’m not sure how you would do advanced text entry or editing on the watch. You certainly wouldn’t want to do it without a keyboard. To the best of my knowledge, neither Pages or Notes is available on the watch, though I wouldn’t swear that I’m right about that. So I would say the use case you’re describing goes pretty far beyond the capabilities of the watch. I would also say the watch is most powerful when paired with your phone, so I don’t think it is realistic to plan on just taking your watch with you and leaving your phone at home, at least not for extended periods of time. But others may disagree, and I’d be happy to be corrected. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 4, 2024, at 3:25 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Thanks to all on this thread. I'm pretty much in the same place as ET on > the verge of purchasing a watch and making these decisions for myself. > > I suspect I am willing to pay the extra (now $15 at T-Mo) for the > cellular service as I simply can't justify lugging around a big old > phone if my watch will do everything I need whilst I'm out and about. > However, I expect I'll pair a bluetooth headset with the watch. I'm > presuming the audio quality issue, understandably less from the watch > itself, is obviated by the headset? Frankly, I don't want to rely on > audio on my wrist while I'm carrying things and walking/riding around > manhattan with all its local noises. It seems a headset is the only > practical approach here. If I'm wrong, I simply cancel the cellular > service after a month or two and go back to lugging my phone around. > > But that raises the prospect of what else I might want to do on my > phone. I certainly expect to read messages. I expect to read mail. And, > I expect to take and review notes. If I can add Safari into that mix the > case for watch only whilst out and about grows. Can I? > > Frankly, pushing this thought further, if I'm sitting down somewhere for > an hour or so (as I was yesterday), mightn't I also be able to pull out > a BT keyboard and use it to reply to mail? Use it to add to my notes? > Use it to type in search strings for Safari that voice dictation didn't > quite get right? > > Sop, I'm curious. Is it possible to do that much? What are the practical > limits here? > > Best, > Janina > > Bradford Snyder writes: >> I agree with Donna. >> I have the Apple Watch Ultimate, which has cellular, but I have not enabled >> cellular service because it isn???t worth $10 per month for something I???m >> not going to use. >> >> - Brad - >> >> >> >> On Jun 3, 2024, at 23:54, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Hi ET, >> >> I agree with everything that others have said. The one thing I would add is >> that personally, I don???t really like taking phone calls on my watch. This >> is, of course, subjective, but I mention it because if I remember correctly, >> you have hearing loss, and the reason I don???t like using the watch for >> phone calls, is that the sound isn???t very good. It might be something >> that wouldn???t be useful for you, and that that case, the option of using >> your watch without your phone would be less wortwhile. I don???t carry my >> phone with me all the time. When I???m at home I set it down and leave it >> in one place, and it still syncs with the watch. As you can probably tell, >> personally, I don???t think the cellular version is worth the extra money. >> Best, >> Donna >> >>> On Jun 3, 2024, at 11:52 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries >>> <Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> Looking at the options that are available. Do I want cellular? About the >>> watch bands, anything special about those or is the default band good >>> enough. 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