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No, Apple. A 4G Watch is a really bad idea

Vince

The watch is much more useful than I anticipated actually... some of the bits I like/use:

1. Unlocking my Macbook/MacBook Pro without password faff.

2. Better than getting phone out to pay for stuff (I almost exclusively pay via Apple Pay)

3. Run/Walk tracking

4. General exercise data as background to get an idea of daily burn

5. Silencing all the devices that ring every time someone phones with a quick face cover

6. Provides navigation when walking so no need to get phone out (handy when hands are full)

7. Quick check to see if a notification is worth getting phone out or not

8. Handy to send a text when driving as speech works remarkably well (non-Siri dictation)

9. Music remote (although could be a lot better and work with stuff other than built in music)

10. Can leave phone on charge and still get messages etc

Things that aren’t so good:

1. Using it for phone calls, you both look stupid and it doesn’t work very well

2. App support is pretty low and those that exist are way too slow to load

3. Wish it could be told not to alert when driving (phone knows so wish watch could know)

4. The breathe thing, turned off but seems totally pointless and irritating

5. Having to fully reset the watch which takes ages if you change iPhone is just stupid

6. Honeycomb UI is actually pretty lame

7. Watch constantly lights up when driving as can’t tell between looking at it and turning the wheel

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