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Apple Plans To Release a Cellular-Capable Watch To Break iPhone Ties (bloomberg.com)
According to Bloomberg, Apple is planning to release a version of the Apple Watch later this year that can connect directly to cellular networks, a move designed to reduce the device's reliance on the iPhone. From the report: Currently, Apple requires its smartwatch to be connected wirelessly to an iPhone to stream music, download directions in maps, and send messages while on the go. Equipped with LTE chips, at least some new Apple Watch models, planned for release by the end of the year, will be able to conduct many tasks without an iPhone in range, the people said. For example, a user would be able to download new songs and use apps and leave their smartphone at home. Intel Corp. will supply the LTE modems for the new Watch, according to another person familiar with the situation. Apple is already in talks with carriers in the U.S. and Europe about offering the cellular version, the people added. The carriers supporting the LTE Apple Watch, at least at launch, may be a limited subset of those that carry the iPhone, one of the people said.
and I'm happy, a week on a charge, I can read the screen in day light
I can read my Apple Watch first gen screen in daylight just fine.
Even better the Garmin doesn't light up in the middle of the night
Neither does the Apple Watch if you tell it not to.
I'm also not concerned about getting it wet.
I wash my Apple Watch off in the sink after a workout, and have swum with it on before - the first gen watch is OK in water up to 3 feet deep for up to 30 minutes. The second gen Apple Watch is officially waterproof to 50(!) meters (though they say not to dive with it).
I gave apple a chance and they just couldn't deliver.
Apparently they did and you just didn't bother to check.
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