A lot of my friends have Apple watches and I’m wondering what you feel are the benefits compared to just having your phone in your pocket or in your pocketbook?
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One of the main benefits is not having to have my phone with me.
I also like the fitness measurements. Even with my phone, it’s easier to glance at my wrist for notifications than reach for my phone.
Fitness tracking and not needing to take phone with me going for a walk or exercising outside.
Text message notifications on your watch are nice because you don’t have to look at your phone. It’s great while working. Quick glance at the watch without opening the whole phone and getting distracted.
It’s a good watch too. I have three times zones on it and today’s date. That’s a real utility for me.
Exercise tracking is decent.
The breath app is great for relaxation.
Mine is 4 years old and still going strong.
I always wanted to have one but I was like its a waste of money. Until now. Recently I purchased the newest SE during a black friday session. And now I cannot imagine my phone without the watch. Probably the best iphone accessory ever. It reduces phone screentine, I just check the notification and do not grab up the phone and scroll it immediately. Or I can reply from it. I can also pay with my watch. My phone screen on time is now seriously the half of my average since i have the AW. Also the sport modes for various activites are insanely great and its a great motivation too.
My main reason for having the watch is so I don’t have to have my phone with me or I can just leave it in my bag where it’s much safer than in a pocket or pulling it out all the time for whatever reason.
Bonus is the health tracking apps.
I use it mostly for notifications. I leave the sound off on my phone and get vibration notifications on my watch. Discrete but I don’t miss anything.
The Apple Watch is not an iPhone replacement, it is a different device.
I primarily use the Apple Watch for clock features (time, alarms, and timers), checking the weather, tracking my Health and Fitness (workouts, activities, nutrition, sleep, and recovery), listening to music and podcasts, and getting a few notifications.
I exercise every day. The data gathering is truly invaluable to me
I love the possibility of getting away of the phone and screen addiction. I usually go outside just with my LTE Apple Watch. Lifechanger for me.
So I do not have to take my phone out when I go running. Listen to the music from the watch. Also if I go out for the evening I do not need to carry the phone. Lots of benefits having one.
It’s not a replacement for the phone, however I wanted a fitness watch. I’ve got some cheaper ones in the past and while they have done okay they have broken after a while.
Got the SE2 recently and have no idea why I never got one sooner. Give me all the fitness and sleep tracking information I want, plus the ability to get notifications, respond to text messages and pay for items from my wrist. Had it for a month now and it’s well worth the price.
If you need people to list it out you don’t need it. Or you can take 2 seconds to Google it and read a few reviews and some info about it. And then decide if it will work for you. You don’t need Reddit to regurgitate the feature list as it’s available and you can watch some reviews and/or pop in a store and check it out.
A lot of these features are enhanced if you have na iPhone, so I’ll assume that you do.
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Fitness tracking (but can be achieved with other fitness watches)
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Quick messaging including answering calls (useful for me while driving). Possible with other smart watches also.
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Activate Siri without needing phone for simple tasks like timers, reminders (useful while cooking)
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Shortcuts: I have some home automations in place which is quicker to trigger from the watch.
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I use Focus Modes a lot so the watch enables quick toggles.
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Sleep tracking: I like to assess my quality of sleep vs my mood for the day and see if I can identify any correlations.
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Automatic login into my Mac Mini.
The real value of an Apple Watch is being able to combine all of these and more into one device. If you only care for specific features, then almost any smart watch would suffice. I have the wifi only SE2 and I love it. I only take it off to charge when I’m showering.
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It’s got the time on it