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Apple Watch Ultra 3

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76 points surprisetalk | 5 comments | 09 Sep 25 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hu3 ◴[09 Sep 25 17:55 UTC] No.45185712[source]▶
Why can't Apple, of all manufacturers, produce a watch that can last longer on a charge than one or two days?

Garmins easily last a week.

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onlyrealcuzzo ◴[09 Sep 25 17:57 UTC] No.45185751[source]▶
Why can't Apple produce a watch that you don't have to use with an iPhone?

There's not a shot in hell I'm ever switching from Android to iOS. People rarely do this.

Theoretically, I might buy an Apple Watch or Air Pods or Apple TV if they didn't go out of their way to make them either impossible to use without an iPhone or a living nightmare.

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1. johnbellone ◴[09 Sep 25 18:05 UTC] No.45185891[source]▶
Why would you want an Apple Watch without an iPhone?

Most of the benefits are because the ecosystem is tightly integrated. I expect that there isn't a large enough market and it so happens to lock people into their other products. I haven't tried using my Air Pods on an Android phone, but they work perfectly fine on my Steam Deck (Linux).

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2. onlyrealcuzzo ◴[09 Sep 25 18:14 UTC] No.45186061[source]▶
> Why would you want an Apple Watch without an iPhone?

Same reason I have a MacBook without an iPhone.

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3. lostlogin ◴[09 Sep 25 18:21 UTC] No.45186199[source]▶
Here is how I’d convert you: Open your phone copy some text, open your MacBook, paste that text.

I don’t don’t do it a lot, but it’s the best.

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4. hu3 ◴[09 Sep 25 19:21 UTC] No.45187355{3}[source]▶
That works between Android and Windows too. You just need to be signed using the same Microsoft account in both devices, and enable clipboard sync.

And yeah, it's kinda useful sometimes.

5. buu700 ◴[09 Sep 25 22:20 UTC] No.45190137{3}[source]▶
I discovered that feature by accident while doing some testing with an iOS device, and found it concerning. IIRC it wasn't too difficult to disable, but it really should be opt-in.