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Apple Watch Ultra 3

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76 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 09 Sep 25 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | 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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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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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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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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1. buu700 ◴[09 Sep 25 22:20 UTC] No.45190137[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.