the activity tracker on the AW is not reproduced by iphone. ive never received a notification from my phone that i havent moved for the hour -- especially since my phone is often in a dock when im working, which would make tracking my movement impossible. as an office work its important to me to get up and move around every hour, and the notifications are perfect for this if i havent.
likewise for heart rate tracking, which it uses several times a week for my cardio workout calculations.
There are 3rd party apps for the iPhone that do these things, though the Watch does make them more convenient. I was happy to turn off the standing notifications on my iPhone as it'd often be stationary on my desk.
Likewise, I enjoy the convenience of locking/unlocking my Mac using MacID from my watch ... which I could've previously done using my phone, but again... more convenient with the Watch.
I feel like the main benefit of the Watch for many is convenience, which doesn't sound like much until you add up how often that factors into your day. If you save a moment it doesn't feel like much but if something is easier a dozen or more times a day, every day, that quickly adds up to a general life improvement.
Any word on the S2 chip? If it isn't on the latest Samsung 14 nm FF or TSMC's 16 nm FF, I am not interested. Hopefully they will be bringing out a chip using TSMC's InFO process in the near future. Moving the chip from a 28 nm process to 20 nm will help, but the watch really could use the state of the processes to build the most advanced S series chip.
I can wait.
You will seriously not buy the watch solely based on its chip manufacturing process?
Sure - some folks here claim they won't buy a car without CarPlay. You get all sorts of silly reasons people will or won't do something
John Gruber was pretty brutal on the Watch on his latest podcast. He said it shouldn't have had apps and didn't deserve to sell as well as it apparently has. I think that's really unfair. The problem isn't apps it's that they take forever to load. If apps were instant like they are on iPhone would people be saying the watch shouldn't have apps? I don't think so. I'll bet the biggest feature of Watch 2 will be that everything you do with the Watch is faster.
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Likewise, I enjoy the convenience of locking/unlocking my Mac using MacID from my watch ... which I could've previously done using my phone, but again... more convenient with the Watch.
I feel like the main benefit of the Watch for many is convenience, which doesn't sound like much until you add up how often that factors into your day. If you save a moment it doesn't feel like much but if something is easier a dozen or more times a day, every day, that quickly adds up to a general life improvement.
Be prepared to be disappointed.