Apple Watch Yes or No?

I mean, did you do any research at all before purchase?

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7. fitness tracker I'd love to have the series 3 simply for the ability to workout/run without being tethered to a phone in my pocket or strapped to my arm

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Pretty much the only reason I'm debating one myself. However I have a Samsung Gear S3 so it's really just for the new Apple Music streaming that's coming next month. And then sprinkle on the extra 10$ a month from T-Mobile and I'm thinking I may pass.

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Considering you can basically watch the battery level drain while it's connected via LTE it's definitely not a stand-alone product.

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Is it truly that bad or are you just hating?
If anything I'd get this for a 1-2 hour workout, daily, using LTE.

I didn’t get lte I got gps only because of battery drain concerns. One of the main benefits I saw was I could keep the watch on in the pool at home. So far this has been a pretty good feature where as the phone with Touch ID is a pain because water screws up recognition and I have to worry about dropping the phone which is only water resistant. I did plenty of research and after 24 hours have come to realize it’s real intent is that similar to a second monitor, a companion item. It’s very beneficial and you can see a lot but you don’t really interact all that often. As a fitness phone I haven’t tested but it’s growing on me overall.

I think you'd just have to work the battery issue into your routine.

I assume if you work out for 2 hours and you're on the phone half the time or streaming music over LTE the entire time, you're going to run it down. Even that may not be a big deal if you can then put it on the charger after. But if you're usually going to sync your playlists and just want to run phone-free (with the option of streaming music or taking calls if needed) I think it's probably worthwhile.

FYI the only experimenting I've done is walking the dog (without phone). About 30 minutes or so, made a 3 minute call over LTE (worked great), probably dropped a few percent but nothing significant.

Great feedback, thanks... I heard it will only notify you of emails/texts, but you can't reply or start new ones... can you verify??

Wife got me one for Christmas last year. It’s been fantastic. Lemme tell ya why...

I’m in a good bit of meetings, and I also route my email through my iPhone. To the point where I have Outlook send me text notifications about my itnerary every morning at 7am, and then 15 minutes before each appointment, meeting, etc.

With back to backs a lot of the time it’s nice to me when we need to wrap up or what’s next on my plate without grabbing and flipping through my phone.

In the same setting, reviewing notifications mid meeting discreetly allows for a more engaged and less distracted experience for me. Which means my time is more well spent. In general, not having to grab my phone to see whose emailing or texting helps me from having to grab my phone out of a pocket or off the desk or elsewhere.

But without question my most favorite function is Maps. I own a small business on the side where I travel locally a lot. At work I am on the road in South Louisiana on average once or twice a week.

Punch the address into them Maps app, and never pick up the phone again. As you reach your exit or turn, the haptic response alerts you to a turn or a blinker that’s needs to be used. A quick glance at your wrist tells you how many miles there are until your next turn is or what your current ETA is to your destination.

It’s fantastic to not have to drive distracted or just impress your coworkers and boss as if you know out of the town areas like the back of your hand. LOL.

It is an incredibly useful tool for me in these regards. Speakerphone helps in hand so free situations as someone else’s mentioned.

I'm not sure I have enough personal data to tell you definitively, but is your question whether you can leave LTE on all day go for a run (just on LTE) and have the watch last all day?

If so, I think the answer is probably yes. Based on my current usage, I imagine I could go LTE-only for 1-2 hours without a big loss. Most I've gone is probably 40 minutes. Granted, that isn't streaming music or talking on the phone much on LTE. I don't turn LTE off, if that is part of the question.