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this Red digital Crown who is it for it
denotes cellular capability on the Apple watch a way to decouple from your phone
if you're more action oriented so like a
jogger or rock climber or paddle boarder
remember that but those are such athletic scenarios which few of us
actually do personally I think I can stick with the Wi-Fi only model because
obviously I have my phone with me everywhere anyway
but perhaps I'm missing something and to find out I set myself a challenge live
with only this old cellular Series 6
Apple watch for a week to find out if my life can even function with it and it
alone
the rules of this of this challenge are simple no laptop no iPad and no iPhone
for an entire week I can however use a desktop computer so
that I'm not alienated from work duties at the office the first thing I think I
need to get used to is
hello oh oh hi it's my realtor
untethered communication is the big sell for the cellular Apple watch but as it's
now my only source of communication it's not easy or convenient taking speaker
phone calls isn't great in a serious open Office like ours and if you want
you have to switch to your airpods after you make the call
okay yeah bye
the most convenient way to reply to messages is with dictation but again
that'll disturb people around you
so I'm writing with my finger which takes longer the on-screen keyboard
found on newer Apple watches is better and faster but you're not going to be
conducting any long-winded text message threads on here and if you have friends
on Android you can text them Via SMS but
for that to be enabled at all your iPhone will need to remain powered on no
matter where it is phoneky's wallet no phone Keys wallet
okay unfortunately it appears I can't connect
my Apple watch to my Bluetooth which is
a little sad that means I'm gonna have to drive in silence or use old CDs what
am I gonna do now how am I gonna listen to my podcasts
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house you're interested in it's big and
open it's got a nice patio right off your dining area wow yeah it is bigger
than I was expecting but I gotta make sure it fits my couch so we're just
gonna measure oh I should take a photo first um
do you need a Handler the thing that
makes the iPhone so useful and amazing is that it can do everything but because
of this challenge doing something like viewing this apartment requires a much
more involved setup I have to bring my massive old DSLR and notepad and tape
measure but I've had the iPhone I could literally do that all on one device I
could take an ultra wide photo of the space write my thoughts on the note
taking app and even measure things out with the measure app so how much is this
place oh it's just a little over 800
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crippling boredom it's what you get when
you sever yourself from your phone what am I supposed to do on the toilet what
am I supposed to do right now my habit for years has been to pull out my phone
and scroll but with this Apple watch I
can't you know videos no articles no tweets nothing just fiddling with the
digital crown and swiping through different faces
thank you hello
um are you busy right now no actually
yeah I'll be right over
perfect hey Donna hey jono I started a really big project I'm
working on an album from 1999. what it was on my Europe trip so I'm hoping to
cut this out I need this glued in we don't have a phone around the time you
spend with others does change you are
simply more present when hanging out with family or friends the impulse to
look things up during conversations is quelled completely because it's not
possible what I'm getting at is I really
didn't feel like I was missing anything important what I was missing were the
habits and those are good things to miss
so the week is over and what has it been like
great actually what really surprised me
is what a great digital detox this is you hear people moaning oh I gotta get
off my phone I gotta stop using Facebook but they're empty commitments because
the cost of completely severing communication makes the prospect
untenable but with the Apple watch you're not actually severing
communication it's so liberating let me give you an idea of how different
life was with only the Apple watch my average sleep increased by a full half
hour during the week I didn't waste hours a day on Twitter I went on two
hikes all recorded in the fitness app if you want to try this it's worth knowing
the cost firstly cellular capability increases the price of the series 8
watch by 100 but it's only fifty dollars
more on an SE and that's before you register for cell Services which is
pretty easy to sign up you'll need an existing plan on a non-discount service
provider the monthly cost for this service is ten dollars plus a one-time
activation fee of forty five dollars should you byow Apple watch
but is it worth it I don't think so not for a digital detox
because it's going to require some accountability no perhaps 120 a year is
accountability enough to do it regularly but for me it wouldn't be
so yes it's certainly possible to live with only an Apple Watch it's even great
but if you want to do a digital detox there are cheaper ways to do it you
could set up screen time in iOS or delete your Facebook account which I
recommend what a beautiful sunset
I don't have a camera if you already have a cellular Apple
watch and you feel like you don't know why try this challenge it'll answer that
question and if you're looking at the product page trying to decide between a
cellular or Wi-Fi model well you'll know if you need one otherwise unless you
have a child with whom you want to gift the Apple watch three years from now and
set up with family setup I think you're probably best sticking with a Wi-Fi
model as for me I don't have any children except for my baby mini iPhone
darling thanks for detoxing this Mac
address if you think the Apple watch should be its own device on its own
cellular plan give this video a like now I'm curious if that's something you
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