Have You Used Emergency S.O.S.?

[iFanaddic]

Feel free to comment your personal experiences with emergency S.O.S..

I’m actively trying to convince my aunt to switch to an iPhone & Apple Watch because she tends to fall a lot and I would feel safer knowing she can use Emergency S.O.S.

I’m wondering if connection through Apple Watch (non lte) is slower? Given the opportunity I assume using and iPhone would most likely be the faster option.

 

[Shirasaki]

Apple Watch LTE will be your choice.

But seriously, unless really in an emergency, no one would even bother using it, or find how to activate the feature. For me, I might never use it throughout my lifetime. Not sure but not entirely impossible to achieve.

 

[rijc99]

You’d be better off getting her a lifealert device if she falls a lot.

 

[iFanaddic]

You’d be better off getting her a lifealert device if she falls a lot.

Is it really that much safer?

To the best of my knowledge, Lifealert devices puts you in communication with a 3rd party who asses the situation and communicates with emergency services whereas the Apple Watch puts you in direct communication with emergency services such as the 9-1-1.

 

[rijc99]

It could be safer since you mentioned a non cellular Apple Watch. Plus lifealert is a simple button press. It’s a product with a specific function.

 

[BornAgainMac]

I wish there was a way to turn it off. Don’t want this to be done by accident and then get fined or worst. I wish 911 could be 911... are you sure Y/N.... enter your name.... Last chance are you really sure (Yes / No)

 

[MacDawg]

I wish there was a way to turn it off. Don’t want this to be done by accident and then get fined or worst. I wish 911 could be 911... are you sure Y/N.... enter your name.... Last chance are you really sure (Yes / No)

Kinda defeats the purpose don'tcha think?

 

[C DM]

I wish there was a way to turn it off. Don’t want this to be done by accident and then get fined or worst. I wish 911 could be 911... are you sure Y/N.... enter your name.... Last chance are you really sure (Yes / No)

You can turn off the calling part of it.

 

[LoveToMacRumors]

Took out the phone, dialed 911

 

[artfossil]

While I love and use my Watch for a million other things, it’s the emergency function that gives me piece of mind.

It’s one button and one press (plus a selection as I have mine set up not to auto call). It calls 911 and an emergency contact.

Don’t discount the importance of having something on your wrist—even you don’t have your phone. And for me and my often pocketless clothing I often don’t have my phone. My neighbor across the street fell in his driveway and was freezing until I left for work because he couldn’t get up and couldn’t reach his phone.

I live alone in an old house with a basement and narrow stairs and I’m doing laundry and hauling things up and down all the time. Anyone could fall.

I’m always in Bluetooth range in my house but I’ll be getting a Series 3 LTE Watch this spring to extend my communication options.

Have you looked at the prices for those med alert devices? Ridiculously expensive for a single purpose device when an iPhone/Watch has so many uses!

I’m in my 70’s but the Watch has so many health-related uses for people of any age.

 

[mikzn]

Feel free to comment your personal experiences with emergency S.O.S..

I somehow accidentally activated SOS when changing the strap on my apple watch, got a call back right away from 911 and I told them it was a mistake everything was OK - they wanted to come and make sure - said it was standard procedure.

Had to wait 2 hours for them to come and search my place

 

[Phonephreak]

While I love and use my Watch for a million other things, it’s the emergency function that gives me piece of mind.

It’s one button and one press (plus a selection as I have mine set up not to auto call). It calls 911 and an emergency contact.

Don’t discount the importance of having something on your wrist—even you don’t have your phone. And for me and my often pocketless clothing I often don’t have my phone. My neighbor across the street fell in his driveway and was freezing until I left for work because he couldn’t get up and couldn’t reach his phone.

I live alone in an old house with a basement and narrow stairs and I’m doing laundry and hauling things up and down all the time. Anyone could fall.

I’m always in Bluetooth range in my house but I’ll be getting a Series 3 LTE Watch this spring to extend my communication options.

Have you looked at the prices for those med alert devices? Ridiculously expensive for a single purpose device when an iPhone/Watch has so many uses!

I’m in my 70’s but the Watch has so many health-related uses for people of any age.

Good morning Tim.

 

[enduro0125]

Yes
Accidentally
While in France
On the autoway
Whilst on my motorbike

:-(

 

[artfossil]

Good morning Tim.

I am really fully sick and tired of the rude and gratuitous taunts here in MacRumors. This used to be a tech forum where users could share their views and experience not a playground for those hurling juvenile insults.

If you’re not interested in discourse please find another topic.

 

[enduro0125]

I am really fully sick and tired of the rude and gratuitous taunts here in MacRumors. This used to be a tech forum where users could share their views and experience not a playground for those hurling juvenile insults.

If you’re not interested in discourse please find another topic.

It’s everywhere lately it seems.

#metoo