I know this isnt the place and I dont want to derail the convo too much, but I dont want to wander into the iPhone forum because I find it a little annoying. Anyone here have an Apple Watch Series 7? If so, is it worth the cost?
I don’t have any Apple Watch. But the Pixel has given me nothing but problems and I just spent two years on the Galaxy S line so I figured I would give the Apple ecosystem a shot for the first time in a while. So I plan on selling me Galaxy Watch 4 and getting an Apple Watch but I wasn’t sure if it was worth the cost.
I don’t want to derail the thread either so I’ll try to keep my response brief—feel free to PM me directly if you have any other questions.
I‘d qualify myself as an Apple Watch power user, at least compared to most. I’ve owned the OG watch, Series 2, Series 4, Series 6 and now Series 7. The 7 isn’t a huge upgrade over the 5 or 6 but I had access to an Apple Employee discount and after trade, my 7 (with LTE) cost just over $200 after trading in my 6. The extra screen real estate alone on the 7 has made it worthwhile, IMO.
I use the hell out of my AW. If it wasn’t for using CarPlay in my car and the need for the camera, I could almost go full ‘Dick Tracy’ mode and solely use the AW as my daily ‘phone’ (I have an iPad Mini that’s almost always with me as well). Call, texts, calendar (Fantastical), email notifications, (Spark) music (Apple Music), podcasts (Pocket Casts), audiobooks (Audible), my family grocery list (AnyList), workout tracking (Apple Workouts app, Strava, Fitness+), timers and alarms, 2FA for my own apps and work (Authy), weather, reminders, smart home (Home app), payments and reward programs (Apple Pay or Wallet app), gym check-in, navigation (Apple Maps or Google Maps), frequently used passwords (1Password), Apple TV remote, Find My, score tracking (ESPN), as well as notifications ‘triage’ for any other apps—all things I do/use daily or at least regularly. Email management is limited to managing notifications and quick replies and can’t really browse the web—two areas where is obviously falls short in regards to a phone.
Alright, already went long. Point is, it can be as useful as you want to make it. Obviously, it plays best with Apple’s native apps but as you can see, I use a lot of third party apps and they work great. I can use all of the apps while connected to LTE only but many work better (i.e. choosing a navigation destination outside of your favorites in Maps) in conjunction with your nearby iPhone. The music, podcasts and audio books are all stored offline on the watch so I don’t need my iPhone to listen. Apple Music lets you stream directly to the watch—honestly not sure if that’s possible with a third party solution like Spotify. It genuinely is as the top of the list of reasons why I don’t switch full time to an Android phone.
...maybe one day if I ever fully leave iOS though doubt it
well what ya got for us on the Pixel 6 ? ...I'm happy to see call screening working again is all I've got for ya
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