But you can get some Twitter action via Tapbots' Tweetbot app. Also, Watch 3 can't do everything your phone does for instance, you won't be able to check Twitter (which removed its Apple Watch app. Why? Music listening and cellular phone chats (yes, there's a keypad on the phone app so you can dial from the Watch 3) could burn through your battery faster (see 'Battery' section below). But the giant caveat is, you should rely solely on your Watch 3 only for short iPhone-free forays and not all day substitution. Stewart Wolpinīeing able to leave your iPhone at home is the whole raison d'être for buying the Watch 3. The Apple Watch Series 3 sports a keypad so you can make calls. Your results may differ, of course.īut assuming Apple has adequately addressed Watch 3's connectivity inadequacies – or will with WatchOS 4.1, here are the top 7 reasons for opting for Apple Watch Series 3 LTE (Watch 3). However, even with 4.0.1, it's not clear if all of Watch 3's issues have been solved for everyone connecting calls in either direction continues to be a hit-or-miss proposition for me, for instance. Finally, installing the WatchOS 4.0.1 update seemed to solve most of the issues.

These varying customer service calls used about eight hours of my time over the course of five days. When none of this worked I was told I'd get a replacement Watch – except they were out of stock. Across five different phone support sessions (three with T-Mobile and two with Apple), I was asked to reconnect the Watch's cell service twice and re-pair the Watch to my iPhone once. My own Watch 3 glitch was the latter – no independent iMessage or SMS text receipt or even sending. Users also found the device would sometimes be unable to make or receive calls, or couldn't receive or send iMessage/SMS texts without a paired iPhone nearby: Sometimes there was a combination of all these communication hiccups. Early reviewers disturbingly discovered that Watch 3 would try – and fail – to connect to nearby (and often unauthenticated) Wi-Fi networks if LTE wasn't available.

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