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but keep those false strawmen coming.
also, no one’s doing a road trip across the u.s. without a phone.
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My AppleWatch (cellular) has been gradually morphing into a primary device the past couple years. Leave iPhone at home all the time. Curiously.... when I erased my iPhone to send it to Apple for repair I no longer had access to my credit cards with AppleWatch, nor receive text. Still make and receive calls. AppleWatch is not as independent as I thought.
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My AppleWatch (cellular) has been gradually morphing into a primary device the past couple years. Leave iPhone at home all the time. Curiously.... when I erased my iPhone to send it to Apple for repair I no longer had access to my credit cards with AppleWatch, nor receive text. Still make and receive calls.AppleWatch is not as independent as I thought .
Apple Watch with cellular the battery will drain quicker than Apple Watch.
^^. Our Apple Watch cellular and our Apple Watch. (Cool fact: all higher end Apple Watches are cellular)
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you do not need a phone or wifi or cellular or bluetooth to use an apple watch to pay for stuff. it uses NFC and basically acts as a credit card. it might be that if a merchant doesn’t support apple pay it doesn’t work.
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So if you are a technophobe, you can buy one of the above options, and it takes about 5 seconds to pair with your vehicle. I personally think we have discussed this to death. Hopefully we can move on from smart watches and cellular
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My AppleWatch (cellular) has been gradually morphing into a primary device the past couple years. Leave iPhone at home all the time. Curiously.... when I erased my iPhone to send it to Apple for repair I no longer had access to my credit cards with AppleWatch, nor receive text. Still make and receive calls. AppleWatch is not as independent as I thought.
You can add a card directly on the Apple watch, and it should persist and survive a phone erase. Easier to do it on the phone for obvious reasons, but you can manage cards independently via the watch.
