General EV Conversation
Lead Lap
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From: San Diego, CA
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.
Racer
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In my case it has nothing to do with a merchant not accepting ApplePay. swajames' post sounds more likely.
Lead Lap
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Never tried so I can use my non cellular Apple Watch to make purchases without having my phone nearby? I’ve used my watch several occasions to pay but my phone has always been in my pocket at the time.
Lead Lap
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From: San Diego, CA
Correct. Provided the card is in your Watch wallet, you do not need a phone nearby to make a payment. It is using NFC to send a tokenized version of your card number to the payment processor. It doesn't share an actual card number, and you don't need to be online anymore than a contactless payment with a traditional credit card requires you to be online.
Intermediate
Joined: Sep 2016
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From: OC | SoCal
Some users miss the point that Wallet/Pay for the Watch has to be set up within the Watch app. It's not automatically passed from the Wallet app of the phone.
Going back to PAK, I never carried the FOB of my Polestar in the 3 yrs I had it, except the day I received the car from the Volvo dealer. I even changed phones at some point within that 3 years. I wish Hyundai works with iOS/watchOS
Going back to PAK, I never carried the FOB of my Polestar in the 3 yrs I had it, except the day I received the car from the Volvo dealer. I even changed phones at some point within that 3 years. I wish Hyundai works with iOS/watchOS
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Lead Lap
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From: SC
Certainly doesn't seem better than a gas station. Wait, it that a gas station about a football field away in the background?
Lexus Champion
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From: California
Way cleaner
Last edited by AMIRZA786; Oct 13, 2025 at 05:02 PM.
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Lead Lap
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But I must say I’ve never seen any charging stations like the pics above. Never seen any with a cover and I’ve charged in Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Vegas. You’re living in EV capital.
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No desire to visit Buc-ee's, although I'm sure it's nice. Especially after losing more than 50 lbs
Lead Lap
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My last supercharger stop was for 27 minutes for 41 kWh of charge, which is about 150 miles of range. If I'm lucky.
Last edited by Bob04; Oct 13, 2025 at 06:19 PM.