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posted by martyb on Thursday September 14 2017, @03:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the watch-out! dept.

The Apple Watch Series 3 looks, acts, and feels almost exactly the same as the Series 2 with a key difference—LTE wireless connectivity, whether your iPhone is nearby or not. We tested the Series 3 on-site at Apple's unveiling event, including trying just a few of the new features.
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The Series 3 watch still uses your iPhone's connection when the phone is nearby, but as soon as you move away from the phone, the Series 3 LTE seamlessly kicks in. We weren't able to test this at the event; all the Watches on display were flying solo, sans phones.

You can make calls directly from the Watch by tapping a button on the top-left corner of the watch face. From there, you can browse contacts to reach out to through a few interfaces: favorites, recents, contacts, and the keypad. So it's just like using your phone—or really, like the previous Apple Watch, for the most part. The difference is that you can do it anywhere.

The Watch intelligently picks up your voice, and you do not have to hold it up to your mouth—in ideal conditions, anyway.

Dick Tracy fans rejoice.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Maddog on Thursday September 14 2017, @02:11PM

    by Maddog (690) on Thursday September 14 2017, @02:11PM (#567802)
    Watershed moment???

    You mean just like the Gear S3 is already doing today. I'll admit I like having the ability to call from my wrist without a phone at times--but I don't do it all the time. There's a reason everyone doesn't walk around with their phones on speakerphone.

    Nice to see Apple is finally catching up here.
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