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Apple Watch Series 3 Ships with LTE Bug

posted by martyb on Thursday September 21 2017, @01:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the watch-out! dept.

takyon writes:

The major feature of the third iteration of the Apple Watch, LTE cellular connectivity, can fail due to a bug involving Wi-Fi. This problem has been reflected in reviews of the device:

The new Apple Watch is mostly an iterative update over its predecessor, but for one major feature: LTE. The addition of cellular connectivity has been touted as everything from "nice" to "game changing," but reviewers appear to have early issues in testing. I didn't run into any in my own testing, but the Verge reported some big hiccups connecting to the cellular network on the device.

An Apple spokeswoman confirmed the problem with TechCrunch, stating, "We have discovered that when Apple Watch Series 3 joins unauthenticated Wi-Fi networks without connectivity, it may at times prevent the watch from using cellular. We are investigating a fix for a future software release."

The LTE also does not work if you take the device to another country.

Also at The Verge, Fox Business (WSJ/Dow Jones reprint), and Fortune.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @03:20AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @03:20AM (#570967)

    Krakka pussy bug fo sho.

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @04:13AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @04:13AM (#570974)

      See? It wasn't that hard to wait a bit, was it?

      Now, on the part of enhancing lameness filter, have you tried to use some money? I don't know (actually I do), perhaps my 2 cents could work

      (grin)

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by meiao on Thursday September 21 2017, @04:17AM (2 children)

    by meiao (5741) on Thursday September 21 2017, @04:17AM (#570977) Homepage

    You are holding your watch wrong.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @07:44PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @07:44PM (#571359)

      The sensible consumer does not have a "your watch" as they never bought one in the first place.
      The unlucky punter who dropped their dollars should consider holding their "your watch" over a bin, and letting go.
      Apple are past done. They were successful when Jobs ran things, twice. There is no third time. They are finished.

      • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday September 21 2017, @09:15PM

        by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Thursday September 21 2017, @09:15PM (#571409) Journal

        Apple are past done. They were successful when Jobs ran things, twice. There is no third time. They are finished.

        Revenue US$215.639 billion (2016)
        Net income US$45.687 billion (2016)
        Total assets US$321.686 billion (2016)

        That's better than Google and they have to do much worse than that to become like IBM.

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