Reply to post: Re: Still no genuine use-case

Wearables are now a two-horse race and Google lost very badly

Steve the Cynic

Re: Still no genuine use-case

I've been trying to find the replacement for when it eventually dies, no-one has got close.

You've nailed the essential point of a smartwatch. It's more or less not very much without a smartphone, but functions extremely well as a "remote access" terminal for the phone.

And aside from the runkeeper part and the cheaper-than-analogue part, my Apple Watch does all the other things you mentioned. (No, an Apple Watch is not cheaper than the most expensive analogue watch I ever bought. The late Mrs Cynic didn't like me spending much on watches, and quite frankly I wouldn't have spent anything like an Apple Watch's price on something that can only tell the time even if she had said it was OK.)

So if runkeeper comes in an iOS version that understands the Apple Watch (the App Store says it does), you might (if you can bear to pay the AW's price(1)) consider that as a replacement.

(1) I'm well aware that the price *is* an obstacle.

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