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Nope. Not even a little. If anything it's actually increased it because I want to keep tabs on my activity numbers.

I didn’t get an LTE watch as I could not envision a reason to not bring my phone with me whenever I go some where.

Definitely. Usually leave my phone in the office during lunch now or for late night walks. So nice knowing I can remain in touch if need be but be free from my phone for a bit.

How long can you run your series 6 watch on LTE for?

Nah

Yes, for sure, I’m leaving my phone at home as often as possible. I only really take it with me when I go to work or any trip that lasts longer than a few hours. Before, I was pretty much glued to my phone

i have an LTE watch and i pay for service.. but i swear it never works without my phone/ wifi. it’s been over a year still can’t figure it out lol

Pixel Watch/Phone user here ... Nope, use the phone probably even more. The only reason for the watch is to track sleep, and wear when cycling in case of an emergency

Always thought it doesn’t worth, but after having a Ultra it has changed my mind. Love to go to groceries, to run, walks, without my phone, listening to music, podcasts.

I’d be more inclined to leave my phone at home if Meta would release a WhatsApp Apple Watch app. I know there are third party apps, such as Watch Chat 2 but they all feel very clunky. Last part of the puzzle IMO

No I’m always afraid I’ll want to snap a pic and I’m on socials all the time

I sadly can't use cellular on my cellular aw since apple doesn't allow to have different contracts for the phone and aw :/ The moment I put a different sim in the iphone the sim on the aw gets disabled

I leave my iPhone at home when I walk the dogs, go walking and if I go out during work. Even though the 15 Pro Max is lighter, it’s still a heavy beast.

Addiction is thrown around far too loosely with cyborgs.

I would say no. Plenty of things the watch can't do. Even though I have the cellular version of the watch, I don't pay for the service

My LTE watch is not helping me reduce screen time. I actually never expected it to as it is a screen.

I basically use it as a health tracker and tool to remind me about things like standing up once in a while.

If I could use my Ultra alone I’d completely give up the phone. I really wish you could sync to an iPad instead of the phone.

The ultra finally gives us enough battery life to leave without our phones for the day, but it’s so limited. It just doesn’t work well enough unless all you need are texts and weather.

I always get strings of complaints about call quality. I thought getting a new watch + APP2s would fix some issues I was having before (with my old S5+APP1), but people still tell me I sound like shit. Lots of cutting out and interference.

yes. no doubt.

Not much

I leave my phone at home. If I’m home I’m on an iPad if I need to be online. My phone has become a base station for my watch.

Not for me. I never even turned LTE on for my Ultra. The only time I used it when I first tried LTE about 5 years ago was while cycling, but I found that it was annoying to respond to texts without the screen, so I ended up canceling the service after a few months. It's not that hard to have a phone in my pocket and I like the ability to start Peloton workouts, change audio sources, reply to texts, watch TikTok, etc should the need arise.

No

Yes and no.

Work life? No. Unfortunately I need my phone everywhere I go. Emails, phone calls, texts, etc. While I could do it all on the Ultra, it feels clunky and is faster on my phone.

Vacation/off-time? Yes. I’ve recently bought a camera (R50) specifically so that I won’t feel the need for my phone since that’s what I mainly use my phone for during that time anyway.

I’m actively trying to reduce my phone usage though, and can see moving to smart watches completely in the future. The biggest daily obstacles right now that force me to bring a phone during off time:

• Uber and Lyft can’t be ordered from the watch, only given updates after ordered from the phone. Ordering rides used to be supported, hopefully it will come back.

• Apple CarPlay is not supported with just the watch. Fingers crossed an update will give the watch CarPlay support.

I've had my Ultra 2 for a month or so now and I've found myself trying to be more "daring" by leaving my phone at home. Unfortunately, like a lot of people, when it's work hours, I gotta have my phone for emails and the such, but it's been a nice release to leave it at home when I take the dog for a walk or leave the house for a bit.

I’ve found a couple issues with trying to use my watch without my phone. 1) I always seem to want my camera when I don’t have it; 2) you can’t create/ edit a note or ask Siri to make a note from the watch, even when it’s connected to the phone; 3) if you want to make/ take a phone call in public, you better have your AirPods with you.

I wish AW had support for:

-Uber/Lyft

-Apple CarPlay

-Picking up a Target 🎯 Drive Up Order

-Camera

Nope. Still need my phone for insulin pump and cgm

Yep! Checking time and messages has been so much easier, and being able to run to the store or just walk around the block without my phone is amazing. I wasn’t much of a phone user before, but this definitely cut screen time down by a good chunk

Definitely. I can see the name of the song playing on my watch instead of on my phone. I have AOD turned off on my phone.

To me, the answer is sort of a yes. I still need my phone for work. I can substitute it with a tablet or laptop, but I might as well just use my iPhone. I need to be available to respond to emails, word process, edit spreadsheets, etc. So, I usually just keep a small bluetooth keyboard in my work bag.

For my personal life, I was considering a Light Phone, but decided an Apple Watch Ultra made more sense, it's only $5/month more and I can track my health with it. I still use my iPhone a lot more than I need to, but having the option to just leave it at home for mundane tasks is nice. I usually don't bring my iPhone on walks, grocery store or coffee trips anymore unless I know I'm probably going to want to take photos.

I have a non LTE version but it does too, the Watch is in my pocket, unused