Ditching my phone for an LTE smartwatch was a humbling experience
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Summary
In an effort to try something other than constantly clutching her phone, Insider’s Liv Cuble decided to spend a week using an LTE-enabled smartwatch instead of her iPhone.
She found that it did help lessen her reliance on constantly checking her phone, and gave her a break from scrolling.
However, she found that the watch was difficult to use for some tasks, and that she had to spend time planning things like how she would get home at the end of the day.
Overall, she found that the experiment was a worthwhile exercise, and that it gave her more opportunities to practice not relying on her phone.
“It didn’t make me feel smarter or less anxious but, between the audio cues and haptic wrist taps, I found Apple Maps entirely usable on the watch while driving.
Ikea’s online order pickup was a little tricky, since it only offered a QR code and web address to let the store know I’d arrived for my order. Hej, how about a phone number, Ikea?