Regardless of whether the iPhone’s blockbuster status is an impossible standard for a brand new product category to meet, Apple does need to make the watch a device that can stand on its own. According to the WSJ, Apple Watch 2 will include cellular connectivity and a beefier processor so apps will load more quickly. That might mean yet another data plan to pay for, but the watch would function on its own instead of being tethered to an iPhone.
There are a few other features that would make the Apple Watch a more compelling buy, like GPS and longer battery life. I’ve argued before that the watch needs to take advantage of its position on your wrist to become the ultimate health companion—though I expect that effort will take much longer to come into being.
Apple is also pushing developers to build better apps for the watch, partly by mandating all new watch apps submitted to the App Store be built for watchOS 2 and run natively on the device. That should make it easier and faster to use watch apps.
But the watch is still in its early days and is incredibly useful already. It’s likely that the device’s utility will only increase as time goes on.
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