Soured on cellular

[TimButterfield]

I figured I would test out Android Wear and play with a 2.0 preview. So, I picked up an LG UB2 LTE from AT&T. It seemed interesting at first glance. Playing with different watch faces was fun. Then, today happened. Within a day and a half of owning my first AW watch, it gets a telemarketing call. Telemarketing calls? On my watch? I get enough of those on my phones. If that's the future of cellular watches, I'm a bit turned off by it. Before I return it and get a Huawei, I wanted to post the experience here to give me a chance to cool of and reason on it a bit. If cellular is going to be turned off most/all of the time, is there any reason to keep the UB2 instead of getting a different AW watch?

Thanks.

Tim

 

[daverns]

Spec wise UB2 is still better than Huawei Watch. Also, once Android Wear 2.0 becomes available, stand alone apps will be available which most of them will need data connection. There's also possibility that new LTE Android wear watch will be released together with Android Wear 2.0.

 

[mdw1995]

Just bad luck with the telemarketing. I haven't received any in months. Personal preference I suppose. If you like to leave the phone behind or be able to track runs and still have notifications and a phone available, it's a pretty nice watch.

 

[StimulatorCam]

Just bad luck with the telemarketing. I haven't received any in months.

I'm actually excited to get a telemarketer call on my watch just so I can be all like "Hey, you're trying to sell something to somebody who is talking to you with their watch, isn't that awesome!?"

 

[TimButterfield]

I'm actually excited to get a telemarketer call on my watch just so I can be all like "Hey, you're trying to sell something to somebody who is talking to you with their watch, isn't that awesome!?"

The problem I had is the message that said press 1 to discuss and press 2 to be put on the do not call list. How do you get a keypad to press anything while on a call? Maybe I need an app for that.

 

[mdw1995]

The problem I had is the message that said press 1 to discuss and press 2 to be put on the do not call list. How do you get a keypad to press anything while on a call? Maybe I need an app for that.

I believe I've used the keypad during a call. I'll have to look at how I did it.

 

[TimButterfield]

I believe I've used the keypad during a call. I'll have to look at how I did it.

Maybe I need to upgrade it to 2.0 and try that first.

 

[mdw1995]

Maybe I need to upgrade it to 2.0 and try that first.

I haven't tried 2.0, just the current version. I just tested it on a call. I just swiped up during the call to get to the dialpad.

 

[TimButterfield]

I haven't tried 2.0, just the current version. I just tested it on a call. I just swiped up during the call to get to the dialpad.

Thanks for the info.

 

[xendula]

I have NEVER gotten a telemarketer call on my watch, and I've been using mine since last Nov, and had the Gear S for a year before that.
To me, an AW watch would be useless without stand-alone capabilities, because I go running and leave my phone behind. It's too darn big to comfortably run with it (I HATE how large phones are these days).

You will not need stand alone functionality on your watch if you never go places where you'd rather not take your cell along.

 

[afblangley]

Like any other device with a phone number, there's the potential for junk calls (and calls for previous users of that number). You should put the watch's phone number on the Do Not Call registry, just like your cell and landline numbers.

 

[TimButterfield]

Since my initial post, I've changed my number (from TX to WA where I am now), put the new one on the DNC list, and upgraded it to AW 2.0. I've got a bit over a week left to test it.