Data plan details for Apple Watch:
Verizon: $10 per month, $30 activation fee
AT&T: $10 per month, $25 activation fee
T-Mobile: $10 per month, no activation fee
Sprint: $10 per month if you sign up for auto-pay, $15 per month for all both of you who haven't signed up for auto-pay yet, no activation fee
$10 seems high for something that probably uses less data and typically isn't used at the same time as a phone. I suppose one could stream video from their phone and text on a watch or hand the phone off to their child while putzing around on their watch. I still think the likeliest scenario is using one or the other. $5 would have been better, and honestly, I feel like this is one of those things that T-Mobile CEO, John Legere, eventually adds on as a perk to being on T-Mobile's network.
Anyway, I'm leaning toward iPhone 8 Plus. I'm not sold on FaceID yet. I like TouchID. I don't have to look at my phone to use it, and I think it's something Apple will reintegrate once it can figure out how to reliably implement it into the screen.
The Apple TV is a great piece of hardware, definitely my preferred set top media device
I'm sure it is. I meant no disrespect. Something like Chromecast fits my needs more. I stream Game of Thrones, basically end of list. How often do you use your Apple TV?
I think Apple has finally given up on trying to be original. To be fair, there's not much left to be done with a phone that isn't done already, but they introduced absolutely nothing new.
Isn't Apple's approach refining rather than being wholly original? Even the original iPhone was just Better-Blackberry, as reductive as that sounds. I think Apple gets more credit for originality than it often deserves, not that it's never original. Apple will tweak an idea to the point where it's usable and easy. I imagine most companies can probably get pretty close to offering Apple level quality and ease of use before Apple even considers taking a shot at it; they're just not ballsy enough to charge what Apple does. Like all things, if you want better stuff, it's going to cost you extra.