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This is a life saver for those who spend time outdoors and can't or don't like to carry phones. I run for example for hours in the Canadian winter and the idea of having an emergency phone is attractive, in case I fall, or maybe there's a big issue at home.

Another alternative would be an iPhone SE but sadly we are in the era of oversized phones.

I would also love it to have more Bluetooth integration (continuous glucose monitoring is a good first step), and continuously monitor more health data in general: hydration, temperature. Omron is working on a watch that measures blood pressure. The last step is food intake monitoring but I guess we will need a couple more iterations and more sensors (onboard camera?) to get the Watch record that

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I spend hours running outside in the winter, too, and find that electronics of any form are mostly unreliable when it gets cold enough. I run with a Garmin GPS watch, and after several hours of single digit temperatures (F), the watch will often die. Phones don't even last that long. I doubt these will be any better in the same situation.

Yep, cold destroys battery capacity. You need to keep the device next to your skin.

I was relieved to see they are still selling the SE. It's really a fantastic little device and I much prefer the form factor. I don't see a compelling reason to upgrade.

They knocked another $50 off it as well, now starts at $350 - Damn good deal.

Just got it for $140 on ATT. Bought the subsidized pre-paid version (same phone), but it works for postpaid ATT.

I can't upvote this enough. I mean, if Apple would license their previous incarnations of iPhone to a 3rd party to manufacture and to sell, these "iPhone"s would still sell like hotcakes, especially in non 1st world countries.

No Rogers yet, so this may get people switching to Bell (ugh) or Telus...

This is also phenomenal for when you're battery-limited. You can turn off one of the two devices and save its battery for if you really, absolutely, must need to make a phone call at some later point in the day.

Not just runs, you can also use it to have quality time on date mights without worrying about checking your phone all the time.

The new watchOS 4 allows you to connect to (up to 2) Bluetooth LE sensors. That covers your use case.

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