“They’re not Dick Tracy watches for cryin’ out loud.”
Actually they kinda are like Dick Tracy watches... You can send and receive email and text messages, and make and receive phone calls. Most require being in proximity with and connected to the iPhone via bluetooth, or else connected to wifi in order to do these things, and it’s pretty obvious when you’re doing them on the Apple Watch. If you have one that has it’s own cellular service all the functions are available w/o the iPhone, but it’s still obvious what your doing.
I’m not so sure I want any of our elected officials wearing smart watches at any time. They should pitch the smart phones in the trash also. I’m not too trusting of either device.
Nope - LTE version can place and receive calls, record, text, email, social media (limited), etc. all without an iPhone or iPad or wifi.