Is a $1000 too much for a Phone?
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For a phone? YES certainly .. however if it’s mobile computing you are really asking about and not placing phone calls there are much better and less costly solutions. Combining the two into a device too small to be useful due to screen size (as compared to a large tablet or laptop) is prohibitively expensive.
Just as the iWatch is useless because it doesn’t have enough battery to be useful as a true watch,, requiring constant charging.
Two things:
1. There is no iWatch. There is, however, the Apple Watch.
2. It does not require "constant charging". My series 2 Apple Watch, like a smartphone, can go two or three days without a charge. I have gotten into the habit of attaching the magnetic charger to the back of my phone when I begin to get ready for work. By the time I have brushed my teeth, shaved, showered and gotten dressed, my watch is back to 100%.
My Apple Watch probably saved my life. A sleep monitoring app showed I was getting no sleep and, after going through a sleep study, it was discovered that I have obstructive and central sleep apnea, to the extent of it being life threatening.
The other extremely useful feature has been the ability to text and take calls without pulling out my phone. I can just tap my watch and talk. Very handy.
My Watch also keeps track of my physical activity. Having the report sent to my doctor has verified my assertion that while I am overweight, I am very physically active, which is leading to investigations as to why, on a 1600 calorie a day diet, I do not loose weight.
Not useless at all to those who bought a Watch. I thought I didn't need one, not having worn a wristwatch for 20 years or so. Until my wife and I bought a pair on sale. Absolutely happy with them. Last week I was driving around downtown in congested traffic while she was at a bank signing papers with her elderly mom, no parking anywhere. Law here says you can't hold a phone and drive else get ticketed. She calls me with updates which I receive on my Watch and I answer calls on the watch, smoothly without taking my eye off the road. When using GPS to go places, the Watch uses tactic feedback on my wrist to signal turns coming up. In airports while handling luggage I can rotate my wrist and tell Siri on the Watch to call my wife about meeting me, all while carrying stuff. Then there are the activity and heart monitors, great stuff.
And the Watch carries enough charge for a couple days because I can shut it off when not actively using it, additionally can throw it on the charger while sleeping. Best device I ever got.