I used Apple Watch SE3 as my ONLY device for 3 Days — Transcript

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1. 0:00For the next 3 days, I'm ditching my
2. 0:02shiny orange phone and using this little
3. 0:04cutie, the Apple Watch SE3, as my only
4. 0:07cellular device. I'm sure nothing will
5. 0:10go wrong. Hey, Siri. Hey, Siri. Hey,
6. 0:13[music] Siri. Goodness gracious. I've
7. 0:15done this kind of a thing before, but
8. 0:16it's genuinely nerve-wracking every
9. 0:18time. Wake up. Wake up.
10. 0:21Nice. It now has me going to a hospital
11. 0:24parking lot, so that's good. This video
12. 0:27is sponsored by Nota.
13. 0:30How about a quick unboxing to get this
14. 0:32experiment started? This is the SE3 40mm
15. 0:36in what's the color? In midnight
16. 0:38aluminum.
17. 0:40Ooh, it's tiny. I'm used to the Ultra,
18. 0:43too. Wow. I actually really like the
19. 0:45color.
20. 0:46Setup on the watches is always really
21. 0:48easy, except for cellular activation.
22. 0:51[music] Oh my gosh, you're freaking
23. 0:52kidding me. But I have a plan for that.
24. 0:57It's a big big day, folks. We are taking
25. 1:00this Apple Watch to Verizon to get it
26. 1:02activated with cellular. Long story
27. 1:04short, I tried to do this through the
28. 1:06Apple Watch app on my iPhone. Whenever I
29. 1:09do that, it's like a struggle every
30. 1:11time. It's super buggy. I'm going to go
31. 1:12do it in person and hopefully it'll be
32. 1:14easy. Also, I want to ask Verizon if
33. 1:16they are raising the prices for monthly
34. 1:19cellular plans for Apple Watches in the
35. 1:21United States. Do you see my watch?
36. 1:25All right, let's go to Verizon. And I
37. 1:27did record my conversation with them and
38. 1:29learned something surprising about the
39. 1:31cellular updates on the Apple Watches.
40. 1:33How's your morning been?
41. 1:34>> It's been all right.
42. 1:35>> Yeah.
43. 1:36>> Um, but you're actually getting a
44. 1:37discount. Instead of being 15, it'll be
45. 1:38a total of $10.89. That will be with
46. 1:41everything. Yeah.
47. 1:41>> Nice.
48. 1:42>> Okay, cool.
49. 1:43>> I'm so surprised actually. I thought the
50. 1:44cellular was going to be like $21 to $30
51. 1:47a month. It's going to be $10.89 here in
52. 1:50the US. I don't get the 5G ultra band,
53. 1:52but honestly, I didn't go with that cuz
54. 1:54I have that on my phone and my Verizon
55. 1:56service is kind of crappy where I live
56. 1:57anyway. So, I was like, I'm not going to
57. 1:59pay extra for probably the same quality
58. 2:01of service. So, now I got to get rid of
59. 2:03my phone somehow. But first, I actually
60. 2:05need to set myself up for success.
61. 2:07Believe it or not, I actually do ditch
62. 2:09my cellular device when I do these Apple
63. 2:12Watch experiments because makes it more
64. 2:13fun for me. I got all my cards set up
65. 2:16with Apple Pay. Made sure location
66. 2:17services were dialed in for GPS. And if
67. 2:20you're going to do an experiment like
68. 2:21this [music] without your phone, please
69. 2:23prioritize your safety. It's a good idea
70. 2:26to let your loved ones know just in case
71. 2:28your watch dies or something. You don't
72. 2:29want them having a panic attack or
73. 2:31wondering where the heck you are. Now,
74. 2:33let's test out a quick phone call.
75. 2:35>> Let the weak.
76. 2:38>> Get that mixed up.
77. 2:39>> That's Latterday Saint.
78. 2:41>> The call quality is amazing. I do wish
79. 2:43the volume of this watch's speaker would
80. 2:45get a little bit louder, but it's
81. 2:47manageable.
82. 2:47>> All right, ladies and gentlemen, my wife
83. 2:49has agreed to take my phone and hide it
84. 2:52from me.
85. 2:59This is all we got. Now, we're
86. 3:01officially phoneless. This feeling is
87. 3:03always a bit strange. So, I'm going to
88. 3:05chill out tonight with some YouTube and
89. 3:07dinner and test out my watch as my Apple
90. 3:09TV remote. Then we'll charge it up for
91. 3:11day one's adventures.
92. 3:15[music]
93. 3:20I don't usually wake up this early. I
94. 3:22had my [music] alarm set for 7 a.m. It's
95. 3:245:30. We're at 100% Apple Watch battery.
96. 3:27So, I guess today will be a longevity
97. 3:29battery test. [music] I'm going to start
98. 3:30my day doing my Bible reading devotion
99. 3:33session. And I guess I'll get some chill
100. 3:35time to myself. And today is actually me
101. 3:37and Lauren's third [music] anniversary.
102. 3:39What do girls like these days? In
103. 3:42Instagram reels. I'll get her an
104. 3:44Instagram reel. Okay. [music]
105. 3:51[music]
106. 3:55>> Body cone head.
107. 3:56>> One of my favorite parts of my morning
108. 3:58routine is still reading my daily list
109. 4:00of like my confessionals over my life
110. 4:03and my family's lives and stuff. Um, so
111. 4:05I have a reminder set every day that
112. 4:07comes up in the morning. and it just
113. 4:08reminds me to like read [music] that
114. 4:10truth out loud to myself. That's what
115. 4:11I'm going to do. And it's nice cuz it
116. 4:13just pops up on my watch. I use the
117. 4:15reminders app every single day. It
118. 4:17really is super handy. But one thing
119. 4:19that's going to be tough for me in this
120. 4:20experiment is pooping with no phone.
121. 4:27[music]
122. 4:30Hey Siri.
123. 4:32Hey Siri. Hey Siri.
124. 4:36Goodness gracious. Start an outdoor walk
125. 4:39workout. Let's go, girls. [music] Best
126. 4:41part of the day so far is definitely
127. 4:43like not even having the chance to doom
128. 4:45scroll. Like I might not have gone on a
129. 4:47walk with the girls this morning, so
130. 4:49it's really cool just like don't even
131. 4:51have the option. Just hanging with the
132. 4:53ladies now. Today was pretty dang easy,
133. 4:56[music] but I didn't try anything that
134. 4:57crazy yet. So I had some admin stuff to
135. 5:00do, a phone call or two, but overall it
136. 5:02was totally survivable without my phone.
137. 5:04>> [music]
138. 5:04>> We are ending this day with 12% battery
139. 5:08and I started the day pretty dang early.
140. 5:10So, it can survive an entire day, but
141. 5:12I'm really tired. So, I'm going to lay
142. 5:14down and get ready for the next day.
143. 5:19[music]
144. 5:21All right, son. I'm about to go to
145. 5:23Indianapolis with only my watch as my
146. 5:26GPS. If I don't come home, you're in
147. 5:29charge now.
148. 5:30>> Hey,
149. 5:30>> navigate to Robert's camera in
150. 5:32Indianapolis. Get in directions to
151. 5:34Robert's camera.
152. 5:35>> I've done this kind of a thing before,
153. 5:36but it's genuinely nerve-wracking every
154. 5:38time not actually having a phone, but
155. 5:41the disconnection has been amazing. A
156. 5:44feature I would love to see Apple add to
157. 5:46the watches [music] is the ability to
158. 5:49play Bluetooth music to your car. I
159. 5:52don't have a vehicle that has that as an
160. 5:54option, but for everybody else out
161. 5:55there, I feel like that would be kind of
162. 5:57cool. If you want to go on a road trip
163. 5:58with just your [music] watch, the
164. 6:00ability to just stream music to a
165. 6:01Bluetooth player would be so sick. Well,
166. 6:04here we go. Let's hope GPS works [music]
167. 6:06and the battery life can survive about 2
168. 6:09hours total of driving. Shouldn't be a
169. 6:11problem, right? Beware. If you miss an
170. 6:13exit on this thing, it might just throw
171. 6:16the whole system haywire. Wake up. Wake
172. 6:18up. Basically, it took forever to load
173. 6:20to get me the right directions. So, if
174. 6:22you're going to use this for maps, it's
175. 6:24not the best experience. Honestly, I
176. 6:26knew I could get to my destination on my
177. 6:28own, but it was genuinely frustrating
178. 6:30being misled by Apple Maps so many
179. 6:32times.
180. 6:33>> Come on, baby. Come on.
181. 6:34>> Load, please. Load, please. [laughter]
182. 6:36Gosh, it now has me going to a hospital
183. 6:39parking lot. So, that's good. Cyber
184. 6:42truck. Very cool car. One thing I have
185. 6:45noticed on this trip, since I don't have
186. 6:47any music or anything to distract me,
187. 6:49I'm alone with my thoughts. And I'm
188. 6:51realizing I'm much happier without my
189. 6:55phone. I just feel happier this week
190. 6:57being disconnected. Honestly, we
191. 6:59freaking made it, folks.
192. 7:01>> I snagged what [music] I came for. Now,
193. 7:03let's test out Apple Pay.
194. 7:06As expected, it worked just fine,
195. 7:08[music] and I made it home with a little
196. 7:10bit of battery life to spare.
197. 7:12>> [music]
198. 7:17>> All right, let's go to the gym. But
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228. 8:15to it. I do want to play a little bit of
229. 8:17basketball and then do some
230. 8:19weightlifting to see how this thing
231. 8:21tracks. If I make this, dude, you have
232. 8:24to unsubscribe.
233. 8:29Lol. Guess you're subbed for life.
234. 8:31Freaking gotcha. Usually when I play
235. 8:33basketball, I'm kind of worried about
236. 8:35missing important texts or calls from my
237. 8:37wife or loved ones. But [music] having
238. 8:39this little watch on me allows me the
239. 8:41peace of mind of practicing one of my
240. 8:43favorite hobbies in the world while
241. 8:45still being reachable to my loved ones.
242. 8:47Plus, I get the convenience of having
243. 8:49the fitness app and timers to stay on
244. 8:52track.
245. 8:53Otherwise, I'll be in here for hours
246. 8:55procrastinating my work. Right away, I'm
247. 8:58noticing just playing basketball, this
248. 8:59thing is so small that it's actually way
249. 9:01more comfortable than the watch I
250. 9:03usually wear, which is the Ultra 2.
251. 9:05Obviously, the Ultra 2 has its own
252. 9:06benefits. The battery life's amazing and
253. 9:08stuff, but having something this small
254. 9:10for like sports that require your hands
255. 9:13a lot is very nice. It doesn't feel like
256. 9:15it's weighing me down. And something as
257. 9:17simple as the workout app keeps me on
258. 9:19track when lifting and helps me rest for
259. 9:21the right amount of time between lifts.
260. 9:23Plus, I don't have the option to doom
261. 9:25scroll while working out. So, I'm just
262. 9:27using my time more intentionally and
263. 9:29getting my stuff done so I can get back
264. 9:31to what else is important to me, my
265. 9:33family and my work. Well, it's
266. 9:35officially the end of the watch
267. 9:36experimentations. So, it's time to get
268. 9:39my telephone back.
269. 9:42So, usually for these videos, I do a
270. 9:44full 7day experiment, but I wanted to
271. 9:46try out just 3 days. So, [music] let me
272. 9:48know which format you prefer. But I
273. 9:51still do feel like this experiment gave
274. 9:52[music] me a great overview of the SE3
275. 9:55watch. Now, obviously, the battery life
276. 9:57kind of sucks, but that [music] was
277. 9:59expected. Yes, you can get a full day
278. 10:00out of it, which is nice, but I really
279. 10:03feel like Apple could increase their
280. 10:04battery capacity, but who knows? For me,
281. 10:07the size is too small, and it makes the
282. 10:10watch kind of difficult to navigate
283. 10:12compared to the bigger ones, but the
284. 10:14weight is an amazing trade-off, which
285. 10:16[music] makes me wish the Ultra watches
286. 10:18were half their weight. So, it all
287. 10:20depends on what you prefer. Either a big
288. 10:22old display and better battery life or
289. 10:24less weight and size on your wrist so
290. 10:26you can focus on what you're doing. And
291. 10:28then there's also the middle ground, the
292. 10:29Series 11, which I will be testing as
293. 10:31well. So, get subbed for that. But if
294. 10:33you're hoping to waste less time on your
295. 10:35phone and live a life with more
296. 10:37intention, [music] I would say give
297. 10:39Apple Watch cellular a try. You can
298. 10:41always cancel your plan if it doesn't
299. 10:42fit in your lifestyle. [music] So, text
300. 10:44me when you get home so I know you're
301. 10:45safe and let me know what tech I should
302. 10:47try out next. Support me on Patreon to
303. 10:49help feed my family and get your name on
304. 10:51screen over here. Follow me on Instagram
305. 10:53for short and dumb stuff like this. And
306. 10:55remember that you are much more loved
307. 10:57[music] and more beautiful than you
308. 10:59might even know. God bless you guys.
309. 11:01We'll see you in the next video. Bye.