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Cellular sucks? (alien.top)
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I’ve noticed that my cellular doesn’t get signal around places my phone usually does. Is the cellular not as strong on the watch?

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[–] ermax18@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I work in an area with really bad cell reception. So bad my phone also struggles. Surprisingly I can go for a run and stream Spotify and rarely get an interruption. I think it’s able to cache enough of the track fast enough to get me through the areas where the service gets really bad.

Another observation I made is I recently switched to T-Mobile which also has bad service where I work but much better than ATT. Suddenly my battery is doing dramatically better. Even on days I don’t run or stream at all. I figured that LTE sat idle if your watch was near your phone and/or connected to WiFi.