GPS
GPS
With no built-in GPS, the Apple Watch will rely on connecting to an iPhone (version 5 or higher) via Bluetooth 4.0 and using the GPS in that device.
That means you have to carry your iPhone with you everywhere, which although you may already, isn’t always what you want when you’re out for a ride or, particularly, a run. No route mapping, navigation or Strava KOMs if you haven’t got your phone in your back pocket.
It’s also slightly irking that a £300 device needs something else to achieve full connectivity, even if it’s something that most people would have with them anyway – especially when you can get a fully GPS-equipped sports watch for a third of the price.
Yes, you’re paying for the other features and not the GPS, but the cynical side of us wonders whether Apple have done this to wed users to their phones, rather than just buying the watch as a stand alone purchase.