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To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (173426)	8/30/2014 10:13:31 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213177

The only real reason I can see for your scenario is as a way to break cellphone addiction. Absent that, people use their cellphones way too much to leave them behind on a regular basis. medicalxpress.com Cellphone addiction 'an increasingly realistic possibility,' study finds by Terry Goodrich Cellphone addiction 'an increasingly realistic possibility,' study finds Women college students spend 10 hours daily on their cellphones, Baylor study finds. Credit: iStockphoto Women college students spend an average of 10 hours a day on their cellphones and men college students spend nearly eight, with excessive use posing potential risks for academic performance, according to a Baylor University study on cellphone activity published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.

To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (173426)	8/30/2014 10:46:13 AM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

You could secure authorizations (including but not limited to payments), use GPS-enabled geolocation applications, monitor biometrics, and receive/transmit data (including short voice bursts) when needed, retaining a useful battery life. You don't need network capabilities for half those things (payments, biometrics, GPS). We'll see what native apps crop up for watches that are standalone and independent from a phone, but for now, I don't see any reason to pay $10 a month for a phone. And it's not that I'm cheap-- this is from someone who can't be bothered to carry more than one credit card to maximize rewards :)