I believe he is referring to not having a dial pad on the Apple Watch,
not the iPhone.


From:   "Todd Patkus" <tpte...@gmail.com>
To:     <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Date:   2016/11/08 6:26 PM
Subject:        RE: Phone app on Apple Watch

Sieghard,

 

Have your sighted friend see what is on your screen.  I see a dial pad
on mine.  Does not make sense when one says no dial pad!

 

Todd

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 4:08 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: RE: Phone app on Apple Watch

 

Hi Anna,

 

That's amazing, I really don't undersand why there isn't a DialPad,
definitely something I will have to submit as feedback/a feature
request. 

I did check under Settings > Phone and for "Calls on other devices" it
says "When Nearby". If I double tap on that it says that it is turned on
and that is the only setting I see.

Unfortunately Telus, one of the 3 big carriers in Canada, for some
reason does not yet offer Wi-Fi calling, hopefully this will change
soon.

 

I wonder why my Watch didn't ring then yesterday since my phone was
connected to my store's WiFi network and according to what you said this
means my watch should also be connected.

 

Another oddity I noticed is that when I open the Messages app I saw all
my messages, but a few of the iMessage threads I had deleted on my
phone, but they still showed up on the watch. Shouldn't they go away on
the watch if they are deleted on the phone.

 

Thanks,

Sieghard

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 8:31 AM
To: VIPhone Mailing List <viphone@googlegroups.com
<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >
Subject: Re: Phone app on Apple Watch

 

Hi Sieghard,

 

No, there's no dial pad for the phone on the watch. There aren't Wi-Fi
settings either, but your watch does have Wi-Fi capability, and it will
join any network that your phone has joined. As a result, you can get
iMessages and notifications even if your phone is off. I believe that if
your phone and watch are connected to the same Wi-Fi network, you can
get calls on your watch if you have Wi-Fi Calling turned on. Note that
not all cell networks allow Wi-Fi calling. Check in Phone Settings on
your phone. Wi-Fi Calling and Calls on Other Devices should both be
turned on.

 

I hope that's of some help.

 

Best,

Anna

 

 

 

On Nov 8, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca
<mailto:siegh...@live.ca> > wrote:

 

Hi Watchers (is that a good name to call us Apple Watch users?),

 

I am fairly new to the Apple Watch. Am I missing something or is there
no DialPad in the phone app on the Apple Watch? If so I really hope
Apple will fix this because this means you can’t use it at all to make
phone calls to anywhere you may have to enter an extension or press a
number to reach a certain department etc. Nowadays this means most phone
calls to larger and medium sized companies are not possible with the
Apple Watch since so many businesses nowadays have auto-answer systems
where you do have to press some numbers. It’s not as if it couldn’t
be done, after all there is a keypad for entering your passcode which is
basically the same as the Dialpad of the phone app without the Asterisk
and Number keys.

 

Also, I thought the Apple Watch used WiFi, but I don’t see a WiFi
setting anywhere, just bluetooth. Yesterday I had left my phone in the
office at my retail store and was up front with a customer, maybe 50 or
60 feet away from the office. I heard my phone ring in the office, but
my Apple Watch didn’t ring, it then started ringing as I walked a bit
closer, but by then it was too late to pick up the call before it went
to voice mail.

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

 

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