Hello Simon, Certain functions don't work when you're out of range of the phone. For instance, unless you have Wi-Fi calling on and are connected to a Wi-Fi network, you can't make and receive calls. If you have the Series 1 or first generation watch, which doesn't have GPS, you won't have access to the phone's GPS when it's out of range. The series 2 watch has built-in GPS. However, many functions work fine without an iPhone nearby, including the Workout app, timers, and anything that doesn't require the phone's cellular and GPS features. The watch can connect to any Wi-Fi network that the phone has connected to in the past, so if you're connected to such a network, the watch can do things like iMessages on its own. Since you're tracking swim workouts, I assume you're buying the series 2 watch. It will track your workouts just fine with no phone around.
I hope that helps. Best, Anna > On Aug 17, 2017, at 8:46 AM, goshawk on horseback > <goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote: > > hello all, > am now just about ready to purchase my apple watch series 2, but have heard a > roomer that it doesn't function when out of range of the iPhone. baring in > mind that I will mainly be using it whilst open water swimming, which means > that it will be out of range of the iPhone, decided to check if this is just > a false roomer, or true? > > Simon > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
