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In regards to the travel question - airplane mode on the phone turns the watch into airplane mode as well, which is convenient.
Regarding the question of using the watch without a phone - it's pretty clear that Apple went out of its way to prevent that. The watch needs the phone to connect to wifi - but it then stays connected to the network. I was surprised, because I thought it used the phone as a bridge all the time, but that is not the case. Unfortunately, this functionality seems to be hit-or-miss. I couldn't get it to connect to the wifi at work (a public university), but I noticed it connects to the router at home (gets its own MAC, separate from the phone). Yet, what I am trying to say is - they obviously did not want users to bypass the phone...
I charge about every other day. Sadly, that seems to be because I don't use it much at all.
Said so, some things have surprised me. It's nice to get directions on the watch when driving, instead of using the phone. I also found myself using Siri on the watch to look up things while sitting at a traffic light (like movie times, or the closes gas station), while I had never really used Siri on the phone before.
In the office, email and message notification are annoying, as I get everything on my PC and the watch is just an extra annoyance (especially as it is a delayed notification, so now when I get an unwanted email while trying to focus, i get it first popping in Outlook, then ten sec later I feel a tap on the wrist). But at home it's nice to have, as I am not constantly chasing the phone around the house.
Apple pay is great with the watch. Works even without the phone.
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