Thank you for your reply Nick.
But here's my take on this..
If I was to purchase a cheap second hand Samsung Smartphone, install the Samsung Galaxy Watch app, log in to my Samsung account and then purchase the apps and watch faces I want, I can 'transfer' them to my Galaxy Watch.
If I then was to ritually burn my Samsung Smartphone in a garden bum fire, the apps and watch faces would remain on my Galaxy Watch and function until the day I decide to uninstall them from Galaxy Watch.
So these apps and watch faces would be on my Galaxy Watch. Independently from any Smartphone.
They wouldn't 'auto-uninstall' at the moment I’m burning away my Samsung Smartphone.
Now after I've installed those apps and watch faces, if I was to take my iPhone, install the Samsung Galaxy Watch app, log in to my Samsung account and look in it, there is no evidence of me ever having purchased these apps and watch faces.
Why???
Because if, after I burned my cheap, second hand purchased Samsung Smartphone, I borrow my friend's Samsung Smartphone and log in to my Samsung account on there.. Tadaaa.. There is the list of my purchased apps and watch faces.
Samsung's policy dictates to NOT have the functionality in its iPhone Galaxy Watch version.
Even if purchasing apps and watch faces is "not possible" for whatever lousy "missing Samsung Pay" excuse, a list of purchased apps and faces, just like on the Samsung Smartphone Galaxy Watch app should be very possible.
Especially since the Smartphone connection is only required to transfer purchases to your Galaxy Watch, not to keep them running after purchasing.
No.. This is a choice Samsung’s marketing strategizers make.
As to why they choose this path, one may wonder..
But the likely options seem limited to me and I suspect them to come down to Samsung trying to demotivate using a competitor's smartphone and other equipment.
And maybe even be so arrogant to think somebody would switch to a Samsung Smartphone because of his Samsung Smartwatch..
And yes, I've been suggested to switch to a Samsung Smartphone more than once in my communication with Samsung's helpdesk or other technical assistants.
But the idea to switch phones due to a watch is ridiculous and shows great arrogance on Samsung's behalf.
But here's some food for thought..
The Apple fan-boys and girls will buy the Apple Watch. True that.
But me, I like my iPhone, but would like to use the Samsung Galaxy Watch.
I am now strongly considering sending the Samsung Watch back, because Samsung chooses to limit its functionality when using other brands hardware in conjunction with it.
So they don't push me to burn my iPhone and switch to a Samsung Smartphone. No. They push me to stick with my iPhone, return the Samsung Smartwatch and switch to an Apple Watch.
And there must be more people like me (who may not take the time to even bother writing on a forum like this).
Samsung does not advertise truly and honestly state the limited functionality of the Galaxy Watch when using them in conjunction with iPhone and other devices.
This alone proves that they know and choose to accept the customer to suffer the consequences after purchase.
They either don't give a *****..
Or they hope to see such customer dump their other equipment and switch to Samsung electronics.
Either way, I paid the same 329 Euro as a Samsung Smartphone user paid, but get half the functionality.
That isn't just false advertisement, its fraud.
And please, don't dump ***** on me like "yeah, but Samsung Pay this.. and app compatibility that.. and Apple closed system being a meany to Samsung.. etc. etc.".
There are other 'wearables' from other branches that manage full compatibility with the iPhone and which work just fine.
The least Samsung could do, if they don’t want to bother with the Apple app policy, is to turn to the cloud and link app and watch face purchases to the account of the holder/purchaser.
This way, logging into an account, with the Galaxy Watch or any Smartphone, would facilitate direct access to purchased content and even backup restoration and such.
I’m pretty sure you understand what I mean with my remark “Facebook’s toyboy”..
Messenger = Facebook.
The full name of this app/software is “Facebook Messenger”.
Even on the Smartphone, after making an account and logging in, it directly recognizes intrudes personal data, shows your own name listed in contacts and requests to install and open in Facebook instead. Even though I don’t have a Facebook account.
Many will agree, and there is sufficient evidence to be found online to support my opinion, Facebook is a criminal organization if you were to look at it from a legal perspective.
Samsung should not have teamed up with Facebook to the extent where it requires any of its services to connect to the customer. Period.
Yes, I’ve tried many things including your suggestion.
Samsung Health does not see, recognize, connect or sync anymore with the Galaxy Watch.
That stopped 2 days after use.
“Funny” enough, it does do all those things when logging into the Samsung Health app on a friends Samsung Smartphone..
In the coming days I will take the time to write an extensive and negative review on my Samsung Galaxy Watch, Samsung policy in relation to it and the various helpdesks communication that followed my purchase.
