 Watches will not work with iPhone SE?

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 Watches will not work with iPhone SE?

A friend of mine went to her local Apple store to see about getting an iPhone and an  Watch. She wanted to get an iPhone SE but the Apple representative told her that the iPhone SE can not be used with  watches. I went online and looked at both the iPhone SE and the  Watch specs. The watches seem to require iPhones with iOS 14 minimum and the iPhone SE comes with iOS 16. In addition, the iPhone SE comes with the Watch.ipa installed.

So does anyone here use an iPhone SE running iOS 16 with an  Watch (regular or SE) running WatchOS 9? I'm curious if the Apple representative was correct or just lying to force an upsell.

iPhone SE (Gen 3)

Posted on Mar 6, 2023 11:47 AM

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romad Author

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Apr 14, 2023 7:33 AM in response to JHblues

OK, so what do you need from it? It is a 6-page pdf 3.3MB in size so I'll attempt to add a link

[Link edited by Moderator]

Well, that didn't work as the mods deleted the link. Which begs the question: why have a link option when they aren't allowed? They should remove that option altogether.

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Niel

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Mar 6, 2023 11:51 AM in response to romad

They will, except that the first generation iPhone SE, which isn't capable of 16 or above, can't be paired with a watch on 9.0 or newer.

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romad Author

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Apr 13, 2023 8:28 PM in response to JHblues

I'm not sure of the model number but it is for the AppleDesign Powered Speakers

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romad Author

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Mar 6, 2023 2:46 PM in response to Niel

That is what I figured because I doubt the current iPhone SE Apple is selling is a 1st gen. AFAIK, the SE is in its 3rd generation. So it looks like the person in the Apple store was lying to her.

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LD150

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Mar 7, 2023 2:54 PM in response to romad

...they were mistaken.

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JHblues

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Apr 13, 2023 7:59 PM in response to romad

Hey romad, it may be a bit of a long shot, but do you still have a copy of the scanned manual for the Apple M6082 speakers? I saw your post from 2008.

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