Situation-dependent but sometimes, yes.

Here’s the problem with the watch alone - folks like me who can’t see well up close (even with the larger font settings on the phone and the ‘zoom’ accessibility feature is…confusing?) and need glasses but either don’t have them or can’t find them in the time it takes for the notification to disappear. By that point, I may as well just use the phone.

When my glasses are handy, I do agree that the watch is a good use for this. Additionally however, my phone case is also my physical wallet with ID and a couple of credit cards. I understand that with Apple Wallet, these physical items are increasingly being able to be replaced by using the watch interface, but not always.

I get those are just a couple of examples using small anecdotes, but just my .02. If Apple could figure out a better way to make the Watch easier to see for people like me without requiring glasses, that would be ideal. Or if I could figure out why I can’t seem to use the Accessibility feature correctly, if that is the problem as well. I’ll work with it some more.

I have a friend with a foldable phone and it works wrt screen. The thing I can’t get over is the thickness because it seems too thick for a back pocket.

I did check there, it appears to be an issue across multiple phones and versions of iOS and has been going on for at least a few years now.

It does what’s described here, but Reset Network Settings didn’t help anything.

I did try switching from my usual VPN to another I was trying before the subscription was up on my old one (for reasons unrelated to this), and that has been working okay for a few hours now.

But I’m confused because it’s the same VPN that I used on my 13 pro, my iPad Mini 6, my SO’s 14 pro, and my MacBook. Never had any issues until this phone+iOS. 17 is still working fine with the VPN on the Mini & 14 pro though.

So, I have no idea what it could be, lol

Thanks for sharing your experience, it’s helpful :)

Did you try turning off Wi-Fi Assist?

Settings->Cellular->Scroll down to the first option under the list of apps

That may help, I don’t know think it did anything for me though. I also tried changing VPN configs this afternoon & so far it’s been stable for the past couple of hours, who knows ¯\(ツ)/¯

I am on 17.0.02, so I’ll look into doing that. Thanks!

“‘Video game console’ means a computing device, including its components and peripherals, that is primarily used by consumers for playing video games, such as a console machine, a handheld console device, or another device or system. ‘Video game console’ does not include a general or an all-purpose computer, which includes, but is not limited to, a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or cell phone.”

Does that mean that it doesn’t matter what Apple calls it….at the end of the day it’s a cell phone/tablet?