> Apple Watch requires an iPhone.

I’m no Apple salesperson, but, no.

Once you set the watch up, you can throw the phone in a lake, and retain most if not all major features.

Especially the cellular models.

"once you set the watch up"

This does require an iPhone though, right?

Access to someone’s, once.

An achievable bar for people buying Dick Tracy computers.

if i remember right, to activate the security (touch id like) feature you need the phone to be on your account. there are more restrictions than just pure activation.

Even for cellular models?

That seems…ripe for disruption.

Why is nobody selling a cellular standalone watch?

Not enough units to make manufacturing worth it?

Is this a chicken-and-egg problem?