The Apple Watch has great potential, but it’s by no means the perfect device. Even with the improvements delivered bywatchOS 2, and the impending arrival of watchOS 3 there’s still so much to get right.

While no-one has even come close to smartwatch perfection yet, there are some great ideas among Apple’s stiffest competition that it will be looking at with envy.

That’s why we’ve picked out 10 key features that Apple should ‘borrow’ from its rivals for the next edition of its flagship wearable.

Phone-free calling from LG

You can make and receive calls on the Apple Watch — as long as your iPhone is close by. Plenty of other smartwatches, including the LG Watch Urbane LTE unveiled earlier this year, have an integrated SIM which means they can latch onto the mobile network themselves, letting you get in touch with people (or access the Web) with no phone nearby — handy for those times your smartphone dies or you just don’t want to take it out with you.
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