Apple Has Confirmed The LTE Issues With Its New Watch Series 3

Before the product starts shipping on Friday, Apple has confirmed the existence of LTE issues with its new Apple Watch Series 3. Reviewers noted the wearable has

significant connectivity problems and will often try to connect to random WiFi networks rather than cellular.

Those issues have been confirmed by Apple, which is now working to fix the problems.

We have discovered that when Apple Watch Series 3 joins unauthenticated Wi-Fi networks without connectivity, it may at times prevent the watch from using cellular. We are investigating a fix for a future software release.- Apple

Some reviewers who received replacement units reported those units also came with connectivity problems.