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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by mikestew »

Tomte wrote: post #19

No sleep tracking, no SpO2 sensor. They must be working on this, it would perfectly well into their health theme, and they bought Beddit. Another year.

SpO2 is probably what it would take to get me to replace my current Series 4. Everything shown today (what little there was) was a "nice to have", making it a "if you skipped an upgrade cycle or two" device to me. (For contrast, Series 3->Series 4 was a big enough jump to buy a new watch a year later.)

That ceramic case is tempting, though.

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Post by dgzl »

the_watcher wrote: post #16

> all-day 18-hour battery life. Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

All-day, but not necessarily all-night.

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Post by sp332 »

the_watcher wrote: post #16

> all-day 18-hour battery life. Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

For laptops, companies started saying "all-day battery life" around 6.5 hours. It's pretty meaningless.

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Post by charlesju »

GordonS wrote: post #24
the_watcher wrote: post #16

> all-day 18-hour battery life. Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

I quite like the idea of a smart watch, but having to charge it every day is much less appealing.

I agree with this sentiment. But then I discovered the Fitbit has a 7 day battery life. That's a game changer.

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Post by the_watcher »

GordonS wrote: post #24
the_watcher wrote: post #16

> all-day 18-hour battery life. Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

I quite like the idea of a smart watch, but having to charge it every day is much less appealing.

I thought the same, but after I got one, I really haven't minded. To be fair, I've never been able to sleep with a watch on, so putting it on its charger has just reduced the likelihood I forget where I put it down in the morning.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by saagarjha »

the_watcher wrote: post #16

> all-day 18-hour battery life. Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

If it's the same as their previous watches, it certainly works "all day" if you sleep more than three hours a day.

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Post by selectodude »

ashelmire wrote: post #25

Only reason I don’t have an Apple Watch is because you can’t stream Spotify over cellular, you need to have your phone with you. What’s the point? I want to go for a run and stream music with just the watch to my Bluetooth headphones. I don’t need the watch if I have to bring my phone with me.

You can stream Apple Music over WiFi/cellular without the phone. Not sure if that will include Spotify at some point but I do know the new watchOS has opened up a lot of those APIs.
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