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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by 52-6F-62 »

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 have the AW 4. I keep it on from wake, through my workout, and throughout the day until I go to bed then I just take it off and toss it on my charger.

I use it to roughly track calorie burn and movement throughout the day so I like to keep it on as much as possible. I don't track my sleep metrics except for time.

It goes on the charger when I go to bed at the same time, and right beside my phone. It works. The most tedious thing I do is change the band from my leather one to silicon that I wear during my time at the gym.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by Nextgrid »

bla3 wrote: post #7
Austin_Conlon wrote: post #3

Is Google still committed to Wear OS? They're so far behind.

I wish Apple would make their watch work with Android phones, similar to how they made iPods work with Windows computers way back when.

Not sure that would ever happen - the watch is often just a thin client for the iPhone so they’d have to port the majority of iOS to Android if they wanted to do that.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by [deleted] »

jedberg wrote: post #86
slg wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think all day depends on the specific device. For example, I would accept a 10 hr battery life for a laptop or wireless headphones as "all-day" because that will cover a full work day and people aren't expected to use those devices 24/7. 18 hours for "all-day" on a wearable seems reasonable if the expectation is that it will be used only when the user is awake. A complicating factor is that Watch OS 6 is supposed t…

> Making that functionality native would seem to recommend wearing the watch 24/7 Exactly! At this point, my expectation is that I would wear the watch at all times except when I shower in the morning, and that is when I would charge it. But it won't charge that quickly. :( Which means I either have to give up sleep tracking or activity tracking to charge it. It sounds like they need to make it so that the bands can…

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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#104

Post by ghaff »

Someone1234 wrote: post #90
ak217 wrote: post #49

For me, the single biggest problem with Apple Watch is battery life, and they seem to have done nothing to improve it. Garmin has always-on, reflective screen watches that can last for weeks on a single charge. I shouldn't need to babysit my watch.

I'm curious, does anyone with more knowledge know how Garmin are able to get so much more battery life out of their watches? Their official spec definitely lists "2 weeks" in "Smartwatch Mode" (which seems to be GPS disabled, but still heart rate tracking and similar). It is impressive and I'm curious why Apple cannot compete.

Probably at least part of it is that, at least the Garmin Fenix watches are pretty big. The newly-announced Fenix 6 apparently slims down a bit but they're still basically big hunks on your wrist. Personally I don't really mind but big difference from an Apple Watch.

Also, I haven't looked recently because I ultimately found my Fenix 5 wholly unsatisfactory for hiking distance tracking with GPS but the watch with GPS only lasted for about a day. (Which is what I basically care about for a smart watch.)

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by mark_l_watson »

I love my Series 3 Apple Watch, with a data plan.

I now usually leave my iPhone at home. I am trying to follow a digital minimalism program, following slow media ideas, and using digital devices for highly productive activities, not to waste time.

I find AirPods work really well with my Apple Watch, no iPhone lifestyle.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by 52-6F-62 »

deedubaya wrote: post #70

Always on display, but 18 hours of battery life? I'd rather have a display that turns of and 36 hours of battery life.

I'd definitely appreciate being able to change it as a setting.

Is there a hardware reason that couldn't have been implemented?

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by jedberg »

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.

> No sleep tracking

I guess it wasn't finished, but the WatchOs beta and iOS13 beta included sleep tracking code.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by krzyk »

atlasunshrugged wrote: post #23

As a frequent traveler the emergency calling feature in so many countries without needing to sign up for another service is pretty dang cool. I was in an apartment in Eastern Europe sleeping when the kitchen caught on fire, luckily I woke up from the crackling of the walls/roof and no alarms went off. Luckily I had memorized the local emergency number and had a local sim (I don't always if I'm not in a place long eno…

You don't need sim to be able to call emergency numbersv(t least not in Europe). Is it needed elswere to call those?

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by mav3rick »

williamstein wrote: post #91
mav3rick wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/28/20835364/fossil-wear-os-s... This is the latest one.

I bought this watch a month ago and I really like it.

Same here I don't know why the review is so bad. The battery is great.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by piffey »

40acres wrote: post #58

Perhaps it's naive of me to think that Apple will ever detach the Watch from the Phone and allow set up and full use cases for users who don't have an iPhone. I'd definitely buy a cellular enabled Apple Watch and ditch my phone if possible.

This is exactly why I purchased the Apple Watch. I leave my phone at home more often than not. The Watch does just basic comms and I've removed notifications of everything else. It's the essential communication/navigation device that I need and all I really want. For anything else I'd much rather open my laptop. Hoping one day it can be a standalone device.
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