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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's what I've gotten used to from my Garmin. It has a claimed 2 weeks of life, and I charge it once a week. I pointed out the 48hr life because I loved the MS Band, and I can't think of anything it didn't do that any modern smart watch does for me that I actually care about. And it got the same or better battery life as is typical in the market today. And on much worse hardware.
Is that a MIP Garmin or an OLED Garmin? I've heard that their OLED battery life is getting better with newer models but usually you have to make a choice between battery life and sunlight readability (better on MIP) or brightness and vibrancy (better on OLED) with them.
It also heavily depends on the amount of notifications and the brightness of the display. As well as a few - to me not easily identifiable - other factors. In the last few weeks I had battery life between 30hours and nearly 6 days.
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#23My Pixel Watch sucks and it's not because the screen isn't big or bright enough. The implementation of notifications is awful. It's actually faster and easier in many cases to whip out my phone to see a notification than to see it on the watch. Why? Because notifications are not shown by default. The watch vibrates but nothing is there on the screen but the watch face. To trigger a notification to actually show, you…
Yeah this is very annoying about notifications on my Samsung watch too, probably an android watch issue in general. For me, watch notifications have become just a way to know about particularly important things like email or certain chats. Often my watch will vibrate and I'll just switch to the tab with my mail in it without bothering to wait for the watch.
It's crazy how they can't manage to make these work faster. There's more than enough processing power in there, but the software is just so bloated.
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#24I could realistically see myself replacing my phone with a 5g smartwatch. The hardware seems good enough, but tere's a few use cases that make me hesitant. If the ecosystem and support continues to improve I'll probably do that in a couple years.
Just curious, what do you usually use your phone for? Just calling and texting? Or maybe reading emails and browsing the web too?
I'd like to be able to do the following things on a watch with just 5g and not paired with a cell phone:
- call uber
- maps navigation
- a camera. I need to be able to capture photos and videos things while out. even at lower specs i'd love this
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#25My Pixel Watch sucks and it's not because the screen isn't big or bright enough. The implementation of notifications is awful. It's actually faster and easier in many cases to whip out my phone to see a notification than to see it on the watch. Why? Because notifications are not shown by default. The watch vibrates but nothing is there on the screen but the watch face. To trigger a notification to actually show, you…
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#26" all-day battery life " Ugh, Apple really has lowered expectations. In order to switch from my Garmin, I'd want at least a week.. Even my MS Band from 10 years ago had 48hrs of battery life.
my garmin is currently low and i have 4 days of battery life or 2-3 long runs with gps and bluetooth enable left. with physical shortcuts to payment and timers, i haven't worn my apple watch in weeks
Especially if you do a bit of serious (long-distance) running, you can't get past garmin. My partner has recently reached the semi-professional level and nobody there actually uses anything else. A few apple enthusiasts often refuse at first, but they all switch at some point.
I'm not that deep into the fitness scene, but I'm convinced by the 14-day battery life. But I also understand if you find the look a bit unfashionable.
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#27"fine-tuned for fitness" the product presentation page scrupulously avoids talking about sport and systematically uses "fitness" instead.
Anyone who has ever tried to use Fibit + Google Health for their training knows that it's going to be a disaster.
This product seems destined for those who like something big and bright on their wrist.
In principle, this watch has no built-in GPS. One day's autonomy is therefore well below that any entry-level sport watches released in the last 5 years could offer.
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#28I could realistically see myself replacing my phone with a 5g smartwatch. The hardware seems good enough, but tere's a few use cases that make me hesitant. If the ecosystem and support continues to improve I'll probably do that in a couple years.
Just curious, what do you usually use your phone for? Just calling and texting? Or maybe reading emails and browsing the web too?
Besides what you listed: maps, payments, door locks, and music. I'm mainly concerned about losing the web browser that lets me do everything from my phone, but stuff like gpto could replace a lot of stuff, and if there are more actually usable apps(with potential ai integration for ux), that might be enough for me to ditch my phone.
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#29I could realistically see myself replacing my phone with a 5g smartwatch. The hardware seems good enough, but tere's a few use cases that make me hesitant. If the ecosystem and support continues to improve I'll probably do that in a couple years.
good examples I also would like to be able to just have peace of mind for texting and calling for uber
dont really need a screen, its cubersome when you are outside for long periods of time and battery life on Apple phones isn't very good
Need something, I don't care if its big, that will last for at least a week, can do 3g/4g (5g is too much) SMS globally and calling internationally
bonus points for satellite connectivity and extended battery mode (where you can text your coordinates in mountains etc)
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#30"fine-tuned for fitness" the product presentation page scrupulously avoids talking about sport and systematically uses "fitness" instead. Anyone who has ever tried to use Fibit + Google Health for their training knows that it's going to be a disaster. This product seems destined for those who like something big and bright on their wrist. In principle, this watch has no built-in GPS. One day's autonomy is therefore we…
seriously? no GPS?