Finally they are focusing on making that thing thinner!! That watch is currently obnoxiously thick and can sometimes get caught on clothes and stuff.
Interesting. I find the thinner S10 less appealing visually speaking.
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#152All that and no improvement to battery life. I've been wearing an Apple Watch for a few years, the data collection is good but the abysmal battery life and associated charge management is a real downer. I'm Apple ecosystem for almost everything but the battery and touch sensitivity issues are enough to get me to do the work to go to a different platform for health data.
Yes! Agonizing that 10 years in and the battery still can't get you through more than one day. My pebble from 2013 was a much more practical and useable device than any Apple watch I've owned over the last decade.
The Ultra can go two days, so there’s an option available if you need it.
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#153Calling an 18-hour battery life 'all day' still feels like at best borderline fraud to me.
Get some sleep
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand features like sleep apnea monitoring on a device with an "all-day, 18-hour battery life," unless they're expecting people to get one watch for the day and another one for the night.
I wear my Apple Watch all the time, even when I'm sleeping. I pretty much just charge it when I'm in the shower or getting ready in the morning. It charges super fast, and I've found that having a regular charging routine is actually better for these gadgets. Funny enough, watches with longer battery life can mess up your charging habits. I had this problem with my old Pebble watch. Yeah, the battery lasted longer, b…
A personal habit thing perhaps? My Pebble Time is still going strong but I religiously charge it every couple days (around 60%)... as you mentioned, while I showered. Before the most recent battery change I was down to about 48 hours on a charge. I do love taking weekend camping trips and not needing to take a charger.
I have tried a couple other smart watches but I keep going back to my Pebble as it does all I care about. Until they can get to a solid 4-5 days of life (or Rebble stops working) I don't know that I'll be too tempted to replace it permanently. The Garmin line is interesting though.
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#155Nobody wants a thinner watch, everyone wants more battery life.
Both the regular Watch and the Ultra are very much on the side of “only just bearable” regarding their thickness. They do not fit very well for anyone wearing button-down shirts with buttoned sleeve cuffs. Thinner is definitely welcomed.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand features like sleep apnea monitoring on a device with an "all-day, 18-hour battery life," unless they're expecting people to get one watch for the day and another one for the night.
I wear my Apple Watch all the time, even when I'm sleeping. I pretty much just charge it when I'm in the shower or getting ready in the morning. It charges super fast, and I've found that having a regular charging routine is actually better for these gadgets. Funny enough, watches with longer battery life can mess up your charging habits. I had this problem with my old Pebble watch. Yeah, the battery lasted longer, b…
+1 to this. I charge whenever I'm in the shower as well, and this routine works for me.
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#157All that and no improvement to battery life. I've been wearing an Apple Watch for a few years, the data collection is good but the abysmal battery life and associated charge management is a real downer. I'm Apple ecosystem for almost everything but the battery and touch sensitivity issues are enough to get me to do the work to go to a different platform for health data.
Apple is run by a bunch of well-past-middle-age executives who have zero incentive to do anything but coast to the finish line. The sleep apnea feature makes no sense for a product that is charging on my nightstand every night because of it's shitty battery life. Apple has gotten too fat.
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Routine is Step 1, you're right. But for training, seeing things like HRV, resting heart rate, etc. allow you to optimize your training for the day based on your recovery/sleep.
I used Athlytic for a bit, but didn't find it that useful. Ultimately I figured I could just read HRV and RHR from the Health app to optimize training.
Shame on me for not knowing it was already there..
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Cheaper to just buy apple care
You can only buy AppleCare+ for a 2-year length.
AppleCare now has monthly until you cancel plans - not just for watch but for phone and even the monitor. (I'm not sure of the macs). It's a bit confusing when you order and I'm not sure if it's because Apple is trying to discourage this; I just decline during order and then add it separately and this option always shows up for me.
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#160it’s annoying that they can’t put the sapphire glass on the regular 10. What is the cost of this glass and why do they refuse? > Ion‑X front glass (aluminum cases) Sapphire front crystal (titanium cases)
Non sapphire is lighter and perhaps less prone to breaking from impact (even if not as scratch resistant), that works better for sport use cases. Many users don’t need sapphire glass for non-sport activities either.
how much lighter could it possibly be? half a gram? I can’t see that being anything that matters to people and they put it on the titanium case this time which is the light weight version.