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Post by colordrops »

tpurves wrote: post #121
hedgehog wrote: post #100

All 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.

I've got a Garmin epix and it lasts over a month.

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Post by ProfessorLayton »

ValentineC wrote: post #156
mulderc wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

To each their own, I wear my watch in the shower so I can change the song on my bluetooth speaker.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by colordrops »

mynameisash wrote: post #168
zoul wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Got Garmin Fenix, use mainly for the sports features. Lasts a week on a single charge including several activities with GPS usage. Can’t imagine having another device to charge daily.

> Can’t imagine having another device to charge daily. This is precisely why I stopped using my Garmin. I did really like it and used it when I was running daily. But when I went on long hikes (8+ miles), I often ran out of battery. The watch charged very fast, but I got sick of having to remember to charge it daily if I wanted to track an activity. I now wear my Fossil ('dumb'?) watch daily. After maybe five years,…

My epix goes for over a month. Got the largest model. With GPS on it will last more than a day.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by minkles »

Aaronstotle wrote: post #50
minkles wrote: post #5

Meh. Stopped wearing my S9 in May. Not sure why I bought it. Think AW wore off here finally. It’s a nice toy but useless for me (even cycling / hiking etc). I take an F91W when I go hiking as it doesn’t need charging.

I love cycling with my apple watch, its actually the largest use case for owning one in my opinion. If I'm not exercising I don't wear it, I like getting the heart rate states synced to strava.

Urgh it's the worst for cycling I find. I just use the phone. The watch is in the wrong place to see it, the controls aren't tactile and the thing distracts you. All recipes for trouble.

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Post by vegardx »

I'm mostly happy with my Apple Watch, but you better hope that it doesn't calibrate itself poorly. There's no way to force it to recalibrate and it persists through full reset and even full replacement of the Apple Watch itself. I've more or less given up trying to fix it. So according to Apple I've been standing upright all waking hours for the last 3-4 years.

I've heard similar issues for people using crutches. They get like 3-5x the amount of steps, or not steps at all, and you've guessed it, no way to calibrate it.

(I'm sort of posting this in the hope that someone actually know how to force it to recalibrate)

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by MBCook »

esfandia wrote: post #15
cruffle_duffle wrote: post #11

Finally they are focusing on making that thing thinner!! That watch is currently obnoxiously thick and can sometimes get caught on clothes and stuff.

But now it's also apparently larger! I'm sure I'm not the only person hoping for an Apple Watch that is reasonably thin and small.

The if you compare the 45mm series 8 from two years ago and the new 46mm series 10, it’s 1mm wider, 1mm taller, and 1mm thinner.

Not much of a change on the other axis. The thickness is mostly notable because that’s about 10% gone.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by ilikehurdles »

mynameisash wrote: post #168
zoul wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Got Garmin Fenix, use mainly for the sports features. Lasts a week on a single charge including several activities with GPS usage. Can’t imagine having another device to charge daily.

> Can’t imagine having another device to charge daily. This is precisely why I stopped using my Garmin. I did really like it and used it when I was running daily. But when I went on long hikes (8+ miles), I often ran out of battery. The watch charged very fast, but I got sick of having to remember to charge it daily if I wanted to track an activity. I now wear my Fossil ('dumb'?) watch daily. After maybe five years,…

I have a garmin enduro 2 that I got for under $500 with some discounts. When tracking activities with GPS it lasts for over 100 hours, closer to 150 if you’re benefiting from some solar charging. In normal smartwatch mode it gets up to 40 days.

I’ll randomly once a month remember to charge it and that’s enough. I’ve never had the battery dip below 27 days remaining.

My old garmin was a forerunner 945 and I could about two days of hiking in on a charge, maybe more with battery-saving stuff on, but this is a whole different ballpark now.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by Kirby64 »

gensym wrote: post #136
nahtnam wrote: post #23

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Cheaper to just buy apple care

You can only buy AppleCare+ for a 2-year length.

You can buy AppleCare+ monthly indefinitely (until they EOL the device) at a monthly rate. You can even renew it after the 2 year length into a monthly plan.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by kurthr »

mulderc wrote: post #129
dr_kiszonka wrote: post #125

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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…

The other good charging time/place is your car/bike when commuting.

If you have a 20min commute each direction you can get most of the way charged and make it through the night!

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by after_mirage »

tpurves wrote: post #121
hedgehog wrote: post #100

All 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.

Could you please compare the performance of the first Apple Watch and current one? I believe then you will see how battery life improved.
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