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Post by adastra22 »

after_mirage wrote: post #180
tpurves wrote: post #121

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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.

I don’t think the battery life has improved? Maybe compared with the very first generation, but they hit 18 hours pretty quick and have stayed there.

They’ve used efficiency gains to get more features over the years.

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Post by gshulegaard »

dr_kiszonka wrote: post #125
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.

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 was in the same boat, but the 30 minute fast charging now makes me think that this actually might work. Sleep with it on, wake up, pop it on the charger while you get ready, bam basically a full charge by the time you leave the house.

I don't wear an Apple watch at night (and I don't plan to upgrade to this one) but for the first time I think I could see how this might work for someone.

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Post by adastra22 »

nextos wrote: post #32

I really wish they made it independent of the iPhone. I think for people that only use smartphones occasionally, it'd be ideal to have just a watch and a desktop/laptop. It'd also be a great move by Apple towards reducing distractions of its users. Watches can be much less intrusive than phones.

The Watch’s operation is independent of the iPhone, especially if you get one with LTE. You need an iPhone for setup, but that’s it.

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Post by wubrr »

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…

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Post by zikduruqe »

nextos wrote: post #32

I really wish they made it independent of the iPhone. I think for people that only use smartphones occasionally, it'd be ideal to have just a watch and a desktop/laptop. It'd also be a great move by Apple towards reducing distractions of its users. Watches can be much less intrusive than phones.

This. I have cellular activated on my watch, and I seldom, if ever, carry an iPhone outside my home. It does everything I need from tech, when I am on the go, and that includes recording hours long bike rides.

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Post by TexanFeller »

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.

Battery life is the main thing that made me upgrade to the Ultra model. It has double the battery which gets it to the point I don’t have to worry about battery.

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Post by parl_match »

wintermutestwin wrote: post #66
parl_match wrote: post #41

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Garmin is actually pretty competitive. It's definitely more athlete and exercise focused though, to a fault.

I meant a company with a full ecosystem (PC/Phone/Watch) that was competitive.

I've found that the Garmin stuff actually integrates with healthkit pretty effectively. You can't make calls on (most) of the garmin watches, but they also have 30+ day battery (and in worse case, active GPS and music playback usage 72+ hours).

But I don't want to make calls or texts or be bugged by a fitness device.

Plus, the long battery life means you can sleep with it on without thinking about or caring about charging.

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Post by nozzlegear »

wubrr wrote: post #214
mulderc wrote: post #129

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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…

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Did you have any specific critique about what they said and why it's wrong, or did you just feel that you needed to call them a fanboy?

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Post by MikeKusold »

tails4e wrote: post #198
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.

Go garmin. I have a vivoactive 5, it has 11 days of battery and loads of stats. I love it. My wife liked mine so much she dumped her Fitbit and now has the same watch. It's great.

Garmin's own product webpage highlights the biggest problem with Garmin.[0] They have too many options, with very little distinguishing features. Instead of making hardware to justify the number of models, they cripple watches in various ways using software.

For example, on my Vivoactive 4, recording a "Hike" activity is impossible. Instead, I have to record all my hikes as "Walks".

They should trim their offerings down to fewer than 10 models instead of the 28 currently listed.

0: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/c/wearables-smartwatches/?curre...

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Post by wubrr »

nozzlegear wrote: post #218
wubrr wrote: post #214

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Did you have any specific critique about what they said and why it's wrong, or did you just feel that you needed to call them a fanboy?

The specific critique is literally right above. Did you read the comments we're talking about, or are you just triggered by the word 'fanboy'?

In case it's too difficult to grasp:

>Reasonable person: 'The battery life is shit'

>Apple fanboy: 'That's actually a good thing'

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