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Post by kalium-xyz »

willis936 wrote: post #307
kalium-xyz wrote: post #299

Anyone else concerned about what apples use of titanium means for medical implants? Like does this not hamper production of things people need?

Is there a titanium shortage?

Nah I just happend to know that the guy who used to produce titanium coated magnetic implants had to stop somewhere around 9 months before the release of the iphone 15 cause the capacity of the company he contracted with for the coating was used up and every other vendor he tried as well. Its not about the titanium itself but rather the ability to work with it for implants in concerned about. I figured it was related to apple as they have very high standards. I can find the source on the implant if anyone is interested iirc its called the titan.

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Post by dmix »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #319
cududa wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If 36 hours (Ultra 2) isn't enough battery life, then you and your friends aren't the target audience for a smart watch with a display.

I guess we yearn for a world long past where there weren't so many daily charging cycles because things were just either plugged in or not.

It's partially the general UX of charging a watch. I find it easy to put my iPhone on a stand next to my bed every night, but for some reason I find it annoying to take off my watch and put it on the same stand. Both devices generally need the same amount of effort to charge but ones more of a burden.

Maybe I just want to do it less because I'm wearing it not carrying it in a pocket or having it sit next to me somewhere.

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Post by dyauspitr »

zdw wrote: post #239

Can we get one of these you don't wear on your wrist? I'm all for the exercise and health tracking, but I hate wearing a watch when I'm typing or at a computer a good chunk of the day, where it would be resting on something.

What do you mean? It just stays in your pocket like a pocket watch? Where else would you wear it?

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Post by dmix »

spike021 wrote: post #130
crooked-v wrote: post #78

Calling an 18-hour battery life 'all day' still feels like at best borderline fraud to me.

Depends on your definition of 'all day'. I wear mine from about 7 or 8am until about midnight and it just about lasts that entire time. It's a series 6 so not the newest either. I guess if you want to wear it to sleep it just means taking it off sooner to charge. Personally I hate wearing it to sleep, it feels very uncomfortable and bulky for that.

The sleep thing is important IMO. That's extremely useful data to have. Feel tired? Check your sleep then remember what you did the day before to mess it up (drink/bed late/eating etc). Trains you to sleep better which is the most important thing in a productive life. But Apple watch doesn't make it easy to do both yet.

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Post by Baeocystin »

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…

I use a Pixel Watch 2, not an Apple watch, but my charging behavior is pretty much as you describe. It goes on to charge during my morning loop, and is always full by the time I'm ready to head out the door. It's good enough that I don't have to think about the charge state at all through the day, it'll last regardless of usage, and that's all I need.

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Post by grahamj »

wilsonnb3 wrote: post #97
criddell wrote: post #83

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> Only being able to take calls on speakerphone I was under the impression that if you had AirPods, they would work for phone calls through the watch.

You can but in practice this doesn't end up working well. By the time your airpod is out of your pocket, out of the case, in your ear, and connected to your watch, the call has stopped ringing. If you are only worried about placing calls and not receiving them, it works better but you still have to contend with bluetooth, which is less than 100% reliable, being an essential component of your setup.

Not to mention severely limited battery life when using it for calls - like half an hour if you're lucky.

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Post by dyauspitr »

geepytee wrote: post #20
ryeguy_24 wrote: post #17

Apple Watch Ultra 2 is stuck on the S9. The S10 looks different if visually inspected but curious to know performance differences as they didn't mention much about S10 improvements this time.

By performance, is there any stat outside of battery life that really matters here? It is a watch after all

Yeah screen brightness, viewing angles, being thinner.

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Post by grahamj »

rootusrootus wrote: post #255
bilsbie wrote: post #229

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Can you unlock your Tesla? Also can you do navigation?

> Can you unlock your Tesla? Yes but you have to use a third-party app for that, the official Tesla app does not have a Watch version. > Also can you do navigation? Yes.

Watch App for Tesla is also great in that it can act as a key, so you even get prox unlock with your Watch.

A few times I've forgotten about this, went to get something from the car without my phone, and been puzzled why the car unlocked lol

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Post by nu11ptr »

davepeck wrote: post #26
nu11ptr wrote: post #25

Dang, I felt safe getting the series 9 last year and that there wouldn't be any major features this year. The sleep apnea detection would be something that could be handy as I suspect I'm borderline. It would be nice to non-intrusively test over several months to see how I trend vs. the one night sleep tests doctors typically use.

Sleep apnea detection is coming to the series 9 too.

Oh really...interesting, thx
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