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Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by JoBrad »

dmix wrote: post #327
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…

What do you use to charge it? I haven't found a good base station for it

I just put mine on the Apple Watch charging cable.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by nickpp »

izacus wrote: post #115
laweijfmvo wrote: post #6

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Honestly seems like the main reason to buy an Ultra 2 over a 10 is if you dive, or really, really need the extra battery life.

Unfortunately the reports from other divers say that the Ultra is not a very reliable diving computer with OS crashing and rebooting at times. Something that's unthinkable on a Shearwater, Garmin or even a Suunto.

Never encountered this. Maybe a pointer to those reports would be helpful.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by cipher_system »

wintermutestwin wrote: post #13

My Series 9 totally fails at sleep detection and regularly claims that I am in "Deep Sleep" while I am lying there trying to get back to sleep. Instead of fixing that, they are adding sleep apnea alerts. I wish there was an alternate ecosystem that was actually competitive with Apple.

Check out The Quantified Scientists video Best Wearables for Sleep: Scientific Rankings.

He uses science test smart watches and Apple watches ranks at the top.

Maybe there are other brands that works better for you or maybe this is as good as it gets with just a watch and not a full sleep lab setup?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvqRLG0K4SQ

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Eric_WVGG wrote: post #351

I can’t believe all the bellyaching about battery life here, blanket statements about how it’s “useless” because it doesn’t meet one’s personal preferences. Apple has sold more Watches than iPods. Remember iPods??!? The Watch is a huge hit and tons of people find daily charging to be a perfectly acceptable price of entry.

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Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by jcul »

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 know what you are talking about with longer battery life :)

I have a "dumbphone" with a battery that lasts 1 to 2 weeks depending on use, it's such a surprise when the battery goes that I'm often stuck without it being charged.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by pornel »

jlmorton wrote: post #366
palijer wrote: post #365

18 hour battery life seems tiny compared to my 10 day battery life on my Garmin Venu 3. Does Garmin just have better battery technology, or some patents that Apple can't use? Why such a large gap in comparable products?

Because they're not even remotely comparable products

Telling time, showing notifications, and tracking sleep is 99% of what I need the Watch to do, and Pebble could do that with a week-long battery life.

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Post by shuckles »

WillPostForFood wrote: post #358
shuckles wrote: post #245

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My watch can get a night’s worth of charge in 10 minutes.

Sounds fun. And you get to charge again first thing in the morning.

Let me get this straight: your evening routine has no margin for 10 minute parallelizable tasks, yet you’re commenting sarcastically about supposed chores in my life? In order to defend doing the same but every 3 days instead?

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Post by detourdog »

bakul wrote: post #300
detourdog wrote: post #250

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We used to wind our watches in the morning. I think that could be Apple’s thinking. Your positive experience with a daily routine reenforces that idea to me.

Back in the day many of us switched to automatic mechanical watches that didn't require manually winding.

Yes, once it was technically possible. I think interesting idea is from a Human Factors perspective. I contend from human factors perspective using 24ish hours is good technical limit. Most humans operate on a 24 hour cycle so keeping devices on that cycle has a certain simplicity. It is easy to communicate and shares a historic limit with its mechanical ancestors.

This could also help in keeping the battery size in check. The engineering of all aspects should be balanced.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by nradov »

nickpp wrote: post #398
nradov wrote: post #271

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Which features specifically? There are a lot of features that are built in to Garmin devices so they generally have less need of additional apps. But there is a rich ecosystem of apps as well. https://apps.garmin.com/

Went diving last vacation and my Ultra 2 turned into an excellent dive computer (after paying $10 for one month of the corresponding app). The equivalent watch from Garmin is much more expensive.

Garmin now has some cheaper models available with basic dive computer functionality. This is built in and doesn't require buying a separate app.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1228171

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