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Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by 4fterd4rk »

serf wrote: post #288
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…

every single Apple feature or change creates this kind of weird negative-metric-reinforcement no matter the product whenever the number slides backwards or keeps parity Battery doesn't last long? Well, let's forget that the entire market has trended towards catering to a customer desire for long-life batteries -- it's a feature to help coordinate 'charging habits'!... whatever that is. Less keyboard space and battery…

I think it's more interesting that Apple creates this reaction where people will endlessly harp on about things that happened over a decade ago under different leadership (holding it wrong) any time they update their products.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by milkytron »

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

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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,…

Which Garmin did you have?

I think most models can easily do 5+ hours of GPS on a single charge.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by etrautmann »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #244
etrautmann wrote: post #111

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The Apple watch ultra, while expensive, at least has 1.5 to 2 day battery life, which has completely eliminated the issue of charging midday that I used to run into if using gps or fitness tracking for more than a few hours.

Yeah but "expensive" is an understatement. It's double the price for barely any functional difference other than battery life.

maybe, though I think it's possible there are GPS improvements and other performance improvements under the hood. I'm not sure, and I agree it's quite expensive. It was a gift, though one I happen to irrationally love and it would have been worth it for me if I had bought it.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by joseda-hg »

vineyardlabs wrote: post #247
zoul wrote: post #122

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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.

This. I like my apple watch for doing mainly two things; tracking workouts and being a silent alarm clock that lives on my wrist. The Also, it boggles my mind but the alarms/haptics in my S8 seem weirdly unreliable. Like 10% of the time my alarms just decide not to vibrate and I don't wake up. Tons of people have this problem and it seems to have something to do with the cover to mute gesture, but disabling it in set…

That's just the use case I have for my cheapo Xiaomi SmartBand for ~30 USD and I charge about every 2 weeks for this

If you're willing to live with not enabling raise to wake, AoD and Sleep Tracking, you might be able to pull off like 20+ days of battery life, not that I would want to, I like it not dropping that far so I haven't tested it fully

I'm not aware of how well do Xiaomi's Bands play with iOS, but might be worth a shot, it's a cheap enough option

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by thebruce87m »

4fterd4rk wrote: post #431
serf wrote: post #288

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every single Apple feature or change creates this kind of weird negative-metric-reinforcement no matter the product whenever the number slides backwards or keeps parity Battery doesn't last long? Well, let's forget that the entire market has trended towards catering to a customer desire for long-life batteries -- it's a feature to help coordinate 'charging habits'!... whatever that is. Less keyboard space and battery…

I think it's more interesting that Apple creates this reaction where people will endlessly harp on about things that happened over a decade ago under different leadership (holding it wrong) any time they update their products.

It’s even worse than that. Those words were never uttered. People have interpreted their own sentiment from what was actually said and now that phrase is repeated as it if it was.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by wubrr »

sanswork wrote: post #377
wubrr wrote: post #350

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Yes it does, and I can give you many examples. However, the following thing you said tells me that having a rational conversation with you is unlikely: > Garmin isn't like to like since it's not really a smart watch it's an exercise tracker.

And like people who complain that apples laptops are too expensive you'll be bringing out examples with far fewer features, slower processors, worse displays and battery lives that only exist when the user doesn't track or run anything I'm guessing. If you think Garmin watches are at all comparable to apple watches while still maintaining those long battery lives you've never used a Garmin watch for anything.

So many vacuous claims about supposed missing features, worse displays, worse battery life... and yet the only hard evidence/example in this entire comment chain is the horrible battery life of the apple watch...

You're not even trying to be honest or rational.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by microtonal »

laweijfmvo wrote: post #6
microtonal wrote: post #3

I thank Apple for not releasing an Ultra 3. No FOMO this year :).

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.

I got the Watch 10 with cellular, so that I could cycle without taking my phone along for emergencies. Turns out the battery life of the 10 with cellular is horrible (even more so if you use cellular for music streaming). So I upgraded to the Ultra 2 purely for the battery (though I have started liking its look as well).

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by your_drunk_dad »

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…

You are literally trying to show an enormous flaw of an otherwise amazing watch as a something positive which makes no sense to me. My Garmin also charges fast but lasts almost 3 weeks and I just plug it in when it tells me it needs to be plugged in and I don't need a "charging routine" for that.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by your_drunk_dad »

10u152 wrote: post #400
sureIy wrote: post #378

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Every tool has a correct way to be used. You can’t tell me I shouldn’t slide my electric toothbrush from side to side “because of market forces”. Battery technology just isn’t there. Bigger battery means heavier device. Duracell made a smartphone with a huge-ass multiday battery… that the market did not ask for. It has to be a compromise unfortunately. As for the Touch Bar I don’t really understand the hate for it. T…

No I still don’t understand the Apple Watch battery issue. I have a xaiomi mi band 9. The body to screen ratio is roughly the same as the Apple Watch. It does HR tracking, workouts, has excellent 1000 night brightness, weather, notifications etc. I get about 15 days from a charge. They say I can get 21. But either way. I understand the Apple Watch is running better hardware and more things in the background, but ther…

Comparing Apple Watch to Mi Band makes no sense. Apple Watch is more of a microcomputer than a cheap smart band. It would be better to compare it to something like Garmin Fenix 7X that lasts you almost 40 days with 120 hours in GPS mode and does much more than a Mi Band.

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by tails4e »

alternatex wrote: post #395
tails4e wrote: post #198

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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.

Vivoactive doesn't have the best heart tracking, especially compared to Apple watches which are the gold standard for it. Someone who can afford an Apple watch should probably go for Garmin Venu 3. Same hybrid model benefits with a better sensor.

Whats wrong with it? It seems to be very high resolution, continuous, and accurate whenever I've compared it.
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