Nobody wants a thinner watch, everyone wants more battery life.
True for phones. Not even close for watches.
Garmin fenix , instinct . Many Gshocks are thicker . Only apple has 1 day battery. Are you desiring a smart Skagen ?
Apple Watch Series 10
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> Charging your wearable device shouldn't require "habits". If they do then the device is defective by design. Why? > Competing watches from Garmin don't seem to have this design flaw. This oversimplifies the issue. The Apple Watch has a much broader range of functionality than Garmin's products, doesn't it?
Does it? Which specific functionality?
Late to the party, but the first thing that comes to my mind is an LTE radio. Yeah, there’s the Garmin 945LTE, but that is probably the worst Garmin purchase I’ve made ($12/month, can’t reply to texts, and it will burn through battery faster than an Apple Watch if it can’t find a cell tower).
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#443I 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.
Amen to that. I only bought an Apple watch for the fall detection so that if I have a seizure it calls 911. Even got the LTE one so that I could use it when my phone is dead etc.
So imagine my surprise when I switched my handset to Android and my watch reported "no service". Keep in mind that this is marketed as a stand-alone product, that had its own data plan. But once I didn't have an iPhone activated, a soft switch in my watch (read: medical device) was flipped in order to disable it.
It was at that time that I sold every apple product in my possession, and bought a pixel watch. My pixel watch does everything better than my apple watch did, without exception.
Am I being irrational here, or is it wrong for a company to disable device B because you don't have device A anymore, when they're marketed as independent devices with independent data plans and eSIM etc?
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You can only buy AppleCare+ for a 2-year length.
AppleCare+, since 2019, has been renewable (presumably until Apple declares the product obsolete) for most products except the AirPods (in my experience) in the following countries [1]: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/10156…
TIL - thanks!
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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.
Because all of those things impact battery life. You are trading improved performance and features for worse battery life. These are not unrelated.
My Swatch has a battery life that makes any Garmin on the market seem pathetic. Is it fair to compare the two on battery life?
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#446Anyone else concerned about what apples use of titanium means for medical implants? Like does this not hamper production of things people need?
If someone is willing to sell me titanium chopsticks for a reasonable price (and they are), then no, I’m not concerned that Grandma doesn’t get a new hip because Apple Watch used up all the titanium.
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#447Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Because all of those things impact battery life. You are trading improved performance and features for worse battery life. These are not unrelated. My Swatch has a battery life that makes any Garmin on the market seem pathetic. Is it fair to compare the two on battery life?
> Because all of those things impact battery life.
Oh 'all' of those zero specific things you mentioned impact battery life? Ok.
Anyway, I don't even care what the battery life is - my initial comment in this chain is replying to a guy who didn't mention any of these elusive (apparently taboo to name) missing features - they literally just tried to argue that lower batter life is an advantage because they can't keep a routine otherwise. Pointing out how absurd this reasoning is seems to trigger a bunch of other apple fanboys, which is just hilarious tbh.
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#448I wish Apple had more design variation for their watches. When I'm not using my phone, it's in my pocket. When I am using it, I honestly only care about the screen, the camera, and the audio. If it looks cool great BUT that ultimately doesn't matter. Watches are different. Watches are a true fashion accessory. Watches have style. Apple watches are so damn plain and boring and sterile. Swapping the band doesn't fix th…
> Watches are different. Watches are a true fashion accessory. Watches have style. Apple watches are so damn plain and boring and sterile. Swapping the band doesn't fix that.
Swapping the band does fix that, at least for me.
I treated myself to the stainless steel version, and have something like 14 bands in various colours, in either synthetic rubber, nylon, or leather.
That's enough to dress things up a bit.
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Totally. These things have incredible battery life. In a practical sense, they run forever if you remember to put one on the charger when you shower/get ready in the morning.
I can't tell if this is satire
I have an apple watch. When I shower I put it on a charger. I have never gotten it under %10. Eventually this won't be true in all likelyhood due to degraded battery.
I shower 1-2 times a day though.
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#450Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because all of those things impact battery life. You are trading improved performance and features for worse battery life. These are not unrelated. My Swatch has a battery life that makes any Garmin on the market seem pathetic. Is it fair to compare the two on battery life?
> Because all of those things impact battery life. Oh 'all' of those zero specific things you mentioned impact battery life? Ok. Anyway, I don't even care what the battery life is - my initial comment in this chain is replying to a guy who didn't mention any of these elusive (apparently taboo to name) missing features - they literally just tried to argue that lower batter life is an advantage because they can't keep…
Processing power, screen size and quality, active monitoring quality, AOD. There are a few things that will hugely impact battery life.
Lower battery life literally doesn't matter if you can charge it in the time it takes you to get ready in the morning. It has zero impact on usability.
The maximum battery lives advertised on sites are literally for doing nothing anyhow. My Garmin definitely does not have a multi day charge when I'm using it to track swimming.
You are doing the tech equivalent to her knees are too pointy.