Apple Watch Series 10 • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by mvkel » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 4:51 AM UTC

umbra07 wrote: post #468

mvkel wrote: post #465

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Not satire. Have never been stranded with a dead watch, don't even think to check its battery life ever. Granted, I have all notifs muted so it operates mostly as a watch, but still

My phone also runs practically forever. It charges while I'm driving, and I don't remember the last time it died on me. > incredible battery life I would hardly consider <24 hours to br "incredible battery life", especially since their competitors have significantly better battery life - and Apple is on their 10th iteration.

I can go 3 days without a charge on my Ultra. I'd say that's pretty incredible!

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by saagarjha » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 7:38 AM UTC

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.

It's essentially the same as S9, sharing the same cores (t8310).

Re: Apple Watch Series 10

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Post by nchase » Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 4:34 PM UTC

_rs wrote: post #302

chaostheory wrote: post #86

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Only those that shipped before this year. They were getting hard to find even last may.

Oh is that true? I was under the impression that retailers still were selling the series 9 with it enabled to this day

I presume they can use over-the-air updates to disable the feature when the device is activated?

My watch’s logs always have some OTA stuff.

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Post by Lukas_Skywalker » Wed, Sep 18, 2024, 6:41 AM UTC

dyauspitr wrote: post #455

sureIy wrote: post #380

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Vision Pro’s battery fits in your pocket. Cables falling from your body isn’t a new thing for Apple. But yeah I don’t see it happening because they’d never acknowledge that taking your watch off twice a day is a chore.

I don’t think it would be wise to keep the watch on for days or weeks at a time to be honest. I also don’t see the logistics of how on arm charging would work. Would I just hold my arm in a fixed position for 30 minutes? Seems like a nightmare.

The Whoop band has an elegant solution. They provide you with a small (~30x30mm) power bank that you can slide onto the band to charge. The band stays on your wrist. When done, you just slide off the power bank and charge it again.

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Post by alternatex » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 12:59 PM UTC

tails4e wrote: post #440

alternatex wrote: post #395

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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.

I follow The Quantified Scientist on YouTube and he's reviewed both I believe. I think the Vivoactive has the older HR sensor and that's why it performed a bit worse in that category.