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Activate on Wrist Raise: Yay or Nay?

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Thefan

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Wondering what everyone's preference is? I can't decide whether or not to disable mine. Seems like it comes on a little too much with every wrist turn. After all, it does come on with the simple tap on the screen. I would think awaking the display every few seconds is going to affect the battery life tremendously.
 
Agreed when i get mine I think I would disable it as yes I raise my wrists a lot at work and don't need to see the time every single time i do so
 
Cutiekitty92 said:
Agreed when i get mine I think I would disable it as yes I raise my wrists a lot at work and don't need to see the time every single time i do so
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Yeah me too, I turn a lot of pages, lift books, papers, write, etc. Normal stuff seems to keep waking it up, haha.
 
Thefan said:
Wondering what everyone's preference is? I can't decide whether or not to disable mine. Seems like it comes on a little too much with every wrist turn. After all, it does come on with the simple tap on the screen. I would think awaking the display every few seconds is going to affect the battery life tremendously.
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I would keep it on as it makes the watch seem more like a watch!

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I get quite a few false positives in terms of how often I actually want the face to activate, but that's a small price to pay for hands-free operation.

I'm definitely keeping mine on.
 
If I can't raise my wrist and see the time what kind of watch am I wearing exacty? if my other hand is busy am I supposed to use my nose to touch the screen?
 
Knowimagination said:
I leave it on. No problems with battery life so far and really like not having to press anything to see the time.
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Agree. I have it on and I've never had less than 20% battery remaining at the end of the day, and even then that was at 2 AM. I've had it on for 12 hrs today already, just finished a 3 mile walk with the dogs running Runkeeper app and I'm at 60%. And all this on my wife's 38mm watch (my 42mm will be delivered Monday 😉), with its supposedly lesser lesser battery life.
 
Armen said:
If I can't raise my wrist and see the time what kind of watch am I wearing exacty? if my other hand is busy am I supposed to use my nose to touch the screen?
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I was of the similar mindset, and if the watch had better battery life and had an option to leave the display on permanently, I wouldn't even be asking this question. I would love to leave the display on permanently, it looks awesome. Surprised it doesn't have that option, but then again, the battery life was probably the issue.
 
Thefan said:
I was of the similar mindset, and if the watch had better battery life and had an option to leave the display on permanently, I wouldn't even be asking this question. I would love to leave the display on permanently, it looks awesome.
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That part depends. If I could leave the screen on at it's lowest brightness and get at least 10 hours out of the battery I would.
 
I don't have the watch yet so pardon the question, but does the screen turn on when you simply tap the screen or do you have to press the digital crown?
 
Yes, I like it. It goes on when I move my arm like most people would when looking at their watch. Up and pivot to see. Goes off when I lower my arm. Doesn't stay on the whole 4 seconds unless I hold it still to look at it. Battery life has been good.
 
I leave it on....it doesa good job of not always flashing on and only when the wrist move is deliberate. Makes little diff in batt life for me.
 
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Until I have a problem with battery life and the watch not lasting all day I'm leaving it on. Yes, it turns on sometimes when I wasn't raising my arm/wrist to see the time. But I would rather have that than have to touch the screen or press the crown every time I want to see the time.
 
I'm going to turn it off and just tap the screen. I don't really need to know the time, that much to be honest. I'm more interested in keeping my iPhone 6 plus in my pocket.

How many people actually care what time it is every minute?

I'm a guitar player, I can just imagine how often it would come on!
 
On always. Sometimes it gets annoying like driving and the screen turns on when I turn but I think it's so cool when I actually mean to do it.
 
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