This iWatch battery life is incredibly disappointing and deceptive and I am right now dialing my lawyer to file a class action lawsuit.
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Apple Employees 'Set Low Expectations' For iWatch Battery Life
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No, I talked about your treatment of people who are/behave differently from you. I did not say that different means good. You're setting up a straw man.
You're still trying to belittle people (all that "you still lose" stuff). Do you not see the irony of this behaviour given that your first post that I quoted contained the words "grow up"?
As for "Case closed" - what case? If there were any kind of case open, simply saying "It's not" would not be sufficient to close it.
That has not stopped them before.
*badabom-tish*
As long as it lasts at least a day with heavy use I am ok really - I have charged my cell phones at night for more than 15 years and have never run out of power on any of them and would not have problem charging a watch either.
I am always amazed by people that run out of power on their cell phones around lunch time ever so often - some people seem to be lacking very basic planning skills, because it is always the same ones who carry their charger around all the time or scramble to find someone who has a charger instead of doing the obvious thing; charging while you sleep.
There was a rumor that apple got 2-3 days in testing and they were disppointed with that. I think everyone needs to calm down.
I don't think you can make the statement that you're not a heavy user if you have to charge your phone twice or more a day! Do you really think an average user needs to charge their phone that much?
I would be really surprised of this has a big display.
Displays use up power and space, and a lot of both. They get scratched. They stand out. All of which apple would be trying to minimize.
If I were apple, I would make a small wristband, like the fitbit. It shows the time on a small OLED screen, scrolls texts, and vibrates for calls. It has a mic for voice messages and Siri for commands to my phone; "send a text", "directions to home", etc etc, as well as a small speaker to read them back. And of course, sensors galore with Touch ID.
Something like that could have a battery for a day without much problem. It would be small and unobtrusive, as well as easy to sell in different colors. Maybe apple will add a very small display, like a nano, for a second model...but I think the display on this is going to be small, and that's for the best.
Displays use up power and space, and a lot of both. They get scratched. They stand out. All of which apple would be trying to minimize.
If I were apple, I would make a small wristband, like the fitbit. It shows the time on a small OLED screen, scrolls texts, and vibrates for calls. It has a mic for voice messages and Siri for commands to my phone; "send a text", "directions to home", etc etc, as well as a small speaker to read them back. And of course, sensors galore with Touch ID.
Something like that could have a battery for a day without much problem. It would be small and unobtrusive, as well as easy to sell in different colors. Maybe apple will add a very small display, like a nano, for a second model...but I think the display on this is going to be small, and that's for the best.
I would love to see that happen but I'm pretty certain we aren't even close with even the best solar technology available today.
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Do you want to pay another $60 a month for you watch phone plan?
Huh, my Rolex has 'infinity' battery life.
Is taking your phone out of your pocket so hard?
Or is the goal to have a bunch of morons yelling into their wrist while walking down the street?
Is taking your phone out of your pocket so hard?
Or is the goal to have a bunch of morons yelling into their wrist while walking down the street?
I guess the question is will it get a couple of days with the various health monitors running or will that cut in to the time.
Couple of days is fine if its doing all that. If it's 2 days of 'standby time' and 6 hours of 'monitoring' time, that would be bad.
Couple of days is fine if its doing all that. If it's 2 days of 'standby time' and 6 hours of 'monitoring' time, that would be bad.
Curious as to how in two lines you can go from "grow up" to making a crap joke about sexual/relational inadequacy
Well here is hoping if they announce wireless charging in the watch, it will be in the i6 as well.
Replaceable and built to handle being swapped out on a daily basis are two different things.
So you mean a method to change the battery every day and retain being water resistant?
Well firstly who is seriously going to buy a watch where you change the battery every day!
And secondly it won't be waterproof for very long if you did!
So I see your point.
Ideally the watch needs to last two days on a charge. However, most people don't wear their watches all day long. I wear mine for about ten hours most days. I put it on before I walk out the door and take it off when I walk in the door. There will be days that ill be out of the house longer though and I'd expect the watch to still be working. I couldn't see myself using the watch to check notifications while I'm sitting on my couch. It most likely would be on the charger and I'd be using my phone or iPad.
As to the wireless charging. Some people are expecting it to charge on your wrist away from a base. I wouldn't expect anything like that. If they did introduce something like that it would definitely be game changing. It's going to be a base you place your watch on and if the display is big enough you could use it as desk clock too.
As to the wireless charging. Some people are expecting it to charge on your wrist away from a base. I wouldn't expect anything like that. If they did introduce something like that it would definitely be game changing. It's going to be a base you place your watch on and if the display is big enough you could use it as desk clock too.
Yes, the whole thing started when someone suggested it would need swappable batteries if the life is only a couple of days.
When I used my GPS watch I got used to charging it frequently when I used it on long bike rides. Now that I use my iPhone for that, I've had to be a battery back-up or I'd run out of juice on the road.
I don't know what the market is for the iWatch. My guess is that Apple's expectations aren't for everyone who owns an iPhone to buy the watch.
A short battery life is only a problem IMO if it takes a long time to charge (as iOS devices tend to do). I would be very interested if Apple could forget the battery, and went for ultra capacitors instead. Then with the implementation of a new type of power connector, they could go for low voltage, very high current power transfer, hopefully transferring hours worth of energy in seconds.
Apple already filed for patents on exactly what i described. Its not as far off as you think.
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An iPhone, plugged into a 12 watt adapter, takes about 30 minutes to charge to 90%.
I wouldn't call that slow.