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Apple Watch Battery Life: 18 Hours Mixed Usage, Up to 72 Hours on Power Reserve
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IPX7.
1 meter submerged for 30 minutes.
EDIT: It's in the fine print at the store, in case anyone needs the reference.
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Same here! But I hope I am very mistaken...still sitting on stock and would rather not sell. Let!s face it....many people though the iPad was questionable too!
Just wondering if they will plan on upgrading theWatch every year?
Bet on it.
Expect advancements in 12 months.
I think it's a software mode like Samsung's power saver mode to help your device last longer by shutting off unneeded functions.
18 hours is better than I thought....although if you're using it for a fitness/sleep tracker you'll have to have it off during some period while its charged. (wonder how much charging can get done while you're in the shower?)
So you're getting an Apple Watch in 3 years? Have fun waiting
18 hours is more than reasonable. How many hours a day are you awake? If you sleep just 6 hours, the other 18 hours of the day, you can have the Watch on.
Take it off at night, put it on in the morning. 18 hours is a very comfortable margin for regular use without having to ever worry about the battery.
I guess the use of this device for monitoring sleep is no longer possible.
Fail.
What I don't get: The Watch always has to be paired to an iPhone, i.e. I always have an iPhone with me. So why would I use the Watch for music playback via Bluetooth, when I can do that from my iPhone for hours and hours?
Seven hours with the heart rate sensor on? Nice, I thought it would be a battery hog. Can't wait to see the 3rd party running apps. (I noticed the Nike+ Running App on the Watch App Store during the keynote)
I have to run with my phone anyway because of Spotify so that's the GPS already sorted. The Apple Watch could replace a lot of people's Garmins + heart rate strap, depending on functionality in the apps.
I have to run with my phone anyway because of Spotify so that's the GPS already sorted. The Apple Watch could replace a lot of people's Garmins + heart rate strap, depending on functionality in the apps.
No, because people over 40 have enough maturity and common sense to know this watch is useless out of the box.
The specs cited are extremely unrealistic, as is the price.
Apple's slide to obscurity begins in 3...2.....1...
Running... working out... where manipulating the watch screen is much better than trying to do it with the phone.
Your opinion.... Mine is I'm buying at least two, one for me and one for my wife. Next Christmas this will likely be my gift to each adult child... unless they buy one first.
iPod was a predicted fail
iPhone was a predicted fail
iPad was a predicted fail
I read the same thing when the iPhone and iPad were released, and in every thread where this was posted, I was stupid enough to write long posts about how I will greatly benefit from these devices. The people who posted the "Don't see the point" messages never read my replies and ended up posting it again and again.
Not falling for that this time around. Not going to explain stuff to people with limited imagination.
I see the point. Period.
That may be, I'll take your word for it... I only saw where it automatically does so @ 10%
Yes, that is exactly what I want to do. But why is the music then coming from the Watch and not from the phone? The Watch could serve simply as the control device while the music is streamed from the phone via Bluetooth. I REALLY hope that scenario will work, as that is one of my top 5 use cases for the Watch.
I get that, but what does it do?
Dim the screen? Turn off notifications? Airplane mode?