I think you will be able to do either one. The Watch actually has storage (8GB i believe) that you can upload your music to and use it without the phone connected. So if you want to go on a run without needing to carry your iPhone you can still listen to music with the Apple Watch streaming to your bluetooth headphones.
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Apple Watch Battery Life: 18 Hours Mixed Usage, Up to 72 Hours on Power Reserve
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I think you will be able to do either one. The Watch actually has storage (8GB i believe) that you can upload your music to and use it without the phone connected. So if you want to go on a run without needing to carry your iPhone you can still listen to music with the Apple Watch streaming to your bluetooth headphones.
http://www.apple.com/watch/battery.html
Up to 18 hours means:
All-day battery life is based on 18 hours with the following use: 90 time checks, 90 notifications, 45 minutes of app use, and a 30-minute workout with music playback from Apple Watch via Bluetooth, over the course of 18 hours. Battery life varies by use, configuration, and many other factors; actual results will vary.
Umm, I may be wrong but I don't think you get notifications and cannot talk on your iWatch unless it's connected to your iPhone. With Bluetooth that means within a few feet of each other.
So you're still out of luck buddy.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Bluetooth earpiece will cost much less. If it/you fall from one of those ladders and damage it, another could be had for peanuts relatively (unlike this watch).
Just wondering if they will plan on upgrading theWatch every year?
Somehow I see this being every 2-3 years. I don't know anyone who will drop $500-1000 every year. But then again, it is Apple.
Who works out for only 30 minutes? I'm sure I would be light on the app use but I do check my watch (call me crazy) frequently and the number or emails I get is crazy.
So, yeah, I read all that and my comments, unfortunately, are still sound.
You'd have the same problem with your iPhone anyway.
http://www.apple.com/watch/battery.html
It's 48 hours of just time checking. 72 hours of extra battery life once it hits a specific % of battery life left, not at 18 hours each time.
That's pretty impressive for a smartwatch with an IPS display.
If you want more, check out Pebble Time that can almost a week, which is based on the color e-ink. It won't do as much as Apple Watch but you won't have as much as anxiety issue.
By the way, the more you use your Pebble, it will die quicker as well. My Pebble on certain days of heavy use dies within a day compared to casual and no-bluetooth usage of 4-5 days.
I seriously doubt that this watch will be a popular item after the honeymoon period. Apple being the master of smoke and mirrors story telling when it comes to supply and demand, will certainly be up to the task of surrounding the watch with positive hype.
It's a good thing they have a staggering excess of cash. It'll take internal support to keep this product alive. They've got too much skin in the game to let it fail. Apple will pull it off one way or another. It's important for their reputation.
Most building sites do not allow earpieces, ear buds or headphones of any sort as they reduce your abilty to hear instructions or warnings.
If I fall from a ladder, the watch would be the last thing on my mind, personal injury leading to weeks off work will be far more damaging...
I wonder if i can record conversations. Like James Bond? Maybe ill get. I do like the bands. also, idk if this will be any different than other smart watches.
Bluetooth generally has a much better range than "a few feet".
Bluetooth 4.0 has a theoretical limit of up to 200 feet, but realistically you get around 30 feet.
My iPad "rings" anywhere in the house even if I leave my iPhone in my car.
Bluetooth 4.0 is specced at over 300 feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_low_energy
I use Continuity/Handoff (which also requires the Bluetooth connection) to take phone calls on my Mac downstairs in the office while my iPhone is upstairs in the bedroom. With both doors closed.
Was that the iPhone that had it's price reduced by $200 just three months after it launched?
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.
That's 18 hours new; if the battery is anything like the iPhone, 12 months from now that will be 14 hours and it will die at 15% charge when put under any load. All day use of rechargeable batteries drains them over time. I wonder how much Apple will charge for the luxury of replacing the battery for you...
I'll stick with the Withings Activite: no charging required and a battery I can buy from any locksmith once a year.
And lastly, battery life matters if you want to do things like track the quality of your sleep.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
You do realize the phone's got to be in proximity for this watch to do much of anything, right. She can't get too far from the phone for this thing to work as a more mobile(?), mobile phone substitute.
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Where I live, lots of construction guys wear headphones and ear protection. Nevertheless, I'd have to believe that those same "most building sites" will not allow smart watches too for similarly distracting potentials. I would also think that if you are able to talk on your phone, that would seem to be similarly impeding the ability to hear instructions or warnings (much as it would if you were talking to a watch). And wouldn't a single ear earpiece still leave one ear free- just like talking on a phone- to hear warning or instructions?
Your phone will still work if the watch battery dies
If the battery dies, then I guess it dies. It will still tell me the time for a very long time.
She works out at the gym and at home to workout videos. The phone is in close proximity to her (in her purse) but she'd have to get off the treadmill to get her phone.
Here in the UK, a lot of building sites adhere to the considerate constructors scheme, health and safety is the number one priority on most major building sites around London.
I can say with all certainty that where I live, the majority of major building sites will not allow you to work if you are wearing earphones (ear defenders and ear plugs excluded of course) and will remove you from site if you do not comply.
Talking on a mobile phone is allowed but sometimes restricted to 'safe areas' but this varies site to site.
I don't make up the health and safety rules, I just have to abide by them or I will lose my job.
The most important fact is hidden in the statement that the usage included 90 time checks. This can only mean it will not stay on all the time. So we do not get 18 hours of those beautiful watch faces which are shown in every picture of the watch, but 18 hours of a, mostly, black mini monitor.
So, it is not a watch, it is a computer. Maybe Apple can make it fashionable to wear a computer instead of a watch.
So, it is not a watch, it is a computer. Maybe Apple can make it fashionable to wear a computer instead of a watch.
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.
You forget people that might what some sort of sleep tracking with the watch.