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Apple Watch Battery Life Currently 'About a Day', but May Improve for 2015 Launch
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Had my MOTOACTV for a few YEARS now. LOVE IT. GPS, MP3 Player, Social Media calendars (Wifi only), bluetooth, HRM etc. The only thing it doesn't have is a phone and a camera.
How did Apple not set themselves apart? Am I going to carry a brick on my 12k run.... UMMMM NO! hahaha
https://motoactv.com/
How did Apple not set themselves apart? Am I going to carry a brick on my 12k run.... UMMMM NO! hahaha
https://motoactv.com/
I don't think it would be too bad. I'm assuming they communicate via bluetooth, new bluetooth implementations use very little power for most tasks now. Most of the things you will do on your watch you are already doing on your cell now anyways. I would suspect it could almost help battery life on your phone because you won't be using the screen (the biggest power consumer) as often.
Its not out yet so theres a lot of guessing going on. But in my eyes its already better then the rest.
And maybe its the watch to be 1.0 and forgotten soon enough like the original iPad. The iPad one was ugly in my eyes and I did not see any use for it. I have had every iteration since the 2 (except the 4) and could not life without it anymore.
During the keynote they said that the
watch will start at 349US$ and needs to be paired to a supporting iphone...
...now the Body and Glass of thewatch Sport should come cheaper for apple, so maybe they use the money to built a gps chip into the watch sport to make it a real sport watch. A real watch Sport also should be waterproof to at least 5bar...The only real problem left is the speaker and the microphone, maybe there are waterproof solutions?
And maybe its the watch to be 1.0 and forgotten soon enough like the original iPad. The iPad one was ugly in my eyes and I did not see any use for it. I have had every iteration since the 2 (except the 4) and could not life without it anymore.
During the keynote they said that the
watch will start at 349US$ and needs to be paired to a supporting iphone......now the Body and Glass of the
watch Sport should come cheaper for apple, so maybe they use the money to built a gps chip into the watch sport to make it a real sport watch. A real watch Sport also should be waterproof to at least 5bar...The only real problem left is the speaker and the microphone, maybe there are waterproof solutions?
I agree with the idea that a wristwatch that needs to be recharged daily is madness. But I disagree that people will buy anything with an Apple logo.
I love this watch - it seems so much better than the competition, but I cannot use it if the battery life requires recharging at night. When I'm out camping, my watch would be useless by the 2nd day!
Even though I own many Apple devices, this is a no-sale revision 1 because of the battery life. I have high hopes for the next revision in 2016 though.
All of this is irrelevant...the target market for this device is actually emo teens with wealthy parents. "I can feel my boyfriend's ACTUAL HEARTBEAT on my wrist! (swoon)"
I can't believe Apple would do something that cheesy.
I can't believe Apple would do something that cheesy.
Do you really think that Apple is trying to _replace_ your use of an iPhone with its Watch? They want you to buy both and use the strengths of each. That does not a problem make.
Hope they can get it up to 27 or 28 hours by launch date.
<Sets an alarm clock for 3:00 AM to put watch on cradle>
<Sets an alarm clock for 3:00 AM to put watch on cradle>
For example, I'm out camping for the weekend? I'm gone Friday night to Sunday night with no chargers?
My guesses:
- The "editions" are primarily styling and perhaps capacity. But I am completely guessing like everyone else.
- The watch still works in terms of gathering body data, telling you the time, etc. - you just can't use any of the network functions.
And BTW, it's not "an iPhone", it's "a recent iPhone" as in >= 5.
Think about the potential of that technology. Monitoring the elderly. Monitoring a baby. Eventually becoming a sleep monitor. Just because that one advertised use may seem cheesy to you doesn't mean the technology itself is cheesy.
If you're camping, have a thermal or solar charger with you. How would you be charging your phone or tablet in such situations? Or maybe you leave those behind and just want to take the watch?
A strap being the battery? Well, when they come out with flexible batteries that can be just as thin as a strap, maybe, but that's a long way off from reality.
IT does 1/10 what this thing can do and has a e-ink desplay. A Kindle with e-ink can also last a week, so what?
There are numerous products on the market (BodyMedia, etc.) that track your body 24x7 and their reporting includes sleep quality, sleep duration, etc. These products are available for under $100. If I'm going to spend $350, I would expect the product to do the same.
That's the reasoning. Personally I don't care, but some people evidently want to track their sleep duration/quality.
Buying both a BodyMedia armband/fitbit/etc. and an Apple Watch would seem to be redundant.
I think the question not being asked is recharge time. My BodyMedia armband recharges pretty quickly - I haven't timed it but probably less than 30 minutes. I plug it in (to sync) when I sit at my computer and work a charge in whenever it's convenient - but then, it lasts for a couple weeks without one. If the Apple Watch charges in a few minutes, this is a non-issue. Well, unless they don't track sleep in the software/sensors.
I would expect Bluetooth, but Wifi was mentioned. If the watch can join a wifi network and the phone is on the same network, that should work. Guessing.
If you are camping, there are things you can get to charge your phones/watches, etc.