Apple watch only lasts 1000 charges

[Trius]

This is just the reality of batteries today. I'll deal with it the same way I deal with all of my battery powered electronics. Use it until the battery life is unacceptable, replace the battery or replace the device.

 

[rjlawrencejr]

He's blowing smoke. That would mean the watch has a 50 hour battery life.

Sorry for the late reply. Blowing smoke takes a lot out of you!

I may have been have been off by 2%-4% because I did only glance at my battery usage. However, I assure you I started with about 56% when I got in the car after picking it up from from UPS around 9am and I had over 40% when I decided juice up around 2:30pm. During that 5 hour plus period I was working around the house and though I had my watch on I hardly checked it nor did I receive many (if any) notifications during that time. One thing I did early on was turn off raise your arm to see the time feature.

I used it again later in the day after charging for an hour. From 3:30pm until 10:30pm I used 32% total. However, usage was much heavier and I was using the raise your arm feature for half that period. Tomorrow is a full day and I'll be away from my charging cable for at least 12 hours. We shall see how I fare.

 

[Bako-MacAddict]

Hmmm I got my MacBook aroud March in 2011. It only has 517 charging cycles according to coconut battery . I think 1000 Is plenty of the sources are right. I'll most likely upgrade before that anyways .

 

[jediuia]

Just read on reddit that the apple watch will only last 1000 charges, what is your opinion on this, as for some of us we may have to charge twice a day, meaning upgrading our device every year will soon be very expensive as it adds up

So Apple has said they will never be able to replace the battery?

 

[mightyjabba]

Back when the original iPhone came out, there was a very similar story that had people thinking you could only charge the phone X number of times, but in fact what it was referring to was the number of charges until battery life started to degrade.

Also, Apple will replace your battery for $79.

 

[rjlawrencejr]

I will be using this device a lot, may I ask how you managed to make the battery last for 5 hours while only using 10%?

I may be off by 2%-4% since I didn't actually record times and percentages. However I am quite confident I was at 56% when I started and somewhere in the low 40s before I decided to charge it up. My usage was low because I working around the house assembling some furniture and I hardly looked at my watch (no notifications were received during that period either).

My results weren't quite as stellar this evening as I was at work and used the watch quite a bit more. However, I believe turning off the raise to glance feature makes a big difference. I don't mind tapping to see the time.