Eh,
I think they shoulda thought of a better battery life solution. All-week battery life would have been nice... Heck, they coulda thought of something ingenious like "Shake to recharge it" or something like that..
or, how about 'wink at it and it recharges'? like i dream of jeannie? or what about 'look in its general direction and, whammo, it's recharged'??, 'think, "apple watch, recharge now!", and bing!, it's charged'.....?
the monday morning qb'ing about all things apple has hit a nirvana.. time has shown, time and time again, (to overuse the operative word here..) that apple usually thinks things through, A LOT, and comes up with many, many innovative solutions for the problems that the laws of physics throws at it--like the mass to electron density issues of lithium polymer, to pick one out of a hat--so, maybe just accept, that like other watch manus, apple is up against the wall on battery size v. performance in this product category, and they've opted (i bet smartly) to have a beautiful, color oled screen instead of (yawn) e-ink, for many reasons, and are balancing battery performance the very best that it can be done at this juncture. in two years, it'll be better. and two years after that, even better. but, for now, calm the f down. please. it's getting so boring hearing people complain about the fact the watch lasts only a day... good grief, put the thing on the charger while you sit at your desk and it's done before lunch. or charge it in your car during your commute to and from. or .. whatever.. charge it overnight, how's that for innovative?? just.. please. calm down. don't buy one. you can wait 22 years until there's a mini fusion reactor on your wrist and you'll never have to charge your watch for as long as you live. happy???
Watch lasts on standby? I would expect at least a week.