So all these people complaining about the "small" 4" iPhone screen that just bought an expensive iPhone 6+ are now happier to use a smaller screen for more money to NOT use their 5.5" screens.
This defies logic.
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Apple Watch Takes Two Hours to Charge, Only Delivers Notifications While on the Wrist
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So all these people complaining about the "small" 4" iPhone screen that just bought an expensive iPhone 6+ are now happier to use a smaller screen for more money to NOT use their 5.5" screens.
This defies logic.
Not really. It's all about the flexibility of using a dual-screen approach. A smaller screen that you can easily glance at for notifications, text messages, deciding if you want to take a call/ignore it and other info that can fit on a smaller screen. If you need the larger screen, you take out your phone.
We'll see how well that works and if it does, Apple once again may not have done something first, but they somehow managed to do it right.
And complaining from people who most likely have no intention of buying it.
Or (my favorite) those that complain about Apple's every move yet can be found standing in every launch day line since '07. Never understood that dichotomy. To each their own.
Anyway, Monday should be fun. I'm interested to learn how Watch may/may not fit into my ecosystem.
If they achieve 1 hour charge with 23 hours mixed use, they will hit the sweet spot for wearables in my mind. It charges while you shower/dress and is worn the rest of the time. Sleep analysis would then be possible to add, making it a replacement for both watch and fitness/sleep trackers.
Nice post man. Spot on.
I've always found the "charging every night sucks" contingent pretty fascinating. If I'm not mistaken, most humans recharge every night. And a full recharge takes about 8 hours. What do their Watches need to be doing while they sleep all night?
Expectations... So out of whack.
Can you imagining these forums if Apple decided battery trumped display performance and launched Watch with a 5 day battery life made possible by its e-ink screen? The bitching would break the Internet.
I see it more that thanks to the utility of the Apple Watch, there's less need to take your phone out because some of those tasks can now be outsourced to the Apple Watch. It doesn't mean I won't need my phone.
For example, I can view notifications on my pebble. If I get a vibration, and see that it's an email about some advertisement, I don't need to take out my phone to address it straight away. Raising my wrist definitely uses less time and effort than taking out my phone and putting it away. And with actionable notifications, I may even be able to trash that email directly from my watch.
Or someone calls me in the middle of a meeting. I can decline the call with a press of my Pebble Watch, rather than take out my phone to decline it. With the Apple Watch, combine it with a follow up text to inform the caller that I am busy and can't attend to her right away (so she doesn't try to call back), all from my wrist, and with minimal disruption to my presentation.
I think this just goes to show how much of our phone usage is spent responding to notifications.
You shouldn't be surprised if you have been around this forum for sometime. It's typical macrumors community thing. Moaning is where they shine
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How do you suppose they are going to cope with charging the Apple Watch nightly when they are in the Amazon forest?
How do you suppose they are going to cope with charging the Apple Watch nightly when they are in the Amazon forest?
Charging nightly means you lose out on two major applications for wearables: Sleep tracking and silent wakeup. Plus there are perfectly realistic scenarios where may not be able to charge for a prolonged period, such as camping or intercontinental flights.
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I don't know about you but I usually spend more then 2 hours at home on the evening. I can live with having it it being charged while I am browsing on my iPad on the sofa or have my iPhone on the table. It may just be me but I seriously fail to see all this battery life drama!! Of course a week battery life, or even a month is better then a day battery life, but for me as long as it takes me through the day without needing to be charged, I don't mind charging it on the evening when it's a rest time for me.
Something like this charges my iPhone more then 4 times while I am camping or travelling long distances. I can't see why I should worry about the watch.
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If it's fine for you then it's fine for you. I'm not trying to dispute that. But just realize that everyone's needs are different. What's good for the goose isn't always good for the gander.
Portable batteries are useful, but of course the power it can hold is still finite. The more devices you charge with it, the fewer times it will be able to charge any which one.
Here's a crazy idea if sleep tracking is important to you, how about charging it when you get home. And as for camping and intercontinental flights, I'm guessing we'll just have to live like they did in the olden days, you know, before smart watches.
I agree, you do need a smart watch that lasts longer, if you are camping and taking intercontinental flights every week.....
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Look, if you don't see the need for more than a day's worth of battery life, thats fine. Just realize that not everyone is you.
Right! Or... "I don't see why my 20 mph car can't just do 150 mph. They should have thought of a solution. More speed would be so nice..."
The first thing I do when i get home is to take off my watch and put my phone on charge. So, esentially ill do the same thing with the watch, not big deal. Im sure there would be some sweet charging docks so it will be no problem. 2 hours charging time is no big deal. Get a shawer, something to eat, chnage your cloths and you have your watch charged again.
That's all a charging power issue. I fly large RC helis (no quadcopter, regular old helicopters) and battery packs are charged within 13 minutes, no matter what the capacity. It does take a quite expensive 2000W charger though... can't run it full power with the stove on.
You won't believe how quickly the iPhone charges with the 2.1A charger and the cable that supports that charge current.
I kinda wish you could charge the apple watch while it's still on your wrist. You know, for tracking your sleep, vibrating your wrist to wake you up, calling an ambulance via your phone if you're having a heart attack. I don't mind a little cable hooked up to my arm. You're all wired up when doing sleep tracking in a hospital anyway.
One week battery life ?!?
Totally unrealistic expectation.
Why not a one month battery life? Maybe one year? C'mon Apple, put a nuclear power plant inside: it could glows in the night.
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That's quite subjective.
Those are good news for me. Especially the notification behavior.
The more I read about it, the more I like it.
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If only apple had the geniuses of MacRumors forum working for them instead of those silly engineers they have now.
Indeed. I don't understand why Apple isn't hiring brilliant engineers on this forum, where everyone has a better solution.
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I strongly suspect there isn't ANY device with similar capabilities.
i can see where this can cause issues.
Why rely on the notion "you must use the contacts on the underside of the watch for everything" I can understand for health/tracking purposes, but why notifications ? This will cause issues, such the user must put their watch on just to see the convenience...., and if not, they'll just use their phone, which would be easier than stick your watch on just for this.
It also blurs the line between "What stuff can/can't i use"/"make it easier based on what Apple tells me too." kind of argument..
There is no reason for contact with the skin just to read something that is not going to track you, and locked only would upset users too... I hope this changes.
Why rely on the notion "you must use the contacts on the underside of the watch for everything" I can understand for health/tracking purposes, but why notifications ? This will cause issues, such the user must put their watch on just to see the convenience...., and if not, they'll just use their phone, which would be easier than stick your watch on just for this.
It also blurs the line between "What stuff can/can't i use"/"make it easier based on what Apple tells me too." kind of argument..
There is no reason for contact with the skin just to read something that is not going to track you, and locked only would upset users too... I hope this changes.
