By that logic, they shouldn't be making/selling a USB charger at all then, but they do.
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Apple Watches Now Have Shorter 1M Charging Cable in Box
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When the Apple Watch came out there was a lot of moaning how long the cable was (ridiculous, but a fact) now we get whinging that Apple cuts the cost.
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Did you enjoy your drink before you used the keyboard?
2 meters does seem quite long, 1.5 meters is more standard I would have thought. So to recount, at 2 meters there's whinging, at 1 meter, there's whinging, but at a hypothetical 1.5 meters, all there is is just silence.
for something that needs to be charged every day!
i can understand why a kindle only comes with a usb cable, its battery lasts 1 month, but the watch!?
knowing this, i find the news being a bit biased, it should rather state something like: "apple watch gen2 finally ships with power adapter, loses 1m usb cord" (i'm a bad journalist).
you are indeed a bad journalist. "finally ships with power adapter" is completely wrong; the original apple watch shipped with them. it is only the unreleased series 1 that won't come with one.
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yours didn't? which model?
i bought two sports and a SS across two different countries and they all did.
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start by reading it again and realising it's the new series 1 that won't come with a power adapter. previous models did, as will the new series 2.
My bad, the first watch did indeed include one. I must have been thinking about something else I bought that just had a cable. Maybe I was just so mesmerized by the fact they actually include a cable of significant length I overlooked the adapter.
What?? I own an apple watch since day one (stayed up for pre-order) and I can tell you that I MUCH rather a longer cable than short.
geez, relax man, no need to attack.
i was wrong, ok, no big deal.
i don't have an apple watch, i just read what the news says, and it's not entirely clear, i supposed that this 'series 1' was exactely identical to the previous gen. what changed?
my reply's long, so if tl;dr = 2m rules for me
You guys are funny. Maybe I am "doing my bedroom wrong" as someone said but the 2m cable that came with my Gen1 38mm SS was perfect.
At home it has to snake from a multiway adapter round the bed's leg behind a nightside cabinet and up onto a small square of marble sitting atop said cabinet, which is where I keep the watch and cable. (Yea, things look nice in my house, am I doing it wrong???)
And when vacationing / work travelling, again, 2m seemed a good length to never have to worry about putting the watch in the ~wrong place~ on the stand. You should be able to see it from your bed, to me anyway. A short cable risks that it may have to go on the wrong side/face the wrong way on a bedside table.
I think the 1m cable is a little mean; granted, not when you think about the new upgraded-for-less Series 1, but definitely not adequate for me when I plan to go to Series 2.
So if I sell my 1st gen (likely) it's gonna go with the 1m cable and I'm keeping my travel-compatible big 2m cable! I like it! I don't think normal folk will know the difference
P.S. May well go to Ceramic. Was hyped for the special Edition box we saw knocking about last time... Sad that too is gone. Is the Magnetic Dock more stylish than the Edition Box? And as portable? Maybe people who had £8K watches travelled a lot more. Make me a ceramic box please Jony!
