Got my new Series 5 watch in Titanium yesterday. Charged fully last night and it's down to 67% already. It's only been on my wrist for 6 hours and change. BIG difference from my S4 watch. Both have cellular. Anyone noticing this as well?
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Battery life not so good on S5?
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The Always on screen does use more power but you will still get the 18 hours advertised. Now that the "new" has worn off I wore mine for 24 hours and woke up at 20 percent this am. I put it in theater mode at night. It takes a few charge cycles to get the battery at full capacity and also because its new you tend to play with it more.
what richard said... don't judge battery life for a week or so.
between the battery needing a bit of "exercise" to get it up and fully running, extra "play with the new toy" time, and the watch also might be taking care of house keeping in the background.
Cellular shouldn't matter, the Cell radio only turns on when it can't find your phone, or a known wi-fi network. So as long as you have either of those, the cell radio is drawing very little to no battery.
between the battery needing a bit of "exercise" to get it up and fully running, extra "play with the new toy" time, and the watch also might be taking care of house keeping in the background.
Cellular shouldn't matter, the Cell radio only turns on when it can't find your phone, or a known wi-fi network. So as long as you have either of those, the cell radio is drawing very little to no battery.