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First day battery life.... is bad....
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Mine's been off the charger for about 4.5 hours and it's still at 91%. Going on a half hour run now. I'll report the battery life afterwards.
Hey danny! (it's socopithy from Ants)
I've had mine off the charger since 7:30am EST (now 2:30 EST, so 7 hours) and I'm at 77%. So it seems like I have a similar rate of battery discharge, but I used Power Reserve for an hour when I was on a train this morning.
Think I'm actually draining more? VERY light usage. Have barely touched it except to raise my wrist and look at notifications.
I have noticed that when I'm at my desk, hands resting on my keyboard, the watch can occasionally light up, thinking it is in a raised position. Anyone else notice that?
Nice to run into you here!
I had similar usage today. Only checked it for the time + notifications.
Regarding the screen lighting up- I was sitting at a presentation today with my hands on my lap and the screen occasionally lit up, even if the screen was facing up.
Update: After my run (while streaming music with Bluetooth headphones), the battery is at 75%. A quarter of the battery being used after 5 hours + a workout seems to live up to Apple's 18 hour claim.
Battery Life
"The Apple Watchs battery life is phenomenal.
People seems to be having difficulty with a crucial part of the Apple Watch experience, and I think that might be the source of much of the confusion. The Apple Watch is not a smartphone. Its not meant to be used for extended periods of time. The duration of an interaction with the Watch can be counted in seconds, not minutes.
Lift your wrist to check the time and temperature, youre done.
Lift your wrist to check a notification, read a message, send a quick reply, youre done.
Lift your wrist, double-tap the button to access Apple Pay, pay for your groceries at Whole Foods, youre done.
Lift your wrist, tap the crown, open the Uber app, tap to hail a car, youre done.
Lift your wrist, swipe up to access your Glances, use the heart rate glance to measure your pulse, youre done.
Thats what the Watch is for, and thats all youll want to use it for. You dont play games and watch videos on the Apple Watch, because that would be ridiculous. Its designed for quick interactions and it does its job quite well. It might seem odd from a distance, and perhaps you cant really appreciate it until you live with the Watch and see for yourself.
So, back to the battery life. For those of you concerned that the battery wont even make it through the day, I can assure you that should not be a concern.
I take my Apple Watch off the charger each morning between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. I use it all day, and I put it back on the charger sometime between 11:00 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. each night. When I do, the Watch almost always has at least 50% of its charge remaining. Even on days with very heavy usage even when I first got it and was playing with it constantly it had 35% or more left in the tank when I took it off at night.
There are definitely valid complaints surrounding the Apple Watch. Plenty of them. But battery life most certainly cannot be counted among them."
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/stop-whining-apple-watch-battery-life-phenomenal-174532173.html
"The Apple Watchs battery life is phenomenal.
People seems to be having difficulty with a crucial part of the Apple Watch experience, and I think that might be the source of much of the confusion. The Apple Watch is not a smartphone. Its not meant to be used for extended periods of time. The duration of an interaction with the Watch can be counted in seconds, not minutes.
Lift your wrist to check the time and temperature, youre done.
Lift your wrist to check a notification, read a message, send a quick reply, youre done.
Lift your wrist, double-tap the button to access Apple Pay, pay for your groceries at Whole Foods, youre done.
Lift your wrist, tap the crown, open the Uber app, tap to hail a car, youre done.
Lift your wrist, swipe up to access your Glances, use the heart rate glance to measure your pulse, youre done.
Thats what the Watch is for, and thats all youll want to use it for. You dont play games and watch videos on the Apple Watch, because that would be ridiculous. Its designed for quick interactions and it does its job quite well. It might seem odd from a distance, and perhaps you cant really appreciate it until you live with the Watch and see for yourself.
So, back to the battery life. For those of you concerned that the battery wont even make it through the day, I can assure you that should not be a concern.
I take my Apple Watch off the charger each morning between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. I use it all day, and I put it back on the charger sometime between 11:00 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. each night. When I do, the Watch almost always has at least 50% of its charge remaining. Even on days with very heavy usage even when I first got it and was playing with it constantly it had 35% or more left in the tank when I took it off at night.
There are definitely valid complaints surrounding the Apple Watch. Plenty of them. But battery life most certainly cannot be counted among them."
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/stop-whining-apple-watch-battery-life-phenomenal-174532173.html
Nonsense. I've had the watch for over a month and have had "Hey Siri" enabled the entire time. After an 18 hour day, I'm never below 25%. I've slept with it on and forgot to charge it overnight. I still haven't even seen battery reserve mode even.
Update:
Started: 93%
Currently: 55%.
Usage is 3 hours, 37 minutes
Standby time is 13 hours and 35 minutes
Not bad at all to say I have the 38mm, and the 42mm gets even better battery life. I guess my battery has finally settled in. This is definitely more like it!
Day 3 update: battery life is amazing. Been off charger for almost 12 hours with tons of use and I'm at 61%. Break in period confirmed.
People suggesting turning off Hey Siri to improve battery realize that defeats the purpose of the product right?
Update:
Started: 93%
Currently: 37%
Usage is 4 hours and 23 minutes
Standby time is 23 hours and 51 minutes
I am going to continue to normally use it until the battery dies.
Third day... Amazing.
38mm
Off charger at 6.30am, to work and back.
Usage: 2hrs 43
Standby: 12hrs 27
Remaining battery: 65%
Default settings, every day usage checking time, clearing notifications etc.
I'd easily get two days from this if I put it into Power Reserve now. And also if I didn't.
38mm
Off charger at 6.30am, to work and back.
Usage: 2hrs 43
Standby: 12hrs 27
Remaining battery: 65%
Default settings, every day usage checking time, clearing notifications etc.
I'd easily get two days from this if I put it into Power Reserve now. And also if I didn't.
Well said. I wish people would realize this. Most expect it to be so much more when it was never meant to be.