From experience from note 4 the Gear S drained my battery a fair bit...how is your phone battery life with the apple watch on bluetooth?
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How much does your phone drain with the apple watch?
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I have my Apple watch and bluetooth headphones connected at the same time at work I haven't noticed enough significant drain to care. For what it's worth I take my iphone off the charger at 6am and put it back on the charger around 10pm.
I've said this a few times. When I golf, I put my iPhone 6 + in my bag and run a workout other. My iPhone has either drained 1% or 0% in two hours of golfing - 7-8 times now. During the round, I am not using the watch very much, but I have responded to texts with canned responses and voice, plus many notifications that I would check and ignore.
I think it depends on the complications. For instance when I had stock price as one of my complication, it drained my phone pretty heavily.
Since getting my 
Watch I've noticed a much better battery life in my phone. This is caused mostly by the fact that I'm not taking it out as much and using it. I also have a stock app set up in glances and it does not seem to effect the battery life at all.
Watch I've noticed a much better battery life in my phone. This is caused mostly by the fact that I'm not taking it out as much and using it. I also have a stock app set up in glances and it does not seem to effect the battery life at all.
Enough of a drain on my 5s that I returned the Apple Watch. Prior to the pairing of the Appl Watch my iPhone 5s would last the entire day and evening ending with 25% capacity. With the Apple Watch I would receive a low battery warning by noon. Had the iPhone battery tested at the local Apple Store and it tested OK. Figure I will wait until Watch 2.0 is released to see if it solves the problem otherwise I will wait for the nect gen Watch in 2016.
Do you have all notifications turned on or is it more fine tuned for only some notifications?
My 6+ lasts longer now that I get all notifications on my AW instead of the phone.
No doubt that my iPhone 6+ is going on the charger with more power remaining. I was surprised as I am not one to leave Bt on all the time. The battery draw from BT must be very small and I know I save my phone battery a lot just being able to do thing like check my stock on the watch.
I am thinking that this is a battery saver in the end.
I am thinking that this is a battery saver in the end.
I went from not needing to take my charger for my 6+ to needing to take it. I didn't use my watch at all last week and didn't have to worry about taking my charger with me. I think the watch while useful to some is not useful to me.
Depending on the day my 6 Plus will be near death. Some drain could be attributed to my Watch, some not.