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I’m Dumping My Apple Watch

I think battery life is great

I took my SS 42mm Apple Watch off the charger just prior to 9:30am EDT this morning. I've made several short calls with it today, under 5 minutes each. I've checked the weather probably 10 times as I'm trying to plan my Sunday around the weather. I've dictated at least 10 messages via Siri, and have received probably the same. Have gotten at least another 10 push notifications. Played around with a grocery list app for 15 minutes, and listened to 15 minutes of music from watch to Bluetooth Beats PowerBeats2 earphones. Then I fiddled with different watch faces and complications for 15 minutes. Not to mention I actually used the watch to check the time more times then I can remember. It's now just after 11:30 and my watch is at 41% battery. For me personally this is not something I can complain about.
 
Ummm...idiot? But that means he has a handicap. Stupid. That is the definition that fits, but just sounds too rude.
 
macdaddy86 said:
His Apple watch does things similar to a smartphone, yet he does not want to charge it every night. His fossil watch moves one hand every second, one hand every minute and one hand every hour... He does not know how things work obviously.

His website is total garbage and pointless.
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Wow, this. This man speaks truth, dark truth.

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Pastorbran said:
Ummm...idiot? But that means he has a handicap. Stupid. That is the definition that fits, but just sounds too rude.
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Pastor Bran bringing the hellfire!
 
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Not to belabor this post further but count me in as another person who has been pleasantly surprised at the battery life of the apple watch. I rarely get down to below 30% and that's using it for 16 hours a day.
 
More clickbate on par with the likes of Ken Rockwell. Thought this was against the rules for this forum. ��
 
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Replacing his Apple watch with a watch he can't read at night so he can tell the time in bed is interesting.

I can see why Scott Kelby is CEO of Kelby industries...:rolleyes:
 
Ecoh said:
It sounds like he is sleeping with the watch on his wrist at night instead of charging it over night. Simple solution would be to wear the Fossil at night and the Apple watch in the daytime. #
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I've had my 38mm watch for 2 weeks and have never used more than 60% of the battery, even when I've fallen asleep in my living room and woken up at 3:00am like certain nights. ☺️

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Arran said:
"Dumping"? Clickbait alert.

No clicks here.
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So is anyone engaged to his or her Apple watch yet? #
 
Aren’t there other options?
Sure. I could buy a clock for my nightstand, and that way I could charge my Apple Watch all night every night. I just don’t want to do that. I want a wrist watch like I’ve always had. I could buy another $40 charging cable and keep it at work, so I’d have one at home and one at work, so the whole “battery ran out at work thing” wouldn’t happen again, but then I’d have to take off my watch at work for a couple of hours each day. I don’t want to do that either. There are probably other compromises and workarounds, and I hate to say it but the one that makes the most sense is:

…to buy a second Apple watch.
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lolwut
 
Count me in as another one impressed with the battery. Granted I charge mine every night, I don't really need to see it when I'm asleep. But mine takes a real hammering.

Aside from all of the normal day to day things I do with my watch for my personal life. I'm using mine every day to test my apps out on and so far I've only had one day when it went into power reserve.

Yesterday for example my watch had almost 6 hours of use and just under 17 off the charger and it was still going when I put it on charge when I went to bed. That's good enough for me.
 
macsplusmacs said:
Wait. He wears it at night?

Because he totally missed the 10,000 times apple said you will have to charge it at night?
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Exactly. If you charge it at night, you never ever need to ever look at or worry about the battery life. It will always make it to bedtime, whatever time you go to bed. If you don't charge it at night, you're asking for a world of hurt.
 
My watch runs out of battery because I don't charge it at night... The only solution is to get another Apple Watch! :rolleyes: (This is not even taking into account the fact that you can't have two watches paired to a single phone, so you'd have to be pairing and unpairing them every day.)
 
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I've been thinking of buying a second watch as well. I have had 2 nighttime mishaps of the watch not charging. It is annoying even if I thought that I double checked.

I exercise every day and that causes the battery to drain faster.
 
Distorted Logic

mightyjabba said:
My watch runs out of battery because I don't charge it at night... The only solution is to get another Apple Watch! :rolleyes: (This is not even taking into account the fact that you can't have two watches paired to a single phone, so you'd have to be pairing and unpairing them every day.)
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What if he doesn't want to get gas for his car? Purchase another car? This is distorted logic at best.
 
I'm dumping my Porsche Boxster.

I can’t believe it has come to this, after not even two full weeks, but I either have to dump my Porsche Boxster and go back to my horse and buggy, or I’m literally going to have to buy a 2nd Boxster because the gas tank issue is ruining the entire Boxster experience for me.

By having a 2nd Boxster, I could drive one and tow the other one behind me. That way, I'll can swap them around when the first one runs out of gas.

It hit me this morning when the darn thing ran out of gas on the freeway. Besides the inconvenience, imagine the embarrassment! I paid over $57,000 for this! Porsche should really have thought this one out.

So I'm considering buying a 2nd Boxster. That way, one of the two would always have a full tank of gas. It's a workable solution except for the total price.

$125,000. Plus Tax.

That’s a lot just to make my one Boxster not stress me out.

So, today I’m going back to my simple, $50 horse and buggy (includes a bale of hay and 30 pounds of carrots), and the next time I’ll have to worry about the gas tank is probably sometime in 2019.
 
dandrewk said:
I'm dumping my Porsche Boxster.

I can’t believe it has come to this, after not even two full weeks, but I either have to dump my Porsche Boxster and go back to my horse and buggy, or I’m literally going to have to buy a 2nd Boxster because the gas tank issue is ruining the entire Boxster experience for me.

By having a 2nd Boxster, I could drive one and tow the other one behind me. That way, I'll can swap them around when the first one runs out of gas.

It hit me this morning when the darn thing ran out of gas on the freeway. Besides the inconvenience, imagine the embarrassment! I paid over $57,000 for this! Porsche should really have thought this one out.

So I'm considering buying a 2nd Boxster. That way, one of the two would always have a full tank of gas. It's a workable solution except for the total price.

$125,000. Plus Tax.

That’s a lot just to make my one Boxster not stress me out.

So, today I’m going back to my simple, $50 horse and buggy (includes a bale of hay and 30 pounds of carrots), and the next time I’ll have to worry about the gas tank is probably sometime in 2019.
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Get a 911, a proper Porsche
 
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