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I think my S0 has finally had it.

maflynn

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I'm not looking to replace it any time soon, but this past week the battery on my S0 is finally showing its age. I did not do any "exercise" yesterday but yet the battery was at 10% by 6:00pm. The preceding days I needed to top off the battery to get me beyond dinner time.
 
Julien

Julien

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If used everyday it is about cycled out. Unfortunately it will only get exponentially worse.
 
OllyW

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I've worn mine today for first time in six months and the battery is currently at 71% after 8 hours. I expected it to struggle to last the day but it seems to be doing well so far.
 
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mtneer

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Does Apple offer a (customer paid) battery replacement service for the watch?
 
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I've been wearing it since launch date and battery can't even last whole day now and you can barely do anything on it due to slow speed. I can't wait for the new watch with edge to edge display.
 
Tom_P

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I had the battery replaced on mine and worked as new for about a month. After a software update it worked normally for a couple of hours and suddenly it went dark. I out it on the charge base and the Apple Logo appears and never goes away. Is not charging neither. I was reading that this happened to a bunch of people(Apple Logo and does not work) after the update too.

Got me a Series 3 and took the AppleCare just in case. I got so used to the watch that the month I was without it, it was like I lost something important in my life.:p
 
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If it’s a first generation Apple Watch, then it’s well past it’s likely cycled battery usage if it was a near launch day model towards April 2015 debut.

Note:

(Not that This is relevant to this specific situation, Apple conducts free battery tests, which the threshold for the Apple Watch battery is actually 80% deeming replacement.)
 
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Starfia

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I'd planned to live on my (early-adopted) "Series 0" until the fall – unfortunately the famous battery swelling issue managed to separate the display from the case just two months past the three-year mark, when apparently Apple would have replaced it out of warranty.

Fortunately the Series 1 comes at a good price these days; quit the significant feeling upgrade I didn't know I was missing. And possibly the only time I've ever had to replace an Apple device before I wanted to sell it.
 
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maflynn said:
I'm not looking to replace it any time soon, but this past week the battery on my S0 is finally showing its age. I did not do any "exercise" yesterday but yet the battery was at 10% by 6:00pm. The preceding days I needed to top off the battery to get me beyond dinner time.
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Christmas and the "4" is just around the corner!
 
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OllyW said:
I've worn mine today for first time in six months and the battery is currently at 71% after 8 hours. I expected it to struggle to last the day but it seems to be doing well so far.
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Mine was at 53% as of 2:45pm. I plugged it in, to give it some juice to last through karate.
 
rugmankc

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May not be feasible for everyone, but I have all day usage with Theater Mode---

Definitly getting a 4 or 3 next month. Depends on Health features on the 4.
 
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rugmankc said:
May not be feasible for everyone, but I have all day usage with Theater Mode---.
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I sold my first GEN watches, but with the appropriate settings tweaked with ‘hey Siri’ disabled, the brightness decreased, prominent haptic turned off, the volume lowered, you can substantially increase the battery life if someone was desperate to make it through the day. But with a three year old watch, battery degradation is inevitable likely past its battery expectation cycles.
 
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OllyW said:
Apple should start adding "Best Before" dates to their products so you know when it's time for the scrap bin. :rolleyes:
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I see what you did there or maybe it was unintentional. But a very clever Pun indeed for the Apple Watch.
 
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ahoydecoy

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I've worn mine since launch day. A few months ago I started to notice it lagging in some areas so have been planning to replace this September/October, especially if it coincides with the first redesign.

In the time since though things have deteriorated rapidly. It's as if it knows I'm planning on replacing it. It takes forever to light up when I raise my wrist or react to buttons and touches and the battery doesn't last a day (even with hey Siri off and no real strenuous use).

I just hope it lasts until I get my hands on a new one now.
 
alexcue

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my series 0 has gone into sleep duty. I use a series 3 during the day and just use the other one to track sleep. It served me well, but after messing with OS 5 for the watch, it just doesn't do what the newer ones can, and make it through the full day.
 
snow755

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i this got my apple watch S3 too go with my apple iphone 8 + and i find this much better then the iphone SE and apple watch S3 setup i had a few weeks ago wish i sold
 
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