I hope they make a smaller version of the ultra next year.
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It’s the Ultra or nothing for me and Many
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…yea me too. I hope they get rid of the larger side button enclosure. Get rid of the action button too to save space\cost. also, why not have it in a few different colors and materials? OH! And a line of designer leather bands for the style crowd.
Who at Apple should we talk to about our great idea?
To be fair, my Series 3, which is nearing its 5th year of use, still lasts me 1.5 days on a single charge. This is without any short, top-up charging. I don’t know where Apple even gets its “18 hours” from.
However, in reality, I never have to go out of my way to charge it, and I do wear it continuously all day, every day, except while I shower. I just make sure I charge it for 15 minutes while I shower. That’s all that’s required. I need to top my battery up ~50% every day in order to wear it Monday to Friday without issue.
The ONLY annoying thing is during vacations. With my iPhone, iPad, and camera (Ricoh GR3) requiring a charge, I don’t bring my Apple Watch because I don’t want to charge ANOTHER device. I have my metal/steel G-Shock Square for trips (GMW-B5000), or for weekends.
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Will have to wait and see.
They are saying 60 hours and if you read the small print that’s with 15 hours of gps tracking + a whole bunch of other things. So potentially you could get more hours if like you only spend an hour a day exercising.
Not to mention the temperature taking is really only useful to women looking to conceive?
Disagree about the temperature sensor.
It opens up numerous other possibilities, even if they haven't been introduced these features yet in Watch OS.
It opens up numerous other possibilities, even if they haven't been introduced these features yet in Watch OS.
I am buying it but I am some what more extreme than others. I do many multi day off-road motorcycle and biking adventure trips per year. The battery performance is a huge selling point. This coupled with crash detection and satellite communication with new phone may literally be a life saver. It would not be my first time rescued from the woods. Lol.
Also, I’m a decent size dude and have always felt the watch is too small. Looking forward to a proper proportioned face to my arm.
Also, I’m a decent size dude and have always felt the watch is too small. Looking forward to a proper proportioned face to my arm.
Not to sound rude, but if your Series 3 lasts battery 1.5 days, you aren't using it for it's intended purpose. You basically just use it to tell time and don't have anything paired with it (such as Apple Music, maps, Activity, or searching for a signal, etc. What is the point of even having it to just show you the time? I mean it's your money, but IJS...... I call BS on that 1.5 days claim.
I only went with the Ultra for its size.
I've got big hands and the regular Apple watch is too small for my wrist and hard to navigate with my fingers.
I've got big hands and the regular Apple watch is too small for my wrist and hard to navigate with my fingers.
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Exactly this. One good thing is that Apple usually underestimates battery life. For example, S3 was advertised as 18 hours but go go sometimes as high as 2.5 maybe 3 days. S7 is advertised as 18 hours but could go for around 24 - 30 hours. So, here is a hope that those 36 hours are actually 72 hours or maybe even close to 4 days with AOD.
No, S3 actually had the bast battery of all AW series. when it was new close to 2.5 - 3 days. 48 hours was minimum for me. After that S4, 5, 6, 7 all had poor battery.
This is excellent point. 60 hours with 15 hours of GPS. That means it could maybe do 120 hours with no GPS? That would be great.
