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I've never done anything to manage the battery health on the S3 and I'm still at 100%. I charge it when i'm having a shower or after I close my rings. Maybe I'm accidentally doing excellent battery management or something?
 
I've never done anything to manage the battery health on the S3 and I'm still at 100%. I charge it when i'm having a shower or after I close my rings. Maybe I'm accidentally doing excellent battery management or something?
My S3 was the same (and it is still being used by family today). Makes me wonder if batteries back then were better (massively over provisioned), or if the battery monitoring software was not as accurate as it is today?
 
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My S3 was the same (and it is still being used by family today). Makes me wonder if batteries back then were better (massively over provisioned), or if the battery monitoring software was not as accurate as it is today?
I've been wondering that too. I'm looking to upgrade to a used SS Series 6 at the moment and most of the listings are at ~89% battery health. But to be honest, my watch still lasts 1-2 days depending on how I use it, so I genuinely think they may have been using better batteries back then. Or maybe the newer SOCs just strain them harder. Who knows.
 
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