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Redesigned Apple Watch Series 7 Could Prioritize Longer Battery Life Over Additional Sensors
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It doesn't have to charge every night (and certainly not all night). I wear my watch every day and every night. It charges for like an hour in the evening or sometimes gets a top-up in the morning or during the day.
I really don't care much for extra sensors, I would prefer it get thinner and with better battery life, even though I've had S0, S3, S4, S5 watches, and I've always managed thru the day just fine. I don't even have a battery life complication enabled on, because it lastsme just fine from 7am till 11pm daily. I put it on the charger when I go to sleep along with my iPhone.
Still have the 3 and never had a battery issue. Just habit to put on charger before bed. Would like longer battery life to check sleep rhythms though.
Your Needs don’t exclusively define the target market. I would like to see Apple improve the system significantly increase times between required charging coupled with significant reductions in time required to charge And feature growth. It takes a village.
Battery life increases will clearly have diminishing returns in terms of increased sales. A 24 hour life would do it for me. With design margin, 30 hours seems like an appropriate goal. If I really need more I can get 2 watches and swap ever other day or just plan mY day around the 60 minutes required for a complete recharge.
A little bit more battery wouldn’t hurt. I have run out of battery a few times. It’s beacuse I am away from my phone many hours per day at work and it tries to keep a bt connection, using up some battery. I see 20-30% difference between days at work or my free days where my phone is somewhere close to me most of the time.
Having said that, I rather have more sensors anyway!
Having said that, I rather have more sensors anyway!
I don’t see why the need to upgrade every year but, for the people who can’t afford to upgrade every year I had the 5 it is almost 2 years old and the Battery life didn’t last as much as they normally do. I had to get the 6 but, I want more battery life. If that happens to a new watch that would die maybe at 8 or 7 it could loose battery life and stay longer because of more battery life. You always want better battery life. The watch is something I don’t want to charge. At around 10 my watch could have 50 percent left. The 5 would be dead by 10 latest.
I have never had battery life complaints with any of my AWs (S0, S3, s4), I can see however that for those who are using sleep tracking it might be a concern so some improvement in battery life, say 22 vs 18hrs might be beneficial.
For me personally, if there aren’t any new health features, read sensors, then I will most likely pass again. I recently got a new/refurb S4 under AC+ and my battery health is back at 100%.
For me personally, if there aren’t any new health features, read sensors, then I will most likely pass again. I recently got a new/refurb S4 under AC+ and my battery health is back at 100%.
Week long battery life will never happen on an Apple Watch. Not when customers want features like additional sensors and AODs and thinner casings. Any battery gains they do make will be a two steps forward one step back sort of situation. 48 hours on a charge might be the best we could reasonably hope for some day.
One thing they could probably figure out is just charging the watch faster. It already charges pretty quick compared to our other devices, but if we could top up from empty in like 15 mins while we jump in the shower or whatever it would make life a little easier.
One thing they could probably figure out is just charging the watch faster. It already charges pretty quick compared to our other devices, but if we could top up from empty in like 15 mins while we jump in the shower or whatever it would make life a little easier.
I think the major part you have to realize is more sensors = more batter life usage.
So the part that's true now is if you decide to go on longer runs, walks, bike rides, or frankly anything that uses the sensors for any significant amount of time, this percentage doesn't hold. Mostly I'm doing around 30 minute exercise sessions, but definitely notice it with longer workouts even more. That's my major use for the apple watch, and I'm not using any apps on it.
The Apple Watch also advertises Sleep Tracking, which for me is a multi step process, which I simply stopped doing.
- Charge the watch before going to bed, as it won't track since it tells you it's too low (You can't charge it too much otherwise you just fall asleep without it)
- When you wake up, charge it a bit so you can exercise
- Charge it also at some point during the day so you can use the sleep tracking feature again.
(All of this doesn't even mention the LTE/Cellular watch folks which it seems like the battery drain is *very* intense in cellular mode. I'm always on Wifi/Bluetooth mode)
Faster charging would be great too. I'd prefer longer battery life but certainly I'd take faster charging. They did improve the S6 charging speed already.
more please.
Agree about sleep tracking. I'd use it if I didn't have to worry about battery life during the day. I'd rather not have to charge the watch before going to bed, but I'd be OK putting it back on the charger for an hour or so between the time I wake up and the time I leave. I may give it a try tonight and see how much battery that leaves me with.
Why? Turn off the always on nonsense and battery life is fine for daily use.
The only thing I want from the next version is a blood pressure monitor like several of the competitors have and the ability to run more apps natively away from the iPhone. There is no excuse to be on version 7 of this thing, packing a processor that’s faster than an iPhone that was released just a few years ago, yet not be able to stably run most apps without checking in with Daddy iPhone first.
The only thing I want from the next version is a blood pressure monitor like several of the competitors have and the ability to run more apps natively away from the iPhone. There is no excuse to be on version 7 of this thing, packing a processor that’s faster than an iPhone that was released just a few years ago, yet not be able to stably run most apps without checking in with Daddy iPhone first.
5 day battery life is not an edge case. It’s wonderful.
I mean as far as Apple are concerned where they’ve positioned the Apple Watch.
I wear a mechanical watch when I’m not working out anyway, infinite* battery life 😅
*Although I do get it serviced every 7-8 years
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My watch is two years old. On a given day it never goes below 40%. Most time I can use it for two full days. I'd rather have a slightly larger screen or the ability to use the speaker (such as listening to pod casts). Unless the battery can last two full days (meaning average use it's at 60%) then there is no point as most people charge their watch at night.
