I'll be honest,I get great battery life with the battery now. I mean,I guess this is great if I don't come home or near a place to charge for more than 17 hours. But so far so good.
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'Reserve Strap' Debuts New Design Focusing on Apple Watch Diagnostic Port
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Finally! Now I can preorder an accesory for the Apple Watch I dont even own, since im not resident in the 8 blessed countries to receive the Watch on Day 1. Seeing how things go, Ill probably get this band which is not even prototyped before I can get my hand on the Watch itself.
Its incredible for a company that earns 66% of its profits from sales overseas, only to lunch its newest product in 8 countries, which are not even its largest markets.
Its incredible for a company that earns 66% of its profits from sales overseas, only to lunch its newest product in 8 countries, which are not even its largest markets.
I wonder if all of the people who have posted "if you don't like the Apple watch then don't buy it" will apply the same logic here. For those saying one day battery is enough (funny how that attitude is now prevalent) surely you can understand how some people might want to extend that to two or three days, right?
Lol. This made me laugh. They have engineers who can extract info from a diagnostic post... Yet you think they didn't think of that? Especially since they have one in their hands now.
But how do we know this is legit, safe and won't be shut down by Apple? That port is covered for a reason. Even if it eventually gets opened up Apple will control what it can be used and there will be some sort of MFI like program associated with it. There's no way I would spend money on something that might not work, might not be safe and most likely will get shut down by Apple in a hurry.
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Because removing the cover from this port is super easy? IMO this is nothing more than a pipe dream right now. The port is covered for a reason. Apple isn't going to let some 3rd party use it before they do.
It'll be nice to have a reserve battery, just in case a person is out late, or forgets to charge it.
We don't wear seat belts because we know we'll be in an accident. Heck, if I knew I was going to be in an accident, I wouldn't get in the car. We wear them, just in case there is one.
You keep shifting around with different objections. Are you one of those people who initially has a negative reaction to any new idea?
Indeed, I have the 38mm Sport, and even with its notably smaller battery, I haven't run out of juice, except on the very first day when I played with it for hours on end.
This last weekend, I wore the watch for 14-16 hours each day, and even with several sessions of casually browsing the Instagram and Twitter apps (the only content apps I've found remotely interesting), and lots of notifications and time checks, I found the watch was still going strong when I went to bed.
I trust the battery life enough now that I took the battery life indicator "complication" off the watch face and don't worry about it anymore.
One thing that other smart bands do is sleep analysis. Having the extra battery would allow the watch to do this as well, and get an up-charge while you are getting dressed, in the shower, etc., especially if this has a contact charge for the batteries contained in it that feeds to the
Watch battery through the contacts.
One thing that other smart bands do is sleep analysis. Having the extra battery would allow the watch to do this as well, and get an up-charge while you are getting dressed, in the shower, etc., especially if this has a contact charge for the batteries contained in it that feeds to the
That's a good use case, but any watch made (wether by Apple or others) wouldn't be ideal for sleep tracking as it'd have a screen and make it too bulky to sleep with. I'd love to see a very small smart watch small enough I could sleep with it on, but I'd be worried that the screen would be too small for day use.
Another case of "battery life fetish". The whole point of the Watch isn't to be a device that you're constantly staring at, playing and interacting with, but a receiver of notifications that need not be acted on immediately. I struggle to imagine a lifestyle that simultaneously requires heavy use of an Apple Watch, while being far from a power outlet. Most of the reviews I've read had users ending each day with battery life to spare.
Not looking forward to seeing at the dweebs staring at their watches obsessively on my return visit to Silicon Valley.
Not looking forward to seeing at the dweebs staring at their watches obsessively on my return visit to Silicon Valley.
I think the older fitbits do that. For me, I was surprised at how light the 42mm was, so I didn't consider it a problem.
Yes, clearly a company with an Apple Watch in hand would avoid coming up with a solution for this issue. Use your noodle
If you mean this one, Apple's patent application was about putting battery cells in between flexible layers, so they could better fit as a unit inside curved device cases.
So if the Watch had been a big curved bracelet, then maybe. But I think trying to use that patent for a separate watch band wouldn't fly. Not to mention that everyone and his brother has already long ago thought of putting batteries in a watchband.
Btw, that application is in patent purgatory right now. The examiner has sent it back to be redone, saying that it should be broken into three separate applications, each dealing with separate subsets of the claims.
One thing that other smart bands do is sleep analysis. Having the extra battery would allow the watch to do this as well, and get an up-charge while you are getting dressed, in the shower, etc., especially if this has a contact charge for the batteries contained in it that feeds to the
Plus there are plenty of people who go hiking / camping / boating for days, who might not want to (or be able to) carry a charger/pack and cable around.
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This is the same thing I was wondering. I don't see Apple allowing this to happen for very long as they can likely block it with software.
Remember that over 80% of fully funded Kickstarters are delivered well after the anticipated delivery date and a large percentage are never delivered at all.
Don't ever donate any money to a Kickstarter that you can't afford to lose as there is zero guarantee you'll actually see a product in the end.
It could be years before you see this product actually ship.
Don't ever donate any money to a Kickstarter that you can't afford to lose as there is zero guarantee you'll actually see a product in the end.
It could be years before you see this product actually ship.
Doesn't last more than 18 hours??? Right now, mine keeps running after 35 hours since the last charge, that's almost twice of what you affirm
