So happy with my watch!

[Leeabe]

Very, very confused by this....
I hope (& assume) that you are perceiving this incorrectly.
Powering the iPhone screen uses much, much, much, much more battery than pushing notifications over bt. Most likely, you are using the phone a bit more to tweak settings & whatnot in the Apple Watch app.
I seriously cannot wrap my head around this. I cannot fathom a way that could be possible. (Luckily!)
Can't wait to see a review where this is quantified.
*sigh* Anyone else here miss Anand??

I believe he means the constant Bluetooth connection is draining it a bit more. Not that BT is a huge battery killer, but you will see a difference if you have your phone linked to something for 16 hours a day.

 

[NJRonbo]

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[Tycho24]

I believe he means the constant Bluetooth connection is draining it a bit more. Not that BT is a huge battery killer, but you will see a difference if you have your phone linked to something for 16 hours a day.

Nope.
I connect my iPad to a bt speaker at work, then shut the lid, so the screen turns off. It runs all day, playing music & barely sips at the battery.
I assure you: the screen lighting up is what uses the majority of the battery life, NOT a background connection over Bluetooth LE. Obviously, it uses SOME battery... but that would clearly be negated by the fact that you do not have to turn on the iPhone to see/dismiss/respond to notifications received on the watch instead.
If I had to guess how many notifications could be pushed over BLE to equal, say, fifteen minutes of screen on time at max brightness... I'm going with: "tens of thousands" as my answer.

 

[Leeabe]

Nope.
I connect my iPad to a bt speaker at work, then shut the lid, so the screen turns off. It runs all day, playing music & barely sips at the battery.
I assure you: the screen lighting up is what uses the majority of the battery life, NOT a background connection over Bluetooth LE. Obviously, it uses SOME battery... but that would clearly be negated by the fact that you do not have to turn on the iPhone to see/dismiss/respond to notifications received on the watch instead.
If I had to guess how many notifications could be pushed over BLE to equal, say, fifteen minutes of screen on time at max brightness... I'm going with: "tens of thousands" as my answer.

Well we are going off of "...does suck the iPhone battery a bit". I guess we need him to qualify that. My iPad doesn't see a huge drain from BT, but my Phone does see a bit more, but this could be for a variety of reasons. I am just not too worried yet over one comment that didn't give specifics.

 

[Tycho24]

Well we are going off of "...does suck the iPhone battery a bit". I guess we need him to qualify that. My iPad doesn't see a huge drain from BT, but my Phone does see a bit more, but this could be for a variety of reasons. I am just not too worried yet over one comment that didn't give specifics.

Agreed!
That's why I'm missing the days of Anand's reviews. We'd have an answer post haste.

 

[Sir Ruben]

I absolutely love mine too. I'm over the moon with it and have not felt let down by anything (I really do my homework before buying something). It's just what I wanted.

However, I have noticed faster drain on my iPhone 6 as well. It really kicked my iPhones ass yesterday and I was worryingly down to 48% by midday and topped up the charge. This could be down to using the phone more than I realised though, or maybe some glitch between the watch and the phone caused more battery drain than is normal. I would imagine OS upgrades will resolve this kind of thing over time.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Same here. At the try on appointment and the first hour or so I was like- this is very different but soon I was getting the hang of the nuances and by today its second nature.

The try on experience doesn't really reflect how you will use it in real life. Apart from getting a feel for the watch on my wrist and seeing what the watches look like it didn't do much for me. I did use the demo watches on the tables but it's not the same as using it on your wrist, connected to your own phone. When I used it in store it seemed to small and not very intuitive. Now that I have it on my wrist it's a completley different story. It's easy to navigate, touch is very accurate and text is very clear and legible.

I went shopping at the mall yesterday. It was very busy, all the shops were packed. After a while my hands were laden with bags. There was no way I'd be able to get into my bag to get out my 6 plus. However with the watch it didn't matter. I got all my messages and notifications right there on my wrist and was able to respond when I needed to. The haptic feedback works very well. Even in such a busy environment I knew exactly when I got a notification.

 

[Oldskool23]

I hope more people who are happy with their watches, and finding it useful or helpful, will post about it. I'm seeing people who are getting turned off on the idea of buying one because of the negative posts, and I think that's a shame. There are some people who are not going to like it, like everything else, and there are some people who are having issues with it or who want it to do things it doesn't yet do, and I'm not trying to negate any of their opinions... but there are those of us out here who are happy about their purchase, who are really enjoying the watch and what it can do.

I think most of the negative posts are coming from 2 kinds of people. 1. Watch haters. People who have either never used a watch or haven't for years and struggle to see the use for it. If u don't use a watch you will struggle to adapt and find uses for the  watch. 2. Over users. If u expect the watch to become or replace your iPhone, you will be disappointed. It's not designed for that. These people are also the ones complaining about battery life. If u use the watch for what it's designed for you should have at least 30-40% battery left by the end of the day. I do.

I am loving mine. #

 

[Silken]

Pleased you're loving the watch. Out of all the bands available the Milanese is by far one of my favourites. Can't wait to receive my watch!

 

[Lynnie27]

I have definitely noticed a large battery drain on my phone since having the watch but I really do love it. I find I prefer the watch screen on full brightness so my watch battery suffers because of this but it still gets me through the day.

 

[susan12369]

Very, very confused by this....
I hope (& assume) that you are perceiving this incorrectly.
Powering the iPhone screen uses much, much, much, much more battery than pushing notifications over bt. Most likely, you are using the phone a bit more to tweak settings & whatnot in the Apple Watch app.
I seriously cannot wrap my head around this. I cannot fathom a way that could be possible. (Luckily!)
Can't wait to see a review where this is quantified.
*sigh* Anyone else here miss Anand??

My understanding is that most of the apps and other data are powered by the phone, but I could be mistaken. And I would say I'm using the phone less, certainly not more. Before the watch, I didn't generally leave BT active on the phone but don't know whether that's part of what I'm seeing.

I don't know what the bottom line cause is, but I have noticed a faster drain on my iPhone battery, and have seem similar comments from others.

 

[Tycho24]

My understanding is that most of the apps and other data are powered by the phone, but I could be mistaken. And I would say I'm using the phone less, certainly not more. Before the watch, I didn't generally leave BT active on the phone but don't know whether that's part of what I'm seeing.

I don't know what the bottom line cause is, but I have noticed a faster drain on my iPhone battery, and have seem similar comments from others.

Ah, yes... I don't know why I spaced the fact that beyond notifications, the phone is also running the apps, until native watch apps go live. Making more sense to me now! Thx again for sharing your experience. I'm May 13-27, so I'm currently living vicariously through you. ;0)

 

[cmichaelb]

I went shopping at the mall yesterday. It was very busy, all the shops were packed. After a while my hands were laden with bags. There was no way I'd be able to get into my bag to get out my 6 plus. However with the watch it didn't matter. I got all my messages and notifications right there on my wrist and was able to respond when I needed to. The haptic feedback works very well. Even in such a busy environment I knew exactly when I got a notification.

Excellent real world use case description.