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The one big problem with the Apple Watch Ultra
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The Garmin isn’t going to generally need to be charged if its battery life is maximized.
Have you ever been invested in an ecosystem but your requirements aren’t being met by one of their products and you openly talk about that? Answer: no.
What is the point of a GPS-capable watch and then switching off GPS to maximise battery life? Fenix 7 has 57 hours with GPS only. Not that spectacular. Anywhere that seriously out of the way, I'd want the possibility of it lasting longer than that which would imply recharging.
Not going to read all those pages to see if somebody else said but what review did you read? Because there are no reviews for the Ultra out yet. That video doesn't count as a review as they haven't tested the product. All I see are stock images and no Ultra in hand/on wrist.
Wrong. Go and research how Garmin utilizes GPS to get weeks of battery life. Expedition GPS mode.
The video counts as a review. And that’s not the point. Stop. The point is the FACT that the battery life on the Ultra is not that long.
We get it OP. The advertised battery life isn’t good enough for you and it’s time to move on. If you’re spending a prolonged time somewhere so inhospitable that you can’t reliably charge from a backup battery pack then quite frankly an adventure smart watch is the least of your concerns. It’s a pretty niche issue and the overwhelming majority of people on this forum are likely to find the battery capacity more than enough for their individual needs.
That is why I expressly quoted Garmin "GPS Only" mode.
Smartwatch: Up to 18 days
Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 57 days
GPS Only: Up to 57 hours
All Satellite Systems: Up to 40 hours
All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 10 hours
Max Battery GPS: Up to 136 hours
Expedition GPS: Up to 40 days
Like many here I’m buying an Apple Watch Ultra. I read this thread entitled “the one big problem with the Apple Watch Ultra” to help inform my purchase decision because I love a bit of clickbait. I quickly discovered that there is no problem in my opinion nor in many other’s. I’m pleased you’ve realised its not for you before buying one but perhaps you might consider that’s it‘s OK for the rest of us to disagree with your initial statement. It’s not a big problem for almost everyone, just you apparently.
As a former Garmin user who has had MANY Garmin watches, I agree and approve this post.
Wrong. Go and research how good Garmin watches are and how many people use and rely on them and even prefer them over AWs. And the many, many, many, many, many, many praises they receive.
Check out the complaints about the AW regarding bugs, failures, bad updates, bad syncing, bad GPS tracks...
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You understand that just because you create a thread it doesn’t mean that people who have dissenting opinions are not welcome right?
Based on your previous post that was locked and this one you seem to think it is your own personal space where you must respond to every person who comments on the post. I can assure that is not the case and your forum experience will increase quite a bit when you realize that.
Garmins software is sooo 1980. but it doesn’t matter. If they would have a always LTE on feature on their watch. , which they don’t have because the watch would die after 3 hours of use. In the end. They have no watch at all with this feature. You always have to carry your phone. Garmin pay. A joke….
Sorry. Garmin is even not in competition with Apple. They are OUT
I don’t want to start the discussion about their bad sensors. On wrist Heart rate. Blood oxygen… you have to buy the Fenix 7 Saphire to have at least a usable GPS. All their fancy useless stuff like body battery is based on bad sensors. OUT
And yes. The discussion about running more than 16h. Great. It seams nearly everyone is running, doing fitness in that category. Remember. Even running a half marathon is for nearly most of the people out there a NO GO.
We are talking about a few people out there who are doing this. Ok. It seems Garmin is now looking for those few guys out there 😂😂😂
Poor guys. Nothing left for Garmin
Sorry. Garmin is even not in competition with Apple. They are OUT
I don’t want to start the discussion about their bad sensors. On wrist Heart rate. Blood oxygen… you have to buy the Fenix 7 Saphire to have at least a usable GPS. All their fancy useless stuff like body battery is based on bad sensors. OUT
And yes. The discussion about running more than 16h. Great. It seams nearly everyone is running, doing fitness in that category. Remember. Even running a half marathon is for nearly most of the people out there a NO GO.
We are talking about a few people out there who are doing this. Ok. It seems Garmin is now looking for those few guys out there 😂😂😂
Poor guys. Nothing left for Garmin
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Your needs DO NOT equal other people's needs in some general way and neither does your experience map on to everyone else. It's hilarious reading this. I don't need a device with cellular connectivity because where I go there is no cellular connectivity.
Your needs DO NOT equal other people's needs in some general way and neither does your experience map on to everyone else. It's hilarious reading this. I don't need a device with week long battery life because where I go there is access to chargers.
They kinda do. Bad censors are bad censors. Garmin are notorious for bad, innacurate censors. And their watch GPS tracks are terrible. If you really are out of range of cell towers, you would know how poorly these Garmin watches can perform on sat-only tracks.
And if you don’t need “connectivity,” why even bother with a watch? Just take a compass and a thirty minute map. Or get a Garmin Montana or InReach, or one of their other handheld satellite devices — you know, something that actually works and has a week of battery life with a much better screen and vastly superior messaging/safety features. Garmin’s big strength is auto, marine, and handheld GPS and sat-coms. For anything serious, the watches are an unreliable joke.
I own Garmin handhelds. They work and are great. Garmin Watch? I wouldn’t use it to navigate to my bathroom. Ain’t no one using a Fenix or MARQ out in the field where their lives depend on that sat track, and you are just begging for a SAR heli flight if you do.
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