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Tim Cook on Apple Watch: 'You're Going to Wind Up Charging It Daily'

Stella said:
Very poor.

Another battery charger to carry around.

Maybe the iwatch 2 will be better
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Unless you're away from home for an extended period of time why would you need to carry around a battery charger? Charge it overnight when you go to bed.
 
maflynn said:
Again apple chose form over function and its (sic) impacting the actual usage or utility of the product.
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Apple chose real-world battery technology over imaginary fusion-ether solar reactor giga-psy cell batteries (powered by The Atom!). I guess they're doomed again...
 
usarioclave said:
I'll be an interesting object. Will it sell? Of course! The thing'll sell like crazy, because it's another way to differentiate you from the unwashed masses.

Charge every day? Not a big deal if you can get a charging station for your desk. Phone batteries used to last for a week. Now everyone's like "OMG the battery lasts all day."

What it needs is a failsafe mode where there's enough power to drive the display and a clock app. That way when there's no juice left to do anything exciting it reverts to a watch instead of just being a wrist limpet.
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Definitely would be great if it dropped to "basic" functionality when the battery gets low to conserve, nice even it let you change threshold. Or for those that "basic" isn't enough for them because they need to be notified of any new Facebook post it would allow you to set what apps can communicate/function when it hits a threshold.
 
saha-med said:
And nobody asked him about the mess he made with the macmini
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I was really looking forward to getting a capable Mac Mini but those dreams were thrashed with such a minor update that only barely exceeds previous generations, with the exception of the previous quad-core options which it lags behind, in performance but at least they didn't make it smaller.
 
Breaking news : Apple to rebrand the iWatch the iBracelet, do away with battery altogether, add $50 to price.

:rolleyes:
 
I bought the first iPhone, the first iPad, and the first retina Mac. But it's seeming less likely that I'll buy the first Apple Watch. I don't want to go with the cheapo sport version, but everyone thinks the stainless steel version is going to be really expensive. I don't want to get stuck with a really expensive watch (well at least what I consider expensive) that will be easily blown away by the second or third iteration. The other thing is how batteries work: I figure Apple Watch is not something you buy every year. But if the batteries are only lasting a day, imagine them after one or two years later? You'll have to charge the watch before the day is done. That's going to be super annoying.
 
maflynn said:
I think the initial sales will be good, but then as people start using it, they'll find the short comings, especially for the premium price they're charging.
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So that's why Mac and iPhone sales are greater than ever? One of the reasons for Watch's "premium price" is the build quality and materials used. One watch enthusiast who got to see Watch up close said the bands are as good as those you'd find on expensive mechanical watches.

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/hodinkee-apple-watch-review

The overall level of design in the Apple Watch simply blows away anything – digital or analog – in the watch space at $350. There is nothing that comes close to the fluidity, attention to detail, or simple build quality found on the Apple Watch in this price bracket.
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The Apple Watch feels like a lot of thought went into it, and no doubt it did. It feels expensive.
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Apple absolutely, positively, indisputably NAILED its straps and bracelets. In addition to offering a bevy of options from leather to fluoroelastomer to link bracelets to Milanese, it is here that you really see how much attention Apple was paying to the way people wear watches, and the how bad existing options were.
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http://www.ablogtowatch.com/apple-watch-hands-on-review/

The experience of wearing the Apple Watch is as good or better than most high-end timepieces.
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With a starting price of $350, the Apple Watch Sport pretty much blows away everything else in the watch world at this price level – a sentiment that has been already mentioned by my colleagues.
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I've never had what is essentially a high-volume, high-end gadget that felt so good in my hands.
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How about people ask him some tough questions?

- Whats up with the Mac Mini? Soldered ram?
- Why still 1GB ram on the iPhone 6 while the Air 2 gets 2gb?
- Why didn't the iPad mini get the same update as the Air 2 like the previous one did, having the same specs in a smaller size.
 
I can't believe all the complaining about this. So what if you have to stick it on the charger every night before bed. Talk about lazy.
 
It better come with a travel charger included in the price.

Or at least a spare lightning-to-back-of-watch-magnetic converter/adapter thing. Like a thick coin but with a lightning socket on the side instead of hardwired. To leave in your travel bag permanently.
 

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Meh, I guess I'm one of the few who really doesn't get excited by smart watches - be it from Apple or other.

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Kobayagi said:
How about people ask him some tough questions?

- Whats up with the Mac Mini? Soldered ram?
- Why still 1GB ram on the iPhone 6 while the Air 2 gets 2gb?
- Why didn't the iPad mini get the same update as the Air 2 like the previous one did, having the same specs in a smaller size.
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He's not getting tough questions because this isn't an open tribune, it's a PR thing disguised as an interview - it's all scripted and complaisant.
 
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Daily doesn't worry me IF that means it can carry a user for a solid normal waking day, say 7am to 11pm. If it can't do that then Apple had no business announcing the watch in the first place BUT Cook and Ive don't seem concerned so for now I'm assuming this watch can carry one though a complete day before conking out.

Some competition's battery life:

Fitbit's new Surge watch gets 7 days, likely b/c it doesn't have a color screen. It doesn't have "apps" but it does have GPS, caller ID, heart rate monitoring. Since this watch isn't released yet, no way to tell if the 7 days is for passive use or includes using GPS while doing a moderate daily run.

The upper end Garmin FR watches get about 8 hrs in running mode, but weeks in passive mode.

The Pebble gets days -- # depends on firmware. But no heart rate monitor or GPS to help deplete the battery. Also e-ink screen uses minimal power.

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Kobayagi said:
How about people ask him some tough questions?

- Whats up with the Mac Mini? Soldered ram?
- Why still 1GB ram on the iPhone 6 while the Air 2 gets 2gb?
- Why didn't the iPad mini get the same update as the Air 2 like the previous one did, having the same specs in a smaller size.
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I don't think you understand what the WSJ.D conference is about. The questions you pose are not relevant subject matter in this forum. Maybe if this was a MacWorld conference, but this is a general "state of the tech world" event. It's about "big picture," ideas than "nuts an bolts" details.

Hit up past years events on YouTube and you'll get a better taste of this conference.
 
Kobayagi said:
How about people ask him some tough questions?

- Whats up with the Mac Mini? Soldered ram?
- Why still 1GB ram on the iPhone 6 while the Air 2 gets 2gb?
- Why didn't the iPad mini get the same update as the Air 2 like the previous one did, having the same specs in a smaller size.
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Go ahead and send him an email. The attendees of this conference don't give a crap about the Mac mini and soldered ram.
 
Well, there goes using it as a sleep tracker, or do they expect one to be tethered from the wrist to an outlet at night?
 
Wireless charing over a good half meter range really needs to be pushed. My bed side at the moment looks like a white octopus with all those USB chargers hanging out of a power board.

IF we had GOOD wireless power, we could be in bed or at the office and the watch/phone/ipad would be charging most of the time, so a day batter wouldn't be an issue. Charging you don't have to even think about.
 
Rogifan said:
So that's why Mac and iPhone sales are greater than ever? One of the reasons for Watch's "premium price" is the build quality and materials used. One watch enthusiast who got to see Watch up close said the bands are as good as those you'd find on expensive mechanical watches.

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/hodinkee-apple-watch-review







http://www.ablogtowatch.com/apple-watch-hands-on-review/
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How are they able to review a device that had limited access OS (at the time of the reveal)? Or are they only talking about the design of the watch?
 
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