• SilasDG@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Because a watch that lasts 18 hours (apples rating after looking it up) means I cant sleep with it.

      Why do I need to justify wanting longer battery life when competitors have offered 2-3 times the life for 7 years?

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        1 year ago

        This is outrageous. It’s so easy to throw it on a charger while you shower. It would be great if the battery lasts longer but it’s insane to say you can’t sleep with it now.

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          1 year ago

          What a laughably bad excuse.

          How long are your showers? Mine are usually about 15 minutes.

          Per the US EPA the average shower is 8 Minutes

          Per Apple the watch takes 2.5 hours to charge to full. 1.5 for 80% or about .5% a minute for the first 90 minutes

          Even with my 15 minute showers I’d get a ~13% charge. That’s a little of 2 hours worth of battery. Idk about you but generally I need at minimum 6, and try to shoot for 8 hours of sleep.

          To get a solid 8 hours of life you would need a ~45% charge. So anyone who wants to charge this during a shower better be taking 50 minute showers at a minimum.

          I don’t think it’s outrageous to suggest a company compete with on something a basic as battery life when their competitors have proven it possible for 7 years…

          • Apollo--User@alien.topB
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            1 year ago

            Dude. Charge it when you shower and charge it while you’re winding down before sleep. I literally do it daily. You’re claiming that what is totally easy and doable is impossible. Get a grip.

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              1 year ago

              what is totally easy and doable is impossible

              Yeah I never said it was impossible. Don’t misrepresent my argument just because you can’t defend yours.

              It’s of course possible to charge the watch, it’s just inconvenient to have to deal with multiple times a day. For 2.5 hours of not using it every day. You get less than a full days (24 hours) usage.

              You’re making excuses for Apple not competing, and blaming the consumer for simply wanting a product that competes, and isn’t inconvenient.

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                1 year ago

                For 2.5 hours of not using it every day

                I’ve been using an Apple Watch for several years now, and I have never drained one of them completely in that time. The routine that /u/Apollo—User suggested works great, and hardly takes the 2.5 hours you’ve claimed

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            1 year ago

            I mean I charged my Series 6 either in the hour before bed or would just let it charge while on my way to work in the car. So usually I averaged about 45 minutes to an hour without it on and charging a day. It usually never got back up to 100% but it stayed within about 85% to 30% everyday with those habits. I now have an Ultra 2 and only charge it for about 45 minutes to an hour every other day.

            While it would be great to having longer battery life like Polar or Garmin or Fitbit or other dedicated sports watches the battery life of the Apple Watch doesn’t prevent you from using it for sleep tracking (which from my use will at most take 10% of battery if you had a pretty restless night of sleep).