Rumor: Apple shooting for 19 hours of Apple Watch battery life under normal conditions, 2.5 hours 'h

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  • Reply 21 of 146
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member

    People might need to buy an extra charger for the office or car. I currently have 4 chargers for my iPhone. Home, office, car, briefcase. It would be nice if the ?Watch could use those chargers.

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  • Reply 22 of 146
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mstone View Post

     

    People might need to buy an extra charger for the office or car. I currently have 4 chargers for my iPhone. Home, office, car, briefcase. It would be nice if the ?Watch could use those chargers.




    I wouldn't mind separate cables but it would be nice if the box that plugged into the outlet were compatible. Ditto: home, office, briefcase. 

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  • Reply 23 of 146
    mpantonempantone Posts: 2,507member
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    Isn't the beauty of a high end watch supposed to be NOT having to wind(charge) it? 

    No, the beauty of a high end watch is that it is a precision instrument with a certain amount of timeless aesthetics that make it worth holding onto for decades while developing character and a personal history/sentimental value for the wearer.

     

    More than a consumer-grade watch, a high-end watch is a piece of jewelry.

     

    Whether you have to wind/charge it or not is irrelevant. Note that the mechanical wind Omega Speedmaster (the same one used by NASA astronauts) still requires manual winding since automatic movements do not work properly in a zero gravity environment. This particular model goes for about $3,700 on Amazon.com.

     

    The vast majority of mass-market watches have quartz movements. It is highly unusual to find a manual winding watch under $200, at least the ones marketed here in the USA.

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  • Reply 24 of 146
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member
    bobschlob wrote: »
    philboogie wrote: »
    Didn't the 1G iPhone have 5 hours of talk time? That worked out fine. I'm sure Apple won't release something that can't be used for its intended purpose.


    I had a cell phone in 1999 that had a 2 hrs of talk time. That worked out fine (back then) as well. 
    So what's your point, in 2015?

    Point being this battery life won't be an issue. That is, for normal use. Once available for purchase we can expect many stories on short battery life because everyone will be bashing on this watch and see what it can do. It'll die. (The stories, not the battery)
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  • Reply 25 of 146
    brlawyer wrote: »
    Apple's biggest failure in the making - right up there with the Lisa and the iPod Hi-Fi:

    - fugly;
    - bulky;
    - ridiculous battery life for a timepiece.

    Groan.

    He's baaaaaaack.......
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  • Reply 26 of 146
    pazuzupazuzu Posts: 1,728member
    mpantone wrote: »
    No, the beauty of a high end watch is that it is a precision instrument with a certain amount of timeless aesthetics that make it worth holding onto for decades while developing character and a personal history/sentimental value for the wearer.

    More than a consumer-grade watch, a high-end watch is a piece of jewelry.

    Whether you have to wind/charge it or not is irrelevant. Note that the mechanical wind Omega Speedmaster (the same one used by NASA astronauts) still requires manual winding since automatic movements do not work properly in a zero gravity environment. This particular model goes for about $3,700 on Amazon.com.

    The vast majority of mass-market watches have quartz movements. It is highly unusual to find a manual winding watch under $200, at least the ones marketed here in the USA.

    So you just said it's not a high end watch as it won't last for decades yet it's being marketed so far as such. :\
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  • Reply 27 of 146
    Is there a way Apple could make the thing reserve a portion of battery life so the watch can at least show you the time when it's running low on battery?
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  • Reply 28 of 146
    adonissmuadonissmu Posts: 1,776member

    2.5 hours. Hmmm sounds like an Android phone from years past.

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  • Reply 29 of 146
    My iPod nano watch lasts several days easy, with music play back, 2 days in typical use. It is the predecessor to the Apple Watch with fewer features but has been a nice reliable watch for many years. And at a price significantly less.

    Don't forget, Ives did produce the iMac mouse aka the hockey puck. Let's hope this Watch advances the state of design and engineering art, but not at the cost of function and reliability.
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  • Reply 30 of 146
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    Is it really that difficult to wait until the device is out and we get reviews before forming opinions?
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  • Reply 31 of 146
    nasseraenasserae Posts: 3,167member
    Hopefully battery technology improves and we get much better battery life in the future. Until then we have to live with what we have.
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  • Reply 32 of 146
    rogifan wrote: »
    pazuzu wrote: »
    Isn't the beauty of a high end watch supposed to be NOT having to wind(charge) it? Good luck with this. The message on this product so far is too mixed

    Well the good thing is nobody is forcing you to buy one. :)

    Unless John Chen becomes CEO of Apple.
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  • Reply 33 of 146
    Well, we're already almost into February.

    So much for the Apple Watch launching in 'early 2015'.

    Maybe Cook's getting cold feet. Perhaps Ive could lend him a pair of iPod socks.
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  • Reply 34 of 146
    mac_128mac_128 Posts: 3,454member
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    Originally Posted by PhilBoogie View Post





    Point being this battery life won't be an issue. That is, for normal use.

    I've had a MacBook, iPhone and iPad from day one. Upgrade them about every other generation. I have NEVER gotten anywhere near close to the advertised battery life on any of them.

     

    If Apple says 19 hours, that's under OPTIMAL conditions based on their previous history of battery life predictions. The reality is people tend to use their devices far more rigorously in the field. What's more, Apple will more than likely push all the nifty power-consuming features in marketing and advertising which only encourages their use in addition to a users normal daily activities.

     

    But good luck to all those people who line up all their Apple devices at night to be recharged -- MacBook, iPad, iPhone, and now ?Watch. Perhaps people will buy TWO ?Watches -- one for daytime, and one for night!! Take the one off you wore to bed, and charge during the day, swapping it out with your day-use watch. Then have additional charges for the car, and office, so if you do happen to be an aggressive user, you can get in your car, take off your watch, put it on the charger, put your iPhone on the charger, then start your car. Then when you stop at the market on your way home, you can take your watch off the charger, unplug your iPhone, re-sync the ?Pay feature, go in, buy your Milk, then do it all over again for the drive home. How did we ever live without this miracle!

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  • Reply 35 of 146
    brlawyer wrote: »
    Apple's biggest failure in the making - right up there with the Lisa and the iPod Hi-Fi:

    - fugly;
    - bulky;
    - ridiculous battery life for a timepiece.

    Yippeeeee!!!

    He's baaaaaaack.......

    Fixed that for you.
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  • Reply 36 of 146
    rogifan wrote: »
    Is it really that difficult to wait until the device is out and we get reviews before forming opinions?

    Yes.
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  • Reply 37 of 146
    nasserae wrote: »
    Hopefully battery technology improves and we get much better battery life in the future. Until then we have to live with what we have.

    Not at all.

    There's no obligation to buy it. Just pass on it.
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  • Reply 38 of 146
    All these cagey estimates of battery life just show how bad it's going to be.

    Having to quote figures of 2.5-4 hours depending on activity is Apple covering their backs early on. Even if you manage 19 hours, what will it be like in a year or two? Probably a few hours less.
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  • Reply 39 of 146
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    Well, we're already almost into February.

    So much for the Apple Watch launching in 'early 2015'.

    Maybe Cook's getting cold feet. Perhaps Ive could lend him a pair of iPod socks.

    Since when did early 2015 mean January?
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  • Reply 40 of 146

    I love these articles¡  "Unnamed Sources Say".  What a bunch of baloney, just wait till the damn thing ships and then find out how it really is.  Then make a decision.  That's what I will do, if it doesn't cut it then the second gen version will probably be the one to buy.

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