Jeff.H

freediverx said:

I would never accept anything as big as an iPhone Plus, and I'm annoyed by the notion of being forced to settle for a lower end product in order to get the form factor I want. Though I doubt the credibility of this rumor, if true it would totally sour my interest in iPhones in general. 

Good, that leaves more for the rest of us.

I have an issue that started when I upgraded to watchOS4. When I get in my car the my iPhone automatically connects to bluetooth and starts playing whatever audio was active the last time it connected. This is expected behavior, however the Now Playing app is always open and active on the watch and takes over the watch face. I repeatedly have to close it just to get to my standard watch face. This is also killing my battery on the watch. I can usually get through a whole day and still have about 30-40% left, now I can barely make it to lunch. 

I have even tried using the USB cable and not connecting via bluetooth, but it still kills the battery. 

I have turned off background app refresh for all apps as well, no change. The Now Playing app just takes over. 

The even weirder thing is that once it starts for the day, say I connect on my way in to work, it continues the batter drain until the watch is either dead or I have to do a hard reset. I have charged it back up at my desk during lunch only to see it drain down to 30% again before I get in my car to go home.

I can repeat this every day.

If I don't let my iPhone connect to the car and listen to FM radio the watch battery lasts all day like it normally would. 

I was actually looking at this after a coworker spoke highly about it, but the problem is it's only 2x2, meaning that the fastest you will connect on AC is 867Mbps. I have a gigabit internet connection and I move large files around my home network of all Macs via WiFi. 

I understand that the average person might benefit from this, but I think it needs some upgrades to keep up with the market.