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Apple Watch will only last 2.5 hours with heavy use

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Apple targets for Apple Watch battery life revealed, A5-caliber CPU inside
Although Apple has said that the Apple Watch will need to be charged nightly, the company has not disclosed any details on how long the wearable’s battery will last. For the first time, people with…

According to 9to5mac, the Apple Watch the battery is looking at just 2.5 to 4 hours of "active application use" before it dies. Granted, most people aren't going to be full-on using it as their primary device… but I could certainly see people dorking around for 2.5 hours on the thing.

"As a point of comparison, the Moto 360 easily lasts a full day of mixed-use. Our own Eric Limer's watch still had a little under half of its battery left after about 16-hours of wear. Even the Samsung Gear S, which is essentially a full-fledged phone for your wrist, can go a full day easy. And of course, the Pebble Smartwach, which is admittedly a very different beast, can last close to a full week on a single charge." – http://goo.gl/0qXCQ8

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  5. Same here +John Griffith. I'm not an Apple guy but this seems like an odd play. I mean I get that they want it powerful enough to not seem like a hobbled piece of junk, but the one thing Apple people could always hold over Android folks is that battery life on an iPhone was way better. shrug

  12. 2.5 to 4 hours of "continuous" on screen use is pretty accurate and falls in line with 1st gen Android Wear watches. However, the screen won't be on the entire time, nor will it be displaying a completely white display, with every pixel lit up. As an OLED display, most pixels won't be lit and therefore not eating battery.

    Expect a days worth of typical use, which is less than gen 2 Android Wear watches are seeing now.

  15. This stuff is mind-numbing on Google+. The Moto 360 could not last 2.5 screen on time. It couldn't even last a full day "mixed use". Setting it up, when it's continuous, it goes from 100% to 30% in an hour. I had it, I returned it. Sony Smartwatch 3 lasted much longer. If the Apple Watch does not last a long work day without question, then it's trash. We won't know until it's here.

  22. Didn't anyone read the memo? At launch for the best experience with this first gen product you will need two units. One on your wrist and another on charge. You are recommended to swap at 12 hour intervals or if you can every 8 hours.

  33. And this is why, so far, the Pebble has been the closest to "getting it".
    Wearables are cool and can improve our lives being usefull. But we dont need a second smartphone.

  42. People, we buy Apple products because we LIKE and APPRECIATE them. Everything has its own flaws. And if you don't like them, well, then don't buy them. You can't just say they're bad because it's different from what you like.

  43. 2.5 hours is about right for an apple watch. They still haven't made the battery last to long for heavy use on their phones. Which makes it not worth buying it. I'll let you rich kids buy it so they can improve it. Lol. I don't need to get it first! Lol.

  44. My non-smart (wireless) Mobile Phone lasts for two and a half weeks. Why put a battery in these gadgets at all? Just plug them in permanently, like the old land-line telephones (pre DECT) used to be.
    Progress..?

  48. Sony brought the same shape with its SmartWatch 3 SWR50 (4GB ROM, 512MB RAM, 5.0L, 2-3 Days Battery Life) and the internet boasted about its ugliness like its somewhat a law or a good deed to curse it heavly… An even uglier, blatantly poor shape comes from Apple with only 2.5 hours of battery life, but the people are going ga ga over it and would sell their arm and kidney for it… Because its Apple, right…??? Yeah, right… :s

  49. As an owner of a Moto360 I can confirm that the battery life is now up to par with other smart watches. I'm regularly getting estimated usage of over a full day, and in fact often have just over 40% charge left when it goes on the dock at night after 17 or 18 hours of mixed use with ambient mode turned on. 19 hours of 'mostly passive' use is not enough in my opinion, and couple that with the ugly look (we could be charitable and call it retro styling at a pinch) and it's a non starter in my book. The combination of tap, swipe and crown usage make it too fiddly (although don't get me started on the Samsung Orbis proposed control schema) and from reports so far it doesn't seem to do much that Android Wear can't do

  50. I get roughly 7 -9 days with my pebble steel just using it as a watch but with some notifications coming through, if I need to go online for anything I either use my phone or wait till I get home and use my chromebook depending on urgency.

  51. Sounds like I will have to wait for the 2nd Gen version then. I will continue using the Pebble in the mean time. I wonder what they will bring to the table this year?

  52. holy moly 2.5 h hahhahha epic fail watch and stupid people will buy bcoz love apple overpriced cheap junk people are stupid no wonder 500$ apple cheap junk watch stupid people will buy poor brainwashed apple freaks

  63. I'll buy one just to play with it a little bit, but wearables are not something i'm interested in as a whole. I love technology and want to see where the watch is at hardware wise. I do the same with different phones although I do have my own preferences.

  67. The best R&D investment any tech company can make is to create a long lasting battery life. Until then all the new phones, tablets, watches and wearables are just test toys for adults.

  70. Why the fuck use apps on a watch when you have a phone? Are watches the new smart phone now? I thought watches were for telling what TIME it is. Not if Joe Blow liked your Facebook post or whatever insignificant fodder that comes your way on devices. This is so stupid.

  73. Anyone who spends more than 4 hours looking at a watch in a 24 hour period has got some problems. That battery life seems way more than sufficient.

  76. Apple first gen devices are usually pretty bad. Think Macbook Air 1, iPad 1, iPhone, etc. Second gens are pretty solid. I'll probably buy an i Watch just because. But I'm interested in what gen2 will bring us.

  77. There's a new battery from the man that invented lithium-ion, it uses a nano anode and another chemical, 70% charge in 2 minutes, expected to last 25 yrs. Cars manufacturers want this too

    Coming out 1 yr – 2yr, so that will be interesting and useful for everyone. Yay

  84. +Aleksandar Nikoloski If you're going to insult someone, at least spell correctly. I've seen you on plenty of posts bashing Apple. and that shows that you're insecure about your own device and you secretly want an iPhone. You're a grown man yet you're arguing with people over g+? Are you lonely, a virgin, or both? Because you don't seem like you have anything else to do. You homophobic asshole.

  85. +james campbell​​ hahhaa poor brainwashed apple looser i bash stupid people like you please go to apple store and buy your pils please go away from pc fucking virgin pedophile retard apple own your brain for you stupid people like you love cheap overpriced junk from apple i hate overpriced junk i never buy ishit bcoz sux iphone buy apple zombie bcoz dont know how to use smartphone dumb apple junk

  86. It's not because we want apple device secretly, cause Apple fans act like iphones are the best phones which is not! Samsung, LG, and HTC, Sony phones are better than iPhones now. ..

  90. +Aleksandar Nikoloski Hahaha you can barerly construct a sentence let a lone insult me you dick head! You're a homophobic twat who no doubt molests kids. "People who use iPhone are dumb" oh, so are you calling some of the smartest people in the world, dumb? Stop trying to make yourself feel better by saying iPhones are overpriced. P.s +Rudy Z. I've never owned an iPhone, I never claim them to be the best but when retards like +Aleksandar Nikoloski call Apple users "poor" and "isheep" you can clearly see which community has the mature users. You can't experience a true smartphone ability? WTF does the even mean? The iPhone can access the web, apps, phone, email, texting, games etc.. That's a smartphone. You seriously don't make any sense. But what do you expect from two blinded android users. One is a homophobic retard who was molestd by his uncle at a young age which is why he's so defensive and you're making assumptions about Apple users that are false. Also, I'd hate to be you knowing you're agreeing with someone who thinks gays should "die". If you're wondering how I know this, it's because this retard +Aleksandar Nikoloski lives and breathes to bash Apple and the community. But I can gaurentee you I'll get a reply from his saying "hahan isheep fuk boy go back tto you overpriced junk virgin zombie" You see how that made no sense just like his comments?

  95. +Aleksandar Nikoloski Again, you still can't construct a legitimate paragraph or sentence that makes sense. You do realize that you're a fully grown man who bashes on Apple users? You don't have a career, kids or job to worry about, no? You're a pathetic low life looser who can barely spell. I fell sorry for you and your 3rd world nation you live in. P.s, putting "works at Nexus" as your job title is pathetic xD. You're a fucking retard hahahah.

  97. +Aleksandar Nikoloski Ha. calls me retarded yet you can't even construct a proper sentence.
    Calls me a looser Admits that he does nothing but bash Apple users.
    States that I have an "Apple brain" Yet his own brain is that of an 11yr old. Heck, a 10yr old has more brains than this homophobic dick.

  99. +Aleksandar Nikoloski You just proved that you're retarded. I've said multiple times that I don't own an iPhone, so that shows that your tiny mind can process many things. "Please don't make yourself look dumb what a looser" hahaha. I can assure you that I can never make myself look more dumb than you. P.s, why are you looking through my profile? Weirdo.

  100. +Aleksandar Nikoloski You feel for me? Aww, I feel for you too. I've never met an adult who can't spell. What kind of mental illness do you have? "you think you are smart buy you are not smart" firstly, you didn't even spell that sentence right, and secondly, I know more than you ever will about technology. How do I know this? Because for starters, your profile states that you work at "Nexus". You actually think Nexus is a standalone company. That right there shows that you're stupid. But oh no I'm "embarrassing myself" hahahahah get a life you frickin asshole. Why do you act tough on the internet? Can you not act tough in real life? I'm sure you just get your ass beaten each time xD. You're a little bitch. Deal with it.

  101. +Aleksandar Nikoloski "old overpriced tech" is that why Apple devices are among the most popular and fastest devices around? But oh wait, you wouldn't know this. Why? Because you're an idiot and you don't look at facts. Facts are indicating that you're nothing but a complete and total retard. You're contradicting everything you say and you're just sound more and more like the average android user each time.

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