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
people will buy it anyways… because… apple
Sad, but true.
I'll be sticking with my Casio.
seems rather less then useful. I'm not an Apple person – but also seems un Apple-like.
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
Though I detest the closed ecosystem I always think of apple as making things with great utility that just work. Cludge. +Patrik Söderström check out the Onion video on that topic. Funny as hell.
I'll stick with my Timex. I'm old school.
Eat dicks Apple
Im Sure apple will drip feed new batteries in its upcoming 6 versions…Lame
Wait we are going over a product that's not even out or tested to say it sucks..fanboys at their best.
Lol they are going to have a shit battery then release a new one the next year with better battery life so they can milk more money from the Apple fan boys
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.
yeah, so it's enough time to flash out in public that you have an apple watch with the shirt sleeves pulled up and that's it, thank you very much
+Lloyd M
That's what most here saying the apple watch suck can't comprehend. We are not even sure what's the actual battery like etc etc.
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.
+Dan K
We are talking about what if. No real conclusion.
+Eddy Sarmiento yes, of course
+Dan K
Thanks friend. I never trash any Google service or company. Hell I can't stand Samsung because of all the issues I had with then. Yet I won't go into a post bashing then.
Apple Watch, come to papa!!!
According to Gizmoda the Moto will last a full day with mixed use. According to Android Authority you can get 16-18 hours with the screen continuously on (http://www.androidauthority.com/first-30-days-moto-360-565826/).
According to Apple sources the Apple Watch can expect to see 3.5 hours of standard app use.
#Androidwear
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.
This is the invention of year according Time Magazine and they NEVER lie!!
I have a moto360 and the battery last 8 to 10 hours.
+Paul Spoerry
Again I believe it until I see it,try in person.
And they also said the Moto 360 wouldn't last 8-10 hours.
Jesus.
Damn, that's as bad as my Nexus 5 🙁
Pointless crap i would rather strap my note4 to my wrist at least i could do something useful with it!
And yet everybody will buy it… What a pity
Indeed
If so not surprising they could never put a battery capable with the long lasting impact to run their devices
apple is gonna be the next old blackberry huh…..👓
My G-Shock lasts for years…
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.
+Gyo Kamata mines too, I read the papers that came in the box( I know, but I was bored) and its says it charges with solar power, so until there is a solar powered smart watch, I'm not switching.
+Thomas Wrobel I like my pebble. Got it for Christmas and it is a good balance of smart but not to smart. And battery life is about a week for me.
+Erico Nunez could be…there isn't much room for error really…sure didn't take too many missteps to knock Yahoo, Blackberry and Sony out of the bigger picture (or any one of a ton of other companies)
hahaha wow
next overpriced junk by apple sux
This isn't going to hold a candle to the Galaxy Gear S!
Optimizations can go a long way. Just saying.
So the apple watch is a joke. Ha ha ha
A two hour timer is all its worth sell it to cooks.
Ding. Your chicken is done … Thank you Siri
Your welco………..
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.
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.
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..?
+Zack E well… The CEO is gay… 😂😂😂
+Jimmy peña that's not funny.
2.5 hours… lol. Ha.
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
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
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.
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?
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
This will be the biggest flop in Apple history.
+Mafer Yu all product from Apple is FLOP
So just as much life as a Fitbit Surge running GPS and active screen. Unless I'm using it wrong.
+Aleksandar Nikoloski Nope, iPhone is the best.
+Mafer Yu yep stupid people like you love overpriced cheap junk from 2012 poor brainwashed apple zombie hahah
+Aleksandar Nikoloski Retard like you think people buy Apple product automatic a brainwashed zombie.
+Mafer Yu He's an idiotic troll and he's below every Apple related post.
But, do you have any reasons why you think the iPhone is the best?
+Mafer Yu yeaah apple love stupid people like you hahha poor brainwashed stupid apple freak go sell your family and go to apple store and buy your overpriced apple junk hahhaha
Trolls aren't even taking the time to type proper English anymore. Damn 2015 is going to be a rough year for G+ post
CASIO a158w-1, 11 years of continuos use.
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.
+Naki Ford brace yourself stupid apple zombie is coming hahha poor you
+Naki Ford lol!
Why there so many haters out there for both operating systems …. Its just a phone people
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.
+Macauley Hearn exactly!
+Macauley Hearn hahahaa poor apple ZoMbIE
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.
+Aleksandar Nikoloski took the bait i see. Typical
+Macauley Hearn i see you are brainwashed apple junk
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.
+Aleksandar Nikoloski what's ironic is I'm a android user but I'm intelligent enough to understand that both os are decent unlike you
+Macauley Hearn nice joke ahhaha
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.
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
+Pye Lot in 2077 ?
+Aleksandar Nikoloski im 20 how that a kid
2.5 hours of using Apple watch ….my older Samsung smart watch performs better than that
Ugh. Guess I'll stick with my Pebble (or maybe switch to Windows Phone and Microsoft Band).
Sigh!… If only I were a brilliant battery chemist. All these smart-ish watches suffer the same illness to varying degrees.
+Macauley Hearn poor brainwasged apple kid
+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.
+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
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. ..
+Rudy Z. apple fans dont have brains dumb people buy dumb phone iphone buy people whu dont know how to use smartphone poor isheep hha
+Aleksandar Nikoloski Ditto,buddy, Apple phones are so easy, but too strict so can't experience a true smartphone ability
+Rudy Z. apple brainwashed zombie say apple hardware is so superior plastic junk pfff mate aluminium is apple hardware omfg hahhaha
+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?
for the first time i heard apple aluminium is superior hardware made by apple by dumb apple sheep hahhaha
+james campbell i dont insult i bash apple brainwashed stupid people with low iq shame one you go to your apple world stupid apple freak stupid people like you dont have sense poor apple junk
+Aleksandar Nikoloski Why don't you actually type a sentence we can all understand, then you might get a legitimate reply.
+james campbell i understand but please go away from computer you are shame for your family no one love you junk wait apple sheep say iphone is not overpriced aha you are blid for sure mate keep your shit in your pants
+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.
+james campbell you are retarded mate you buy overpriced cheap junk by apple not me for you pleasw go away from pc go to apple store and buy overpriced apple brain please dont make yourself dumb please go away you are shame what a looser
+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.
+Aleksandar Nikoloski Oh, so you've finally realized that you're an idiot? Just look at your profile picture, you look like you're about to abduct a child right now.
+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.
+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.
+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.
+Professor Alfredo apple eat your brain apple zombie muhahahahahaha
+Professor Alfredo its cool to be stupid hahah poor brainwashed apple zombie
If you say so…
+Professor Alfredo sell your family and buy your cheap overpriced junk apple freak
K?
+Aleksandar Nikoloski when I write "expected to last" it means "life expectancy of each battery cell" . Usually acid batteries wear out after 3yrs and a similar wear time for rechargable lithium-ion, from my experience.
Get this Paul off my list!
Paul Spoerry… Please STOP !!!!!!