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Agreed on battery but it raises a question of UX vs battery life. I'd rather have a very useful watch for 6 hours than a mediocre one for 18 (less on the newer

Agreed on battery but it raises a question of UX vs battery life. I'd rather have a very useful watch for 6 hours than a mediocre one for 18 (less on the newer LTE models apparently). Audio is in many ways what should be the killer app for the watch. The watch should make it so I can go on a run and leave my phone at home, but omitting features like this make it a lot more difficult to fill that role. The lifetime of a $350+++ Fitbit/notification screen is limited. Apple needs to improve the software side quickly - the hardware has come a long way from the first version. Things like omitting error handling are just poor software design though.

mercer 9y ago
I suspect a full day's worth of battery is a minimum requirement for a massive number of people though.
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bosie 9y ago
Genuine question but what would you do after the battery of your watch is dead at 1pm?
- scarface74 9y ago
  It depends on the use case. If I just wanted a watch to use when I’m running or at the gym so I could leave my phone at home, I would give up battery life for functionality. That would also limit the market for the watch.
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Sounds more like you want a mini mp3 player than a smart-watch.
    - scarface74 9y ago
      A mini MP3 player doesn’t have a GPS to track my running speed or heart rate in real time or allow me to leave my phone in the car and still get calls and messages like the Series 3. Apple Music will be a game changer for many people on the Apple Watch, but I don’t listen to music that often. No native support for podcasts is a deal breaker for me. Currently, if I were still an outdoor runner, I would get the cheapest Apple Watch I could to display GPS info and control audio playback and I would have an iPhone SE - the smallest phone possible - in an arm band. My 6s isn’t unwieldy with an armband but I use an iPad with cellular when I need a usable screen.

mercer 9y ago

I suspect a full day's worth of battery is a minimum requirement for a massive number of people though.

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bosie 9y ago

Genuine question but what would you do after the battery of your watch is dead at 1pm?

scarface74 9y ago
It depends on the use case. If I just wanted a watch to use when I’m running or at the gym so I could leave my phone at home, I would give up battery life for functionality. That would also limit the market for the watch.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Sounds more like you want a mini mp3 player than a smart-watch.
  - scarface74 9y ago
    A mini MP3 player doesn’t have a GPS to track my running speed or heart rate in real time or allow me to leave my phone in the car and still get calls and messages like the Series 3. Apple Music will be a game changer for many people on the Apple Watch, but I don’t listen to music that often. No native support for podcasts is a deal breaker for me. Currently, if I were still an outdoor runner, I would get the cheapest Apple Watch I could to display GPS info and control audio playback and I would have an iPhone SE - the smallest phone possible - in an arm band. My 6s isn’t unwieldy with an armband but I use an iPad with cellular when I need a usable screen.