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I use Garmin Instinct with monochrome display. It has so many features, even a simple navigation system, and it’s battery goes 2 weeks. I love it. I can’t unde

I use Garmin Instinct with monochrome display. It has so many features, even a simple navigation system, and it’s battery goes 2 weeks. I love it. I can’t understand why people want to have color, fancy screens on a watch. Do we need colors to see the time? A calendar notification? Heart rate ? A watch should serve information without distracting, and most importantly, I should be able to go out without thinking about battery life of my watch. It should be reliable enough to carry it in the arm.

Operyl 7y ago
To you it makes zero sense, to a ton of other people it does. I love the value having statuses conveyed to me in color, it allows me to quickly process information.
- roadbeats 7y ago
  Right, changed my comment
macintux 7y ago
Every time the topic of battery life on smart watches pops up, there's a debate: does a battery life of more than a day actually help? Some argue that the daily habit of charging makes it easier to remember to do it, vs a less frequent schedule. And people do use the Apple Watch for sleep tracking, charging it during showers and other preparations in the morning or at night, so the battery life is good enough for effectively 24 hours of use.
- tjoff 7y ago
  The problem is that you need a lot of headroom. If you are fully depleating the battery almost every day that will typically result in a 50% capacity drop over 2 years. And suddenly even if your device had some headroom when new it still won't last a day.
  - macintux 7y ago
    I’m on hour 21 and I still have 30% remaining on my Series 4. Even if a 50% drop is true, and that hasn’t been my experience with any previous Watch, there’s a lot of headroom.
    - tjoff 7y ago
      Good, but the question was whether any headroom mattered.
    - skinnymuch 7y ago
      I’m on year 3 I think of having an Apple Watch. It’s a series 1 or 2. It’s at 30% right now after 13 hours. With almost no usage of the watch. And 8 hours of sleeping (with Watch on) and/or DND on. If I actively used it, I’m guessing it would be almost dead right now.
m-p-3 7y ago
I love my Pebble Time, the availability of a basic color palette makes it easier to build a user-friendly UI. I agree with the fancy screen, IMO this is not necessary but that's what users want apparently.
xena 7y ago
I bet you have clothes with pockets.

Operyl 7y ago

To you it makes zero sense, to a ton of other people it does. I love the value having statuses conveyed to me in color, it allows me to quickly process information.

roadbeats 7y ago
Right, changed my comment

macintux 7y ago

Every time the topic of battery life on smart watches pops up, there's a debate: does a battery life of more than a day actually help? Some argue that the daily habit of charging makes it easier to remember to do it, vs a less frequent schedule. And people do use the Apple Watch for sleep tracking, charging it during showers and other preparations in the morning or at night, so the battery life is good enough for effectively 24 hours of use.

tjoff 7y ago
The problem is that you need a lot of headroom. If you are fully depleating the battery almost every day that will typically result in a 50% capacity drop over 2 years. And suddenly even if your device had some headroom when new it still won't last a day.
- macintux 7y ago
  I’m on hour 21 and I still have 30% remaining on my Series 4. Even if a 50% drop is true, and that hasn’t been my experience with any previous Watch, there’s a lot of headroom.
  - tjoff 7y ago
    Good, but the question was whether any headroom mattered.
  - skinnymuch 7y ago
    I’m on year 3 I think of having an Apple Watch. It’s a series 1 or 2. It’s at 30% right now after 13 hours. With almost no usage of the watch. And 8 hours of sleeping (with Watch on) and/or DND on. If I actively used it, I’m guessing it would be almost dead right now.

m-p-3 7y ago

I love my Pebble Time, the availability of a basic color palette makes it easier to build a user-friendly UI. I agree with the fancy screen, IMO this is not necessary but that's what users want apparently.

xena 7y ago

I bet you have clothes with pockets.