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I wonder how bad the battery life is in practice. They seem to be selling an always on battery saving mode as a quality of life feature. Which is fine for me h

by smoe 6y ago

I wonder how bad the battery life is in practice. They seem to be selling an always on battery saving mode as a quality of life feature. Which is fine for me having do not disturb activated 90% of time on my phone. All the smartphones I had in recent years I had to charge overnight. Not because they were depleted completely, but enough so that they usually run out some point the next day. And I prefer to just plug the devices in at home insted of carrying around cables and charging banks. And related question: How well does the apple or other smart watches do with audio interactions only? I have been playing with the tought of instead of having a phone, using a smart pocket watch. So not even wearing on the wrist. But just take it out once in a while and use headphones, for things like accepting call, dictate messages/notes and chose spotify playlist.

codazoda 6y ago
That "pocket watch" idea is kinda neat. Maybe someone could bring back the pocket watch form factor. Come to think of it, that's how I used my phone before I got a smart watch.
j45 6y ago
Battery life horribleness on Android is often tied to the screen size too.
scarface74 6y ago
I wonder how bad the battery life is in practice. Third party reviews have said that it could last 18-24 hours All the smartphones I had in recent years I had to charge overnight. Not because they were depleted completely, but enough so that they usually run out some point the next day. And I prefer to just plug the devices in at home insted of carrying around cables and charging banks. That’s the same reason I bought my iPhone 8 Plus. At the time it had the best battery life of any iPhone. Now the iPhone 11 Pro Max can easily last two days on a charge but that phone is ridiculously large. How well does the apple or other smart watches do with audio interactions only? We tested ours when we first got them. I had my watch on, arms down, no headphones and we couldn’t tell that you weren’t on a phone. Of course with a headphones you couldn’t tell the difference. Apple Music works well with voice interaction. I’m not sure if Spotify has been updated to take advantage of the new APIs and Siri integration Apple introduced last year. Text messaging using voice only works well. But, if I know my wife is out and about. I try to ask simple questions in text where she can just use a quick reply - yes, no, etc.
MiddleEndian 6y ago
I have one. I charge it every night or two. Sometimes it runs out of battery but I don't care much. Web browsing, emailing, calling for a rideshare, and other straightforward stuff is fine. If you're using Google Maps for turn by turn GPS continuously in a car without a way to charge your phone via USB, you'll run out of battery in a couple hours. If you play a bunch of graphically games, I imagine it wouldn't be super great.
idle_zealot 6y ago
I've been using one of these for the past 6 months (they were going for ~$70 on eBay when I got mine). I don't use the "Life Mode" feature, and the battery doesn't even come close to lasting all day. When using the phone with screen on you can watch the battery percentage tick down ~1% a minute, and listening to streaming music over Bluetooth with screen off give you about 3 hours of life total. In practice I find myself leaving the phone plugged in, disconnecting it only to change location or leave the house. On excursions a battery pack is an absolute must-have.
matthewfcarlson 6y ago
This is something I've given a lot of thought about in the past few months. I almost bought one of these palm phones but ultimately the drawbacks mentioned here and on reviews sort of dissuaded me from getting one. Your smart pocket watch reminds me of the runcible, which was really cool and I wish I had gotten one but didn't have the funds at the time. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/runcible-circular-open-source-anti-smartphone https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/runcible-circular-open-so...

by smoe 6y ago

codazoda 6y ago

That "pocket watch" idea is kinda neat. Maybe someone could bring back the pocket watch form factor. Come to think of it, that's how I used my phone before I got a smart watch.

j45 6y ago

Battery life horribleness on Android is often tied to the screen size too.

scarface74 6y ago

I wonder how bad the battery life is in practice. Third party reviews have said that it could last 18-24 hours All the smartphones I had in recent years I had to charge overnight. Not because they were depleted completely, but enough so that they usually run out some point the next day. And I prefer to just plug the devices in at home insted of carrying around cables and charging banks. That’s the same reason I bought my iPhone 8 Plus. At the time it had the best battery life of any iPhone. Now the iPhone 11 Pro Max can easily last two days on a charge but that phone is ridiculously large. How well does the apple or other smart watches do with audio interactions only? We tested ours when we first got them. I had my watch on, arms down, no headphones and we couldn’t tell that you weren’t on a phone. Of course with a headphones you couldn’t tell the difference. Apple Music works well with voice interaction. I’m not sure if Spotify has been updated to take advantage of the new APIs and Siri integration Apple introduced last year. Text messaging using voice only works well. But, if I know my wife is out and about. I try to ask simple questions in text where she can just use a quick reply - yes, no, etc.

MiddleEndian 6y ago

I have one. I charge it every night or two. Sometimes it runs out of battery but I don't care much. Web browsing, emailing, calling for a rideshare, and other straightforward stuff is fine. If you're using Google Maps for turn by turn GPS continuously in a car without a way to charge your phone via USB, you'll run out of battery in a couple hours. If you play a bunch of graphically games, I imagine it wouldn't be super great.

idle_zealot 6y ago

I've been using one of these for the past 6 months (they were going for ~$70 on eBay when I got mine). I don't use the "Life Mode" feature, and the battery doesn't even come close to lasting all day. When using the phone with screen on you can watch the battery percentage tick down ~1% a minute, and listening to streaming music over Bluetooth with screen off give you about 3 hours of life total. In practice I find myself leaving the phone plugged in, disconnecting it only to change location or leave the house. On excursions a battery pack is an absolute must-have.

matthewfcarlson 6y ago

This is something I've given a lot of thought about in the past few months. I almost bought one of these palm phones but ultimately the drawbacks mentioned here and on reviews sort of dissuaded me from getting one. Your smart pocket watch reminds me of the runcible, which was really cool and I wish I had gotten one but didn't have the funds at the time. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/runcible-circular-open-source-anti-smartphone https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/runcible-circular-open-so...