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>It's not only about Smart Devices, it's a direct shot at the Garmin ANT+ Ecosystem and capturing the fitness market. I guess anything is possible, but as a Ga

by tw04 3y ago

>It's not only about Smart Devices, it's a direct shot at the Garmin ANT+ Ecosystem and capturing the fitness market. I guess anything is possible, but as a Garmin and Apple fan I just don't see it happening. When the Apple Watch Ultra is bragging about 36 hour battery life, I don't see how they push Garmin out of the fitness market. Garmin watches measure their battery life in weeks (or MONTHS in low power mode) - I can't see my primary fitness device being a paper weight if I forget to charge it for one night.

afavour 3y ago
> I can't see my primary fitness device being a paper weight if I forget to charge it for one night. But Apple Watch owners are already very used to charging their watch every night. I think the aim would be that your "primary fitness device" is the watch you already have for other purposes, so while it's not a direct attack on Garmin's product line they'd be hoping to vacuum up a lot of casual users who might otherwise have bought a Garmin device.
exabrial 3y ago
I just got back from 7 days in the wilderness with my Epix Gen2 51mm. I have 72% battery life left. Would have been higher but I used the built-in on it flashlight several nights.
vuln 3y ago
> I can't see my primary fitness device being a paper weight if I forget to charge it for one night. I just throw my ultra on the charger while I shower. 20-30 minute charge. I haven’t had the watch completely drop to 0% in its entire lifespan ~1 year 8 months. It’s simple and I never think or worry about it. I also have almost all notifications turned off on the watch. It helps with distractions and battery life too!
- ls612 3y ago
  The early watches (or at least my old series 3) had issues staying powered through the day if you did workouts or other intense (for the watch cpu) activities. My series 7 has never come close to zero in the two years I’ve had it.
- kridsdale3 3y ago
  You may have just outed yourself as a member of the Apple Watch team with that device lifespan. The AWU was first commercially available ~12 months ago.

by tw04 3y ago

afavour 3y ago

> I can't see my primary fitness device being a paper weight if I forget to charge it for one night. But Apple Watch owners are already very used to charging their watch every night. I think the aim would be that your "primary fitness device" is the watch you already have for other purposes, so while it's not a direct attack on Garmin's product line they'd be hoping to vacuum up a lot of casual users who might otherwise have bought a Garmin device.

exabrial 3y ago

I just got back from 7 days in the wilderness with my Epix Gen2 51mm. I have 72% battery life left. Would have been higher but I used the built-in on it flashlight several nights.

vuln 3y ago

> I can't see my primary fitness device being a paper weight if I forget to charge it for one night. I just throw my ultra on the charger while I shower. 20-30 minute charge. I haven’t had the watch completely drop to 0% in its entire lifespan ~1 year 8 months. It’s simple and I never think or worry about it. I also have almost all notifications turned off on the watch. It helps with distractions and battery life too!

ls612 3y ago
The early watches (or at least my old series 3) had issues staying powered through the day if you did workouts or other intense (for the watch cpu) activities. My series 7 has never come close to zero in the two years I’ve had it.
kridsdale3 3y ago
You may have just outed yourself as a member of the Apple Watch team with that device lifespan. The AWU was first commercially available ~12 months ago.