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Not even a day of battery life - that's such a deal breaker for me :(

• awjr 12y ago
  Form over function? They made something that looks elegant without considering how people use watches. As the reviewer mentioned, you forget about it, it just becomes something you use adhoc during the day. Adhoc has to last 24+ hours. Could they not have made it thicker just to increase the battery size and make that a selling point? From a design point of view, you could then have made a chunky watch component that could then sit inside a chunky colourful wrist strap and housing. I really cannot see the point in a watch with a 12 hour battery life.
  • gambiting 12y ago
    I am pretty sure they have considered it. But you can only make it so thick, before people won't buy it purely because of the thickness. Even in the current form, if you look on Engadget comments, 90% of people complain about how thick it is. There is only so much you can achieve using current battery technology, and they have decided that 12h battery life will have to suffice.
  • DCKing 12y ago
    > Form over function? They made something that looks elegant without considering how people use watches. But people use watches as a fashion item. Form is very important in a smartwatch - the previously released Wear devices were criticized for looking geeky and non-watchlike. Having a smartwatch look like a regular watch is a big deal, and the very reason why this one gets praised and the others received mixed responses.