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I wear FitBit for 2 years 24/7, including sleep tracking. It works for a week on a single charge. Can you do this with iPhone or Pebble?

• gruez 11y ago
  Chances are, you already have a smartphone/smartwatch that you need to keep constantly charged. The device's battery life is irrelevant.
  • mikestew 11y ago
    Not only does my Pebble stay charged regardless of whether I use the fitness options or not (because step tracking is not the main reason I wear a Pebble), it will also last 5 days on a charge, which is close enough to the referenced week. Another commenter put it much better than my original post with the PDA/flip phone analogy. I'm going to wear my Pebble anyway, why would I add a Fitbit to my wrist? Cell phones didn't put Canon and Nikon out of business, but they sure gutted their low end market. And I don't see a Fitbit as offering a fitness tracker that's equivalent to a DSLR. If they did, I'll guess it would start to look a lot like a Garmin or Suunto product. Good luck going up against those folks.
  • joshuapants 11y ago
    The device's battery life counts for a lot if I want to use it to track my sleep. Can't do that if I have to take it off so I can charge it overnight.
  • wordbank 11y ago
    I have smartphone but I don't carry it everywhere, it lives on my table most of the time. Battery life is not irrelevant because why care about keeping stuff constantly charged when I can charge it once a week?