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Ultra Battery life
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Now at 9:45am on Thursday, I am at 9% (Still running off the first charge the day I bought it. So I may not make it till 11:18 tonight to get a full 3 days but I am holding out till it gets to about 2% before charging today.
Adding cellular will certainly reduce battery life when you are away from your iPhone. When not paired with iPhone, AW will use LTE for notifications, mail, messages, phone, etc.
Made it to 12:45pm today (Thursday) Just under half a day shy of getting a full 3 days. Darn, I was pulling for it to make it lol.
This was the first 3 days I have had the watch, and I hear the battery may last a tad longer after the 2nd or 3rd charge so we will see. Still though, just under 3 full days is impressive. I LOVE this so much more than my Series 7 SS.
Yesterday and today 1h at gym. Yesterday AOD on today low power mode during gym. Yesterday 1h bike workout with gps and AOD on. Paired to iPhone.
Music just over phone. 2x phone calls 1-2 min each, 6-7h sleep tracking every night.
Had 18% left after 47h. Based on 2%/h I would have reached 56h. (Probably more because it’s evening now and sleep tracking doesn’t hit the battery as hard as during day.
Admittedly, I’ve been a bump on a log the last few days, which I’m sure has helped, but I’ve gone 72 hours since it was fully charged and have 27% battery left. Theater Mode on the entire time and no cellular.
I have hit my stand and move goals each day, but no workouts. I’m pretty confident I could make it another 24 hours but I’d like to wear it tomorrow afternoon so it’ll find its way to the charger at some point today.
Four full days / 96 hours is very obtainable in pinch.
I have hit my stand and move goals each day, but no workouts. I’m pretty confident I could make it another 24 hours but I’d like to wear it tomorrow afternoon so it’ll find its way to the charger at some point today.
Four full days / 96 hours is very obtainable in pinch.
The point is it would give much more valuable information if people stated how much exercise using gps gives them since Apple touts it as a sports watch. As much as I enjoy my Apple stuff, it still falls so far behind the likes of Garmin. I had hoped there might have been posts saying they had walked, ran or cycled for at least two hours a day and still got several days use.
I charged mine to 100% 9am Friday morning with no restrictions, features switched off. I wear it through the night and I went out today for a 1.5 hours hike. It currently has 44% battery left so I think I'll just leave it till tomorrow to before charging it again as I will most likely only do 45 minutes on the bike in the morning.
Anyone know if it's better to allow them to run down to 10-20% before recharging or whether it's better to recharge them when they reach 40-50%. Or make no difference. I was thinking of letting it run down to 20 or so and recharge to 80% or a little less.
Anyone know if it's better to allow them to run down to 10-20% before recharging or whether it's better to recharge them when they reach 40-50%. Or make no difference. I was thinking of letting it run down to 20 or so and recharge to 80% or a little less.
Early days, I would run pretty LOW and charge to full Set the expectations!
Read what you just wrote. Now go back and read the thread from the beginning and notice how many people get really specific and provide the information you seek.
I’m still getting staying 50-60% charged minimum by the end of the day by simply charging every morning for about 15-20 minutes.
I workout every other day at the gym. I go on 4-6 mile walks every other day using the app. I have been leaving cellular odd u less I need it. I’m running Clockology faces, with always on display 99% of the time. Texts, blood pressure and sleep tracking.
I workout every other day at the gym. I go on 4-6 mile walks every other day using the app. I have been leaving cellular odd u less I need it. I’m running Clockology faces, with always on display 99% of the time. Texts, blood pressure and sleep tracking.
To make this more clearer. Yes if it's purchased ONLINE that you can initiate the return on day 14, which you get additional 14 days. But this does NOT apply when purchased directly from the store as a walk - in.
I have ordered for in store pickup, and have INITIATED a mail in return within 14 days and had ~ 14 MORE days to MAIL in the return, so YMMV based on how this is executed.. I think IF one has bought/picked up in store and then tries for an IN STORE return, then yes it might cut off at overall 14 days. I might end up trying to test this with an iphone 14 plus purchase picked up in store YESTERDAY, TWT
Yes because you purchased online for an in-store pick up and is considered a web order so Yes in that situation you DO have additional 14 days.
Now if you just walk to the store and tell them that you'd like to purchase a product, you only get 14 days return in those cases. You'll notice on those receipts it says R in front of the number indicating that it's a retail order. If you have a W in an order that indicates a web order. So in this situation you only get 14 days if purchased directly from the Apple Store retail.
Thanks for editing your post BTW, I was about to link to the lowest order categories of argumentation chart.
Would the battery drain on the ultra be dependent on the mobile reception signal on the iPhone?
I don't have have an active mobile plan on the watch so it's just connected to my phone via bluetooth.
I'm in the office today which only has 2/4 bars of 4G reception at my desk.
The phone battery has drained 15% from 9am to 3pm now with barely any usage.
Ultra battery has dropped from 98% to 90% over the same period.
I don't have have an active mobile plan on the watch so it's just connected to my phone via bluetooth.
I'm in the office today which only has 2/4 bars of 4G reception at my desk.
The phone battery has drained 15% from 9am to 3pm now with barely any usage.
Ultra battery has dropped from 98% to 90% over the same period.
I’m past the 14 days to initiate a return. It’s not a bad watch, but battery life could have been better. In many ways I miss the Garmin Fenix series. The Midnight Ocean band is one the nicest bands I’ve had. I wish they had them in more than 3 colors.
Maybe the next version of the AW Ultra might have better battery life.
Maybe the next version of the AW Ultra might have better battery life.
Agreed, if you turn off every function on a 800 dollar smartwatch makes sense for a one off experiment for fun.
But if you turn semi permanently change your AW Ultra into a device that is less convenient and has the same amount or less features then a 15 dollar casio you probably have more money to burn then sense.
Nonetheless it is fun to read what people`s results are going tot the extreme, thats neat.
do you guys turn anything off when it comes to sleep mode? like low power mode? obviously i still get through all my notifications wasn't sure if there was anything to reduce battery % when sleeping.
How much battery are you using during sleep? Mine is about 2% for 8hrs. I don't have anything turned off, other than what sleep focus does by default.
100 % at 11 am. 2:30 h workout without my phone, bad signal, listening downloaded music to an AirPods and later streaming only. Constantly checking the screen because I was following a route with WorkOutDoors app. Now at 16:45 battery is at 52 %. That’s really good, my series 7 it would be at like 25 or so.
I’m about to report my 8 day 2 cycle test, which will include some of this info but to your question:
For sleep time, ~ 21:00-05:00 I put the watch in airplane mode (although WIFI and I guess Bluetooth are still connected), DND is on, and while paired to the phone still its going to let SOME communications from VIP through, and Theatre mode is turned on so wrist raise doesn’t illuminate the screen.
The watch is still tracking HR every 5 minutes I think, and O2 and breathing, etc. So all that sampling is going on for a couple of sleep tracking apps.
Overnight that still uses between about 5-7% battery (it was slightly closer to 1% an hour with my Series 6), so if some people are getting apparently less than .25% an hour (2% in eight hours reported above) I’m not sure how they are achieving that level of battery sipping while still doing all the HR/O2 sampling.
Hm..I'll have to keep an eye on my AW Ultra. I picked up the AW Ultra with the trail band on Saturday. I charged it full this morning, and unplugged at 8 am (i have automation set to turn off at 8 am each morning from my smart plug). Normally it would sit at 100% for 2-3 hours and then start doing down. Today only stayed there for like 30 minute and then started going down. Currently it's 11:15 am where I am and is already down to 95% and haven't done much to it.
I do have AOD On.
Will have to see where my battery sits at the end of the day. If it's below 70% i'll have to charge it up. Normally i notice that I'll lose about 6% - 10% overnight so might be around 60% when I wake up.
I do have AOD On.
Will have to see where my battery sits at the end of the day. If it's below 70% i'll have to charge it up. Normally i notice that I'll lose about 6% - 10% overnight so might be around 60% when I wake up.