What kind of battery life would be acceptable to you guys?

[Piggie]

Interesting review here of the LG Round watch.

Pretty water proof and 2 days battery life.

Video on this page:

http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/04/lg-g-watch-r-review/

Yet this reviewer still feels 2 days is not enough for most people.

Makes me wonder, if this becomes the accepted norm, how will not waterproof and 1 day battery be accepted for Apple Watch, as if dates are to be what we think they currently are, this will be the only model from Apple until 2016 at the earliest.

Which means we will see another 1 or even 2 more rounds of new/updated models from other brands, before anything new happens from Apple.

Unless of course Apple have surprising things to announce we are not aware of yet, in the spring before their launch.

 

[kingofwale]

5 days. because how else will I be able to track my sleep?

I don't care if it's not possible at this point, but that's the battery life I wish it has.

if it has wireless charging (actual wireless, not having to take it off), then I'm okay with single day battery life

 

[flyinmac]

I would hope it could last 12 hours at minimum. What would be your cutoff?

For a watch? I'm not dealing with constant charging. It would have to last a week minimumn. And charge in less than 4 hours (my usual sleep time).

But in reality, I'm used to watches only needing a $2 battery installed every 10 years.

 

[AirThis]

7 days with the watch simply sitting on my wrist. 3 days under normal usage. Anything less is unacceptable.

 

[cambookpro]

At least enough to last a full day (~18 hours). Any less than that and it's a bit pointless - I don't want to charge my watch part way through the day.

 

[R.Perez]

A full day would be good for me.

 

[DakotaGuy]

My LG G Watch R still has about 40% left when I go to bed at night after moderate use all day long with the constant display on. With a little lighter use and turning the constant on clock face off it would make it two days. I'd think the Apple Watch would at least match it.

 

[SHNXX]

My LG G Watch R still has about 40% left when I go to bed at night after moderate use all day long with the constant display on. With a little lighter use and turning the constant on clock face off it would make it two days. I'd think the Apple Watch would at least match it.

That's pretty awesome

 

[DakotaGuy]

That's pretty awesome

The LG G Watch R seems to be getting better with a couple charge drain cycles. Today I used it fairly lightly, but still checked notifications all day along with some app use and it's at 73% when I put it on the charger tonight after wearing all day. I am running a constant clock display. Now of course if you start streaming music from it with Bluetooth then things drain much faster.

 

[ARH1956]

3 full days minimum with everyday usage. Less than that & it becomes more of a burden than it is worth to me.

 

[jdphoto]

I'd say two days worth of charge, that way if it doesn't make it on the charger at night on occasion it'll still get through the next day

 

[mKTank]

24 hours. If the damn Galaxy Gear can do it, this should too.

 

[Bengy66]

24 hrs. More importantly what type of battery strain is this going to put on the iPhone? I think my iPhone 6 plus will be fine but worried about the iPhone 5 users. My battery life experience with that device was dicey at best.

 

[bobob]

So the idea of sleep tracking, which some people do for various, even health reasons, we are totally forgetting about before we even start you feel ?

The Apple Watch will have approximately a 350mAh battery.

How long can it take to charge? An hour at best?

I predict that people using the Apple Watch for extensive health tracking functions will take to recharging it while they sit down to eat supper and then be ready to go for another day.

 

[diamond.g]

The Apple Watch will have approximately a 350mAh battery.

How long can it take to charge? An hour at best?

I predict that people using the Apple Watch for extensive health tracking functions will take to recharging it while they sit down to eat supper and then be ready to go for another day.

It takes about an hour to charge the Android watches, from what I have read.

Though a 350mAh battery doesn't instill confidence that Apple will allow the display to stay on all the time.

 

[bobob]

It takes about an hour to charge the Android watches, from what I have read.

Though a 350mAh battery doesn't instill confidence that Apple will allow the display to stay on all the time.

350 mAh is my guess based on the maximum physical volume inside an Apple Watch. As has been mentioned before, Apple can't change the laws of physics. However, you can bet the OS will be masterfully optimized to make the most efficient possible use of the power available to it.

The point remains: you don't need overnight to charge this size of a battery. Any old hour you're sitting at your desk or near an outlet will do.

 

[Julien]

350 mAh is my guess based on the maximum physical volume inside an Apple Watch...

This brings back a question I have wondered before. Obviously the 42mm will need a larger battery than the 38mm to drive the larger display. Also it will have even more volume to place a larger battery. I wonder if take advantage of the larger volume in the 42mm and have a longer battery life than the 38mm (like the 6 Plus). Or will Apple 'limit' the battery increase in size to just covering the difference the larger OLED will need, keeping life about the same for both sizes?

 

[igirl67]

Time

14-15 hours

 

[NeilHD]

The point remains: you don't need overnight to charge this size of a battery. Any old hour you're sitting at your desk or near an outlet will do.

So I have to carry the charger with me everywhere I go? That's going to be rather inconvenient.

24 hours is the minimum for me. I'm happy to charge every night (I charge my Pebble most nights), but it's gotta last from 6am till gone midnight with moderate usage with ease.

12 hours is WAY too little.

 

[bobob]

So I have to carry the charger with me everywhere I go? That's going to be rather inconvenient.

The point was in regards to using the Apple Watch as a sleep tracker. If that's not an app you're going to use, you can simply charge it overnight while you sleep.

However, if you plan to use it for sleep tracking, - - is it true that you never have one single hour at home when you're not sleeping? For example, while you're eating supper or having a shower?

If it gets down to your worst case scenario and you have to carry the charger with you, you can at least be comforted by the fact that it is smaller than the watch itself...

...and beyond that - - it may just be that smartwatch technology is not yet for you. The physical limitations of battery size are real in this category of device. I, for one, an glad that Apple chose to go with a fully functional wrist computer with a big bright beautiful screen, rather than the alternative of a miserly on power glorified Casio LED watch.

 

[NeilHD]

...and beyond that - - it may just be that smartwatch technology is not yet for you. The physical limitations of battery size are real in this category of device. I, for one, an glad that Apple chose to go with a fully functional wrist computer with a big bright beautiful screen, rather than the alternative of a miserly on power glorified Casio LED watch.

Charging nightly is fine - but it HAS to be able to last 24 hours, so I can get 16+ waking hours, plus a bit of spare capacity.

Smartwatches are definitely for me - I backed Pebble on Kickstarter - and am excited in general for Apple Watch, I'm just not convinced it's going to be great in V1.

Hopefully I'm proven completely wrong, because I do want one!

 

[diamond.g]

The point was in regards to using the Apple Watch as a sleep tracker. If that's not an app you're going to use, you can simply charge it overnight while you sleep.

However, if you plan to use it for sleep tracking, - - is it true that you never have one single hour at home when you're not sleeping? For example, while you're eating supper or having a shower?

If it gets down to your worst case scenario and you have to carry the charger with you, you can at least be comforted by the fact that it is smaller than the watch itself...

...and beyond that - - it may just be that smartwatch technology is not yet for you. The physical limitations of battery size are real in this category of device. I, for one, an glad that Apple chose to go with a fully functional wrist computer with a big bright beautiful screen, rather than the alternative of a miserly on power glorified Casio LED watch.

I really wish they had gone with regular Qi charging.

 

[Alex225]

I'd like to see 12-14 hours as that's the amount of time I'm out of the house for work.

If you could put it in a watch only mode so it could last a few days that would be good. Say if you're away on holiday or something.

 

[douglasf13]

As long as I can go from wake to sleep, I'll be fine. I've owned to smartwatch/smartbands that have closer to a one week battery life, and I still charge them every night, so nightly charging is no big deal for me.

 

[McCool71]

I would say at least 20 hours with normal use would be acceptable at this point in time - I have no issues with charging a smart watch at night.

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If it gets down to your worst case scenario and you have to carry the charger with you, you can at least be comforted by the fact that it is smaller than the watch itself...

I think the charging solution makes no sense whatsoever - just one more thing to carry with you every time you are going to be more than a day away from home.

If it is true that it is not even waterproof then a solution where you could just use a regular charger plug would make things a lot easier than this proprietary solution that does not work with anything else.