by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Saturday May 18, 2013 @03:43PM (#43764083)
Would be impressive if this product wasn't being sold as a watch. It's nice to imagine "a watch that can do all this stuff", but for me a defining factor of a watch is something I don't have to worry about recharging (or replacing the battery of).
Would be impressive if this product wasn't being sold as a watch. It's nice to imagine "a watch that can do all this stuff", but for me a defining factor of a watch is something I don't have to worry about recharging (or replacing the battery of).
well the thing sending data to this is going to be need daily charging.. or dual daily.
keeping the radios on and device out of sleep is a real hog. updating stock widget and so forth.
then again my phone has an oled display showing the time all the time and I need to charge it every 3rd day or so..(I usually use it to take one picture a day and to read news on the john..)
I remember when you would forget a watch in a closet for 3 years and it would still be running when you took it out again.
This is a truly atrocious battery life for a watch. If it cannot even last the length of a vacation or a camp in some situation, what good is it as a watch? At least with a old fashioned Wind-up watch you can recharge it in seconds anywhere.
But it's a tremendous battery life for a desktop computer. Try seeing how long a desktop computer lasts if you unplug it from the charger. Ofcourse this new type of phone-connected watch is just as much a desktop computer as it is a watch, so that comparison is just irrational..
Well that's about right then - a smartPHONE generally sucks at being a phone. I think someone changed the meaning of "smart" when we weren't looking...
People often say smartphones are bad phones but IMHO some smartphones are surprisingly good at being phones. For example top models from Samsung and Apple supports AMR-WB and voice quality is impressive where networks support it. Ofcourse it's subjective what a good phone is, considering UI, size, battery, voice quality, etc.
So, it's not clear cut. For my personal opinion I've tried several Apple and Samsung smartphones and I consider them all to be excellent phones. The battery on my current [smart]phone pr
If A 747 was being sold as a smart car then that would be a valid analogy. However it isn't because people realise that would be moronic, just like selling a watch that sucks at actually being a watch.
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"7+ days of battery life" (Score:1)
Would be impressive if this product wasn't being sold as a watch. It's nice to imagine "a watch that can do all this stuff", but for me a defining factor of a watch is something I don't have to worry about recharging (or replacing the battery of).
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Remember when your phone had 7 days of battery life? (mine still does, but only because it's ancient)
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Indeed. I've yet to come across a smartphone that actually works half as well as a *phone* as your average "free with $15 prepaid card" flip phone.
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Would be impressive if this product wasn't being sold as a watch. It's nice to imagine "a watch that can do all this stuff", but for me a defining factor of a watch is something I don't have to worry about recharging (or replacing the battery of).
well the thing sending data to this is going to be need daily charging.. or dual daily.
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keeping the radios on and device out of sleep is a real hog. updating stock widget and so forth.
then again my phone has an oled display showing the time all the time and I need to charge it every 3rd day or so..(I usually use it to take one picture a day and to read news on the john..)
Re:"7+ days of battery life" (Score:5, Insightful)
I remember when you would forget a watch in a closet for 3 years and it would still be running when you took it out again.
This is a truly atrocious battery life for a watch. If it cannot even last the length of a vacation or a camp in some situation, what good is it as a watch? At least with a old fashioned Wind-up watch you can recharge it in seconds anywhere.
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My watch hasn't had a battery change in 7 years and still works fine.
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I have one like that, but sometimes I forget to wind it.
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But it's a tremendous battery life for a desktop computer. Try seeing how long a desktop computer lasts if you unplug it from the charger.
Ofcourse this new type of phone-connected watch is just as much a desktop computer as it is a watch, so that comparison is just irrational..
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But it is being called a smartWATCH and it absolutely sucks at being a watch.
Re:"7+ days of battery life" (Score:4, Funny)
Well that's about right then - a smartPHONE generally sucks at being a phone. I think someone changed the meaning of "smart" when we weren't looking...
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People often say smartphones are bad phones but IMHO some smartphones are surprisingly good at being phones. For example top models from Samsung and Apple supports AMR-WB and voice quality is impressive where networks support it. Ofcourse it's subjective what a good phone is, considering UI, size, battery, voice quality, etc.
So, it's not clear cut. For my personal opinion I've tried several Apple and Samsung smartphones and I consider them all to be excellent phones.
The battery on my current [smart]phone pr
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That's a very clever observation. You must be a very smart person.
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You mean the airplane? You mean the airplane that has a fuel economy of about 100 mpg(per person)? Which is about 5-10 times what a car gets.
Re: "7+ days of battery life" (Score:1)
Using your metric my car gets about 120mog (per person)
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