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It's Going To Be A Big Problem If
The Apple Watch Can‘t Even Last
A Day
You wake up at 6 a.m. and go to the gym. Then
it's off to work for eight or nine hours. Then
dinner and maybe drinks. You're home by 11
p.m.
Is your Apple Watch dead?
Based on a report from 9to5Mac's Mark
Gurman, the answer is probably yes, especially
if you use the watch a lot.
Gurman reports that Apple has been targeting
2.5 to 4 hours of active use on the Apple Watch.
(That means the screen is on.) If you include
a mix of active use standby mode (when the
screen is off ), Apple is shooting for about 19
hours on a charge.
Gurman was careful to note that these were
Apple's battery life targets as of 2014, so
it's possible Apple has figured out a way to
squeeze more out of the battery in time for the
watch's launch in a few months.
Meanwhile, other smartwatches on the market
can last a lot longer. For example, Samsung's
Gear 2 watch can last up to three days on a
charge with normal use.
When I brought this up on Twitter this week,
a lot of people pointed out that you can just
charge your Apple Watch midday at work, like
many people do with their iPhones. But that
defeats the purpose of what the Apple Watch
is designed to do.
As Apple's own promotional materials point
out, the Apple Watch is first and foremost a
watch. Everything else from fitness tracking to
receiving texts is just gravy. But if Apple wants
to replace your current watch, creating one
that can't even make it through a full day of
use isn't going to cut it. Regular watches last
months, years, or forever (if you have a selfcharging model). Based on Gurman's report,
you'll be lucky if your Apple Watch is still going
by the time you go to bed at night.
And removing your watch in the middle of
the day to charge it means you're missing out
on the device's fitness monitoring and other
handy features.
Apple has been relatively quiet on the Apple
Watch's battery life so far. The official line
is you'll have to charge it nightly. If you can
truly make it the whole day on a charge, it
probably won't be a problem for most people.
But if the "active" usage is on the lower end of
Apple's targets, battery life is going to be a big
problem for the Apple Watch.
원문 : http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-battery-life-2015-1
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