Tag: Apple Watch

One Day Behind

I feel so out of touch. There was an Apple Event yesterday and I was not able to follow along with any live blogs or anything. I missed almost all of the new gadget revelations.

I know there’s a new iPad that I want.
I know there’s a new WatchOS.
I know there’s a new iPhone.

I know these things, but I know nothing about them.

My step kids’ father loaded a release candidate of the new iOS onto their phones. Last night my step son loaded a release candidate of the new WatchOS onto his watch. I’m not going to do either of those things. When it comes to software releases, I prefer to play it safe(er) and wait for the actual release. Still… they have stuff on their devices that I don’t have! I am so far behind the curve right now. I have actual gadget envy over gadgets that I actually have!

Battery Life

I used to wear a watch constantly.  I never left home without it.  When I graduated from high school my parents gave me a watch as a gift.  When I graduated from college my parents gave me a watch as a gift.  When my uncle passed away and we were cleaning out his house the one thing I wanted to take to remember him was a watch.  I actually took a clock too.

I stopped wearing a watch when carrying a cell phone made it redundant.  Also, the damn things kept dying on me.  How much juice does it take to power an analog watch?  I can’t imagine very much.  Still, the batteries would die and I didn’t have the right tools to crack them open and put a new one in.  So I’d take it to a store and have it done there.  Eventually, the presence of a cell phone combined with a dead battery meant that I wasn’t wearing a watch anymore.

As of Monday night though, I’m wearing a watch again.  Of course the battery is still a question.  How long does an Apple Watch battery last?  My step son gets a full day’s use out of one charge and I have to believe he’s hammering on his power supply much harder than I ever will.  That appears to be true.  Tuesday was the first day I wore the watch from morning until night.  When I plugged it in before bed the battery was at 59%.  Yesterday was the second full day.  When I plugged it in before bed the battery was at 67%.

That makes sense to me.  I definitely did more exploring on Tuesday than on Wednesday.  I can live with the results so far.  If I needed to go two days without charging I could probably pull it off, or at least get through the work day.  I don’t think that will happen though, unless we’re traveling and I forget the charger.  The other battery question is, how does the blue tooth connection affect the iPhone battery life?  I have no idea at this time.  When I’m at home and not using my phone I keep it on a charger.  Same with work.  There’s a charger plugged in on my desk.  When I get to work, on it the phone goes.  (that was like Yoda grammar there, wasn’t it?  Totally unintentional)  We’ll have to see how the phone battery handles the watch in a situation where I don’t have a charger on me.  Maybe the next trip we take will be a good test.

So in a very limited sample size, the Apple Watch battery life tests get two enthusiastic thumbs up.  You’re welcome.