I was at best buy yesterday and the Apple Watch stated life is 18 hours or so, but all Samsung watches I saw usually state time in days like 8 days or so. One of my friends has a Samsung Watch and gets about 5 days battery life between charges, while his wife’s Apple Watch has to be charged every night before bed.

I’m just curious, what’s the difference that the battery life is so drastically different? Is it the screen, the features, or battery size? They both seem to do roughly the same thing from what I can tell.

Thanks!

  • UncleBob72@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    At most I get two days with my Galaxy Watch 5Pro. Only way to get more is essentially disable all the functions lol.

  • evilpig@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’ve had numerous Samsung watches over the past 10 years, none last longer than 2ish days nor do I expect them to. Usually charge daily while showering and getting ready and it’s not an issue. I’m sure I could get a week if I disable all the smart features, but that kind of defeats the point.

  • PorreKaj@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    My Apple Watch 3 lasted 2,5 days. And after 2 years had a stated battery capacity of 100%.

    My current GW4 doesn’t last that long, or maybe it does now that Samsung has broken raise-to-wake 😅

    Products like that are hard to compare to each other.

  • camurphy24@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Hell, mine barely gets me through an 9 hour work day. I guess I haven’t broken the code like the rest of y’all.

  • mrbkkt1@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    depends on the watch.
    My watch 5 pro, I swear will last DAYS without even needing a charge. My GF’s watch 4 barely makes the day. shrug.

  • androidpandit@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    No samsung watch lasts for 8 days. Mine hardly lasts for 2 days and just 1.5 days after latest update.

  • 9d-rex2@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’ve got Watch 4 Classic - battery only lasts 2 days if I turn on power saving and pretty much just look at the time occasionally and notifications as they pop up. Average use is about a day.

    I charge it when I get home from work, and then wear it at night, then throw it back on the charger for a couple hours in the AM before I head out the door.

  • SvLyfe@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Probably the same reason Garmin can outlast both. Difference in manufacturing? 🤷🏽‍♂️ or voodoo

    • DeadlyToeFunk@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Garmin isn’t likely sending back half a gigabyte of telemetry back to the CI- I mean google servers.

  • bread_fucker@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It is still a shitty battery. My garmin watch lasts 30 days. Maybe after few years the galaxy watches have improved enough.

    • Shabroi5ds@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Similar experience, my Garmin battery gives about 4 weeks. Not sure what these Samsung/Apple watches are doing but they need to do better 😅