Wesley Magness
@wesmagness · Designer / Developer
Wow... Tinder notifications displayed right on your wrist haha. Not sure how I feel about that but this is very cool!nnDoes anyone know the expected battery life of this watch? I can't imagine it lasting more than 72 hours.
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@niket · Time Travel Researcher
@WesMagness I had a Tinder notification go off while I was in a bar that ended up being the woman. It was the most bizarre, San Francisco-only thing that has ever happened to me.
With that said, this watch will start conversations in a way that doesn't require Tinder. And in a good way (because it's a good looking accessory first and nobody suspects it's a digital screen). People go bonkers.
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Graham Earley
@graham_earley · Android Developer
@WesMagness The Verge doesn't approve of the battery life:
"Motorola says the 360’s battery lasts a day, but I haven’t seen it last that long yet. I don’t expect a smartwatch to last weeks or years, but it ought to be able to last a day and a night no matter how much I use it. My watch now dies before my phone does, and that’s unacceptable. I’ve already spent too much time wearing a dead Moto 360, and good-looking a bracelet as it is, that’s not what I’m spending $249 for."
http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/5...
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Wesley Magness
@wesmagness · Designer / Developer
@niket Oh it absolutely will! I've found that people point out watches more than any other accessory so this will definitely spark some conversations.
Any word on the battery life? [ Answered by @graham_early ]
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Wesley Magness
@wesmagness · Designer / Developer
@graham_earley Ouch.. I should've read through the review but thanks for helping me out. That battery-life is a huge turn off.
I wasn't expecting it to last a week or anything remarkable but that's just lame.
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@niket · Time Travel Researcher
@WesMagness Similar problem to rocket fuel. Larger phones have upside of consuming more power but having more room for larger batteries.
Battery life is #1 concern in consumer electronics and this is why. I can tell you a large group is working on it.
EDIT: https://twitter.com/GlassesNGlit...
I have found similar power consumption but can understand some cases where the battery is railed because of bad process mgmt and heavy use.
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Tom Moor
@tommoor
@niket I wore the Samsung Gear 2 watch for a few weeks and can confirm that people were amazed even at that :)
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