“The word’s still out on whether the Apple Watch will be a commercial hit when it debuts this April — but there’s one feature that might make the high-tech wearable especially attractive,” Jack Linshi reports for TIME Magazine.
“The Apple Watch will have a battery-preserving ‘Power Reserve’ mode,” Linshi reports, “in which the device shows only the time, the New York Times reports, citing an unnamed Apple employee.”
Linshi reports, “Apple hasn’t announced the Apple Watch’s exact battery life, but CEO Tim Cook said in January that the watch will last ‘all day.'”
Read more in the full article here.
NY Slimes again.
Pardon me, you may want to zip up as your bigotry is showing.
Uhm, you do realize that the original story is in the NYTs, not TIME magazine. The byline is Brian Chen’s, he of the famous, the iPhone is a failure in Japan, story, which he wouldn’t retract even when the quoted posted that they were misquoted.
God I can’t wait for that news rag to go belly up.
They deserve every bit of criticism.
No pardoning you, Jim. Anyone who disagrees with you is a bigot, right? Such a facile use of words you have, oh trollish one.
Bigotry? Towards the NYT? The paper that still hasn’t returned the pulitzer prize that Walter Duranty was given for acting as Stalin’s main propaganda outlet in the west?
The lies they tell about Apple are small change.
-jcr
You just can’t read the big words in NYT.
That’s pretty funny considering who you are making fun of here. I doubt you have half the IQ of Silverhawk1.
If that’s true, old Silverhawk is wasting his brain whoring around on MDN posting useless 3 word comments.
I’m in “Criticism Reserve” mode.
“This Feature Could Save the Apple Watch”
Gee I did not know that the Watch needed saving.
That’s about as far as I got with that article.
““The word’s still out on whether the Apple Watch will be a commercial hit”
Yea, clueless tech writers versus everyone else who has seen the demo.
Same was true with the iPhone introduction.
Anyone who has fumbled to get a phone and dropped it (like everyone) knows what the advantage of an Apple Watch can do.
I’m just guessing we have a lot of troglodytes in the NYTimes who don’t really use their mobile phones much.
Apple should enable some kind of automatic charging with the movement of the watch. If the the Taptic engine has movable parts for its actuation why not use it also for charging. If this does´t solve the battery life issue, I guess it could at least help.
I expect Apple considered that possibility. But it would add an extra layer of thickness to the watch that I also expect they’d rather provide for further battery space.
Actually Apple should be thinking about solar power to recharge the battery. I’ve been utterly shocked that no one has mentioned this, and that Apple haven’t already done it. I know it would add some thickness, but you could actually reduce the battery capacity a small amount to make up for it, as most watches would get plenty of light during the day. I don’t know if patents are at issue, but Apple could easily buy Citizen out just to get them if necessary.
I found this apple patent from 2012 for “shake to charge”. It could perfectly apply for the apple watch
http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/09/20/apple_shake_to_charge_technology_may_one_day_power_iphones_ipods
Hope this is why there is not an specific detail of how log Batery will last.
From experience (my son has a Moto 360 watch), this reserve power setting will be MOST appreciated! Trust me: his watch runs out of steam, and then there’s just a lump on his wrist, which he checks, only to see–nothing!
Having a power reserve setting where you can still read the time is crucial. Trust me on this: not having it makes the other watches worse than wearing nothing.
Yawn.. Absolutely no interest.. I am hoping that the March 9 event will have something else instead of just Watch. Happy for everyone who are waiting with bated breath for the Watch.. so that they can see Time in a Different way :). How I will not know though
The iPhone is not just a phone.
The AWatch will not be just………
Ow never mind, forget it. I am just tired of educating the morons on this board.
5 Stars
I am sure you tried, but you are not good at it if you are giving up now are you. lol..
Either you are trolling or you are as dumb as a doorknob.
I dont like to brag..but.. oh never mind.. I would say lets talk about you but I guess theres nothing to talk about.. 🙂
Recently in Singapore, university researchers have discovered an inexpensive way for lithium ion batteries to last multiple weeks per charge instead of a day or two. The report I read (can’t remember source) said it will take a few more years for these types of batteries to become commercial products. So this battery life problem is very short term.
Found it in my Pocket. 20 year battery life. 70% Charge in 2 minutes.
http://www.fastcompany.com/3037184/fast-feed/the-end-of-your-smartphone-battery-woes-is-only-two-years-away
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Sorry, but the research just allows faster charging; it doesn’t increase the charge duration. I suspect that’ll be of more use to high-current applications such as laptops and cars than watches.
I hope Apple Watch isn’t like the Swine Flu Vaccine. You remember…the world’s only cure for which there was no known disease. I’m guessing it will take longer than Apple TV to catch on with the public. If Apple gives it the same amount of attention, it will take decades.