“I bought mine right when it was released, see my full review, and after three months I am confident in stating it is the best smartwatch I have ever tried,” Matthew Miller writes for ZDNet. “I’ve tried different Pebble watches, various Android Wear devices, Samsung devices, and even go back to the days of the Palm OS and MSN Direct SPOT watches. No other smartwatch has satisfied me as much as the Apple Watch.”
“Despite what you may read from those who don’t own an Apple Watch, the battery life is excellent. Over the last three months, my experience is that I can go from 4:30 am to 10:30 pm and still have 40 percent battery left on most days,” Miller writes. “Running with the Apple Watch for an hour only consumes about 10 percent, even when used to stream music and track my runs.”
“I use a dedicated GPS watch to track the details of my running, but have the Apple Watch on my other wrist to stream music, measure my heart rate, and as a check of my run data,” Miller writes. “I am constantly amazed by the accuracy of the Apple Workout app that gathers my data without GPS and regular matches my GPS data within less than 10 percent difference. Casual runners could easily leave the iPhone behind and be satisfied with the data captured just by the Apple Watch.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: As Day One Apple Watch users, we concur with Matthew’s fitness experiences.
With a properly calibrated Apple Watch (20 minutes of outdoor walking or running with your iPhone), Apple Watch’s Workout and Activity accuracy are uncannily accurate even without an iPhone.
We’re off to get Miler’s recommended Grill Time app [$1.99] (see full article) for our Apple Watches right now!
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