Poll: *** The official Apple Watch Series 7 thread (it now has a proper keyboard and everything!) ***

Will you buy the Apple Watch Series 7?

  • Yes - 41mm cellular

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes - 41mm non cellular

    Votes: 7 7.9%

  • Yes - 45mm cellular

    Votes: 15 16.9%

  • Yes - 45mm non cellular

    Votes: 28 31.5%

  • No, I won't be buying it

    Votes: 39 43.8%
  • Total voters
    89
Jimbeam3678 said:
So if I walk for 90 mins a day is the battery going to last from 6am until 10pm? Previous one was on its arse by 6pm it was ridiculous
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I record 2 workouts most work days one of around 45 minutes and the other around 1 and a half to 2 hours long, plus normal day to day usage, notifications etc and I took my watch off charge this morning around 7am and I'm at 34% as I'm typing this now.
 
Jimbeam3678 said:
So if I walk for 90 mins a day is the battery going to last from 6am until 10pm? Previous one was on its arse by 6pm it was ridiculous
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Buy direct from Apple and test it out. If the battery isn’t working for you, they give you 14 days to return - no questions asked. Unless you’ve knackered the product during testing, of course.
 
Broken Hope said:
I record 2 workouts most work days one of around 45 minutes and the other around 1 and a half to 2 hours long, plus normal day to day usage, notifications etc and I took my watch off charge this morning around 7am and I'm at 34% as I'm typing this now.
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Thanks that’s really helpful.

Squink said:
Buy direct from Apple and test it out. If the battery isn’t working for you, they give you 14 days to return - no questions asked. Unless you’ve knackered the product during testing, of course.
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Yep that was my plan, just wanted some real world usage as well.
 
Jimbeam3678 said:
So if I walk for 90 mins a day is the battery going to last from 6am until 10pm? Previous one was on its arse by 6pm it was ridiculous
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Do you have your phone with you? Do you have a workout running?

I've walked for hours a day with my watch and a walking workout running and never had a battery issue. It depends if you have your phone in your pocket and whether the watch is using its own GPS or not.
 
ChrisD. said:
I have the 5 and the battery isn’t lasting as long as it used to so I’m tempted to upgrade.
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don’t expect much. i have had a Watch series 1 through 6 and the 5, 6 have awful battery life and the 7 won’t be any better.

There were rumours of a battery strap for the 7, if apple had done this it would have been a home run.

As it stands, it’s big money for old rope.

You can tell how i feel about Apple at the moment, they are all over the place.

I fully expect this watch to be showing 10% battery mid to late afternoon.
 
Besty said:
don’t expect much. i have had a Watch series 1 through 6 and the 5, 6 have awful battery life and the 7 won’t be any better.
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My wife has a Series 5 and wants a Series 7 for her birthday. I told her she can have the watch, but that it'll be £400 for almost zero improvement. The Series 7 has been a real disappointment.
 
I do find it interesting how people's experience with battery on Watch is so different. I have a Series 4 (battery health reports 82% capacity) and could easily finish 1 day with over 50% battery left, have sometimes forgotten to charge and gone through to the next evening on the same charge.

I'd say I'd have 1-2 workouts on each day but do have News and Mail notications turn off on the watch. I'd bet wifi / bluetooth signal issues will play a bit part in people's battery life too
 
shiver said:
I do find it interesting how people's experience with battery on Watch is so different. I have a Series 4 (battery health reports 82% capacity) and could easily finish 1 day with over 50% battery left, have sometimes forgotten to charge and gone through to the next evening on the same charge.
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The Series 4 has no always on display and that's why your battery is lasting so well.

EDIT - I didn't know you could check the battery health on the Apple Watch. I have now done so for my hand-me-down Series 3, which was bought new and worn every day. The battery health is showing at 100% and the battery hasn't ever been replaced. Go figure.
 
Squink said:
The Series 4 has no always on display and that's why your battery is lasting so well.
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Well it's not just that though, is it. See my comments about the battery life on mine. Twelve hours heavy use and typically down to 60%.

Shadowness said:
How is the battery life on these so terrible when my Garmin Fenix can last 2 weeks, while still doing all (or most) of the same things?
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Does it do all (or most) of the same things, really?
 
Feek said:
Well it's not just that though, is it. See my comments about the battery life on mine. Twelve hours heavy use and typically down to 60%.


Does it do all (or most) of the same things, really?
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What does the apple watch do that the Fenix doesn't?


(Not a loaded question, as someone whos never used an Apple watch, I just really assume it does the same sort of thing as most smart watches)
 
my missus runs a series 4 and she never complains about the battery life.

Wouldn’t surprise me if the additional features introduced with the 5 also sap the battery.

Any comparison needs to be apples for apples though, my 5 and 6 were both GPS and SIM enabled models. I would a suspect that the non-Sim models have better battery.
 
The only issue I have with the Series 3 and its battery, I came from a SteelHR which would last near a month.
I tend to give my Series 3 a quick charge in a morning when I'm getting ready for work, when I have a shower (easier to take it off and charge it than to clear the water out from under my case), when I have a poop, so the Series 7 charging a bit faster just works better for me even if the overall battery life isn't improved.
 
Got a S5 44mm and tempted for the 7 45mm due to bigger screen and i have some wellness account at work than i can use to buy this.

Apple trade in is £125 for my S5 44mm but not sure how many chips on screen they accept?
 
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