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Yeah, 12 hour battery life is a dealbreaker for me as well if that's true. It needs to last at minimum from the time I get up on a workday to when I'm likely to go to bed on a weekend (so, say 8-2). So, as mentioned, at LEAST 18 hours. 12 hours isn't going to cut it.
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It started out where I was ready to put in my credit card this morning, then I was like, eh, I really don't like leather watch bands, I think I will hold off until the metal, I dunno, I will probably go to Best Buy and see the leather in person and see if I just want to add the metal later. Then we get to 12 hour battery life, you have to be loving kidding me, that is bury the lede. I'm fine with charging every night, that complaint didn't make much sense to me, I charge my phone every night, I don't wear a watch when I sleep, I have no problem throwing the watch on the charger every night. BUt 12 hours? Nope, I'm not charging my watch twice a day every day under any circumstance. I think I am going to agree with the 18 hours, a firm 18 hours worst case.
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Sep 5, 2014 14:03
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Arstechnica is going to have their full, in depth review up Sunday night. So, hopefully we'll get a bit more specifics on battery life other than "always dies after 12 hours" that we're getting now. My question is, is that 12 hours when the thing is in ambient mode with the display always on? If so, and it's substantially longer when the display is allowed to sleep, that's something I can deal with.
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Sep 5, 2014 14:09
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Was the OLED screen just a rumor, or something they actually mentioned? If the latter, I'm quite curious as to why that changed, as I'd imagine that would make a significant difference to the battery life.
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Sep 5, 2014 14:32
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hooah posted:Was the OLED screen just a rumor, or something they actually mentioned? They never actually mentioned. No specs at all were talked about prior to the release, just hands on demos.
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Sep 5, 2014 15:14
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I have a bunch of watches I wear at different times, so I'll probably just add the 360 to the rotation and wear it a few days a week to work or while I bike. I wonder how the battery will fare when it ages, and if there's a way to replace it, since a watch (even a relatively cheap one at $250) is meant to last nearly forever.
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Sep 5, 2014 15:48
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Lock this thread until September 9th.
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Sep 5, 2014 16:14
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Probate cremnob until the 10th.
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Sep 5, 2014 16:16
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butt dickus posted:Probate cremnob until the 10th. Of December 2050
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Sep 5, 2014 16:17
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Right, because there's nothing worth talking about until Apple (maybe) unveils their God device. 
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Sep 5, 2014 16:17
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Any word on what these things are running? L developer preview? I'm just wondering if the Project Volta battery gains stuff (and whatever ART helps with, although it might be under the same umbrella) is in place yet
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Sep 5, 2014 16:18
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If they were testing them at the event they were using 2014 Xs and Gs running 4.4.4 I assume.
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Sep 5, 2014 16:21
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Decided to pick up the 360 to see if I like wearables. Their ordering system is either flooded with nerds like me or is wonky .. its gone from available to backordered about 4 times within a few minutes.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:13
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mAlfunkti0n posted:Decided to pick up the 360 to see if I like wearables. Their ordering system is either flooded with nerds like me or is wonky .. its gone from available to backordered about 4 times within a few minutes. Just ordered successfully from Best Buy.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:14
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Reverse Centaur posted:G Watch R hands on. Can't decide what I think of this I like the general aesthetic, but it's a little too solidly thick for my tastes.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:14
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Just ordered successfully from Best Buy. I can't even find it on Best Buy's site. Do any locations actually have them on hand in store today? As dumb as it sounds, I would be more inclined to get a 360 if I could have it in hand today. If I have to order, i'm going to wait till I get back from vacation and see what some longer term reviews are like.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:17
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I keep refreshing bestbuy.com and it won't show up for sale  I have gift cards to apply and really want to pick this thing up after work today. *Update* It's on the site, but not in stock in any nearby stores (southern california). Crap! eyebeem fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Sep 5, 2014 |
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Sep 5, 2014 17:18
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Just ordered successfully from Best Buy. I have my order in on the moto site and delivery is expected for 9/10 so we will see. eyebeem posted:I keep refreshing bestbuy.com and it won't show up for sale It all looks to be ship to store. I don't know they actually have them in stock at any.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:18
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I'd have to try it on, but I think it's possible that if the Hint isn't too stupid looking I'd rather have that then a 360 or any other smartwatch.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:19
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bull3964 posted:I can't even find it on Best Buy's site. No NYC locations have it. The Union Square BB is huge, so if anyone had it, it'd be that one.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:22
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Jerk McJerkface posted:No NYC locations have it. The Union Square BB is huge, so if anyone had it, it'd be that one. Oh well. I'm leaving on the 12th for the beach for a week so I can wait until after I get back. Hopefully they'll have them in store by then and we'll have a better understanding on how they work.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:24
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hotsauce posted:If it's true that it needs two charges to get through a single day, this thing is DOA at any price. How many are reporting the battery life is that poor? I won a Samsung watch at a Hackathon and it died pretty quickly the first couple days I had it - mainly because I was playing with it nonstop. Normal usage (after the initial toy phase wore off) gave much better battery life. Still had to charge it every night, but it was more like 10-20% when I was getting ready for bed.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:26
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Well, I can add to cart at best buy and go through the entire purchase process, but then get a message stating that the watch is out of stock. Boourns.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:29
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Glimm posted:How many are reporting the battery life is that poor? Right now, we just have the WSJ and The Verge. I'm not even sure how they had them long enough in order to come to that determination. There was just 11:30 hours between the Chicago event and the embargo lift unless some outlets had them before the event. But yeah, expect some more longer term reviews to come filter in over the next week and we'll have a better idea how it stacks up. I simply can't imagine anyone at Motorola saying "12 hours is good enough, let's ship" with all the rest of the care going into this device and others.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:30
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Glimm posted:How many are reporting the battery life is that poor? THis is exactly what I am thinking. It's a new toy and battery life is going to be much worse because it's constantly being used. However, we all know battery life isn't going to be stellar on a first generation device.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:40
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bull3964 posted:Right now, we just have the WSJ and The Verge. The Verge definitely had them before the past few days. There's several photos of a Verge "journalist" doing unrelated things while wearing the Moto360.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:42
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Yeah, didn't he say in that video review that he'd had it a month+? I'm also going to hold off until more reviews roll in, but I'm still really considering buying one. I just accepted a new job (this is going to be a little self congratulation gift), so it'll be a few weeks until I get my first check anyway. My real problem is choosing between black and silver. The black one looks so much cleaner, but the silver is a little more "nothing to see here, just a watch", which I kind of like.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:47
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Availability on play is flipping between in stock and out, best buy is now showing out of stock. I thought I would just stroll down to the local BB and pick one up, but nooo. Grrrr. XIII posted:My real problem is choosing between black and silver. The black one looks so much cleaner, but the silver is a little more "nothing to see here, just a watch", which I kind of like.
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XIII posted:Yeah, didn't he say in that video review that he'd had it a month+? I got the black, because I really want the black metal band. I already have a couple nice silver watches, so the black one rounds out my collection.
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Sep 5, 2014 17:49
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One other doubt I have with The Verge is their Droid MAXX review. They claimed they got 4 hours less battery life with the MAXX compared to the prior year's HD MAXX which is silly as anyone who has owned the phones will tell you (Droid MAXX absolutely gets better battery life than the HD MAXX.) Same reviewer too.
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Sep 5, 2014 18:01
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Silver ordered. I can always return it if I don't like it.
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Sep 5, 2014 18:01
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motos site is getting hammered.
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hooah posted:Right, because there's nothing worth talking about until Apple (maybe) unveils their God device.
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Sep 5, 2014 18:33
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Last Chance posted:Not sure why you're rolling your eyes. Since it will probably work with iDevices only .. what's the point for Android users?
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Last Chance posted:Not sure why you're rolling your eyes. Because there's more than one wearable ecosystem, so calling to close the thread until Apple's comes out (which no one's even sure of at this point) is silly.
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smackfu posted:I like the general aesthetic, but it's a little too solidly thick for my tastes. I think the G Watch R is my frontrunner now. The more videos I look at the more I like it. LG did it a disservice with those horrible initial photoshopped photos. Plus this is my current watch so obviously I'm ok with that style  I miss Android Wear. Dammn yooooou Motorola!!
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Sep 5, 2014 19:52
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The lovely battery life on the 360 is disappointing but not all that surprising. After all, these are the Epic 4Gs and Droid Bionics of the smartwatch world.
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Sep 5, 2014 19:53
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Best Buy's website keeps taunting me with "In Stock" at stores near me but when I called the guy said they were sold out of 360s. =( Edit: no longer available for backorder. Guess I can wait on more trip reports before I shell out $$ w00tazn fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Sep 5, 2014 |
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lovely battery life is really surprising. I love my G watch, and it usually ends the day with about 70% battery left. I did turn off the always-on screen because I didn't want a constantly glowing thing on my wrist, but the screen wakes itself up if you raise the watch to look at it so it's not an inconvenience at all. I don't baby it either, I have every notification sent to it and use it as a navigational aid while biking a lot. On that note: my current awesome wearables use-case is G watch on my wrist, Bluez bluetooth bone conduction headphones, and my phone in my jersey pocket while biking. Music, navigation, voice control, and one-handed quick reference on all that while still not being distracted from the actual task of not dying in traffic.
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Really, we just have one datapoint on battery life and that datapoint hasn't been reliable in the past when it comes to battery life. I'm not willing to say the sky is falling yet. By the middle of next week, we should have a pretty good indication on whether or not 12 hours is the best case. Don't forget there's a moto Q&A session today, so they may address it there since that seems to be the number one question on everyone's mind right now.
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