Smartwatch software support lags well behind smartphone pledges, even from Google and Samsung, but this really shouldn’t be the case.

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    2 months ago

    There’s not a smartwatch battery in existence that’ll last 10 years, and most smart watches will struggle with water resistance after a battery replacement (kind of important for a watch). Not saying that excuses the lack of software support, just pointing out there are bigger considerations one may want to make when purchasing a watch if they want it to last that long.

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      2 months ago

      There is, my Pebble 2 is showing 30% and I last charged it on Friday. It’s gonna turn 8 in a few months. The key is making something with 10 day battery life so that it takes ten years to hit the lifespan of 400 or so charge cycles, and not something that needs to be recharged daily which barely lasts a year.

      Does it still last 10 days, of course not, but 4-5 days after 8 years is still perfectly usable.

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      2 months ago

      Not if the manufacturer makes the same adhesive gasket that they use at the factory available

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      2 months ago

      plus, as with smartphone batteries, they will need replacing in a relatively short amount of time. Are they user replaceable?