Don’t expect spectacular battery life with the Apple Watch

The new Watch is Apple’s next big thing that could shake things up for smart wearables this year. As the world waits for its official release, new information on its battery life has started to trickle out of Apple Watch’s development team.

According to the source, Apple wants to make the watch experience as fluid and high resolution as possible. With a Retina-like display that animates at 60fps and a new S1 chip that performs close to an iPhone 4S (Apple A5), its battery life is getting a huge hit.

Under intensive heavy use, the Apple Watch is said to last just 2.5 hours while standard app usage would last slightly longer at about 3.5 hours. For constant fitness tracking, it does better at 4 hours, which is more than enough for most workouts.

Apple is still pushing the watch for a full day of use on a single charge. By default, the display is always off when not in use, and it will show the time only when required. If used solely as a clock, the watch could do a total of 3 hours of on-display time inclusive of all watch animations. Apple aims for at least 19 hours of mixed usage on a single charge but the report indicates that they are struggling just that.

So if you’re eyeing for this shiny new watch, do expect to charge it at least once a day or more if you’re going to use it for more than just telling time. At least it is good to know that it is easy to charge using its MagSafe inductive charger. In terms of charging, the report says that it takes longer than expected but they are trying to fix it before it gets released.

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