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This perception of low battery life has really lasted from the first apple watch. It was the reason, along with that it wasn't water proof enough for me, that I didn't get the first one.

I wear my apple watch 2 all day, sleep in it, and charge it in the time I'm getting ready in the morning. that's all it needs and it never runs out of battery.

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I completely agree; I wore my watch series 3 (no cell) all day yesterday, tracked sleep last night, and this morning I still have 65% battery left. I quick charge while I shower in the morning is all it's needed and I'm blown away by how long it lasts. (I had a Pebble Time previously.)

I had low expectations when I bought the Series 3 because of what has been said in the past about the battery life but my findings are similar: I put it on in the morning at 7:30am and it's still got ~65% when I'm getting ready for bed. I took it off last night around 11:30 and it was charged back to 100% by 12:15.

I too had a Pebble Time and while that lasted seemingly forever, I'm very very happy with the Series 3's battery life and charge time.

My Series 1 used to last 2 full days. Now when I wake up it's at 40% and will die around 5pm (on the 2nd day). Pretty sure the watchOS 4 update caused the battery life to drop significantly.

I also have a Series 3. What app do you use to track sleep?

I'm using AutoSleep, but it seems to really overestimate the time I'm actually asleep, and as far as I can tell it doesn't take into account tossing/turning during the night (either that, or I'm getting way better sleep than I think I'm getting).

You can tweak its sensitivity +/- dramatically, even for the past night, in the Tweak tab in the app. That did it for me.

I'll try that. Thanks for the tip!

With my Pebble Time I can travel for a week and not even bring the charging cable. Still disappointed that they went under.

with my Apple Watch I am more physically fit.

And I can leave my phone in my pocket and still not miss anything important. Improved focus.

And I don't have to put my phone under my freaking pillow to get my alarm to go off at the right time.

And I also have a night-light on my wrist, which is super useful when I gotta get up and take a pee or something.

Only need to take it off when I wake up for about half an hour. While I shower and what not. Works for me.

   >>with my Apple Watch I am more physically fit.

Can you expand on that? I would be careful before making such a claim because of a watch; unless of course you're referring to the extra weight of the device... /s

   >>And I can leave my phone in my pocket and still not miss anything important. Improved focus.

Have you actually used a Pebble Time? You also get notifications, so I don't see why you would miss stuff

   >>And I don't have to put my phone under my freaking pillow to get my alarm to go off at the right time.

You don't need to do that either with any smartwatch. Why do you compare it to a phone?

   >>And I also have a night-light on my wrist, which is super useful when I gotta get up and take a pee or something.

Other smartwatches (and traditional watches) including the Pebble Time have backlight.

   >>Only need to take it off when I wake up for about half an hour. While I shower and what not. Works for me.

With the Pebble Time (or others) you don't even need to do that; for an entire week.

I'm sure there are good reasons to purchase an Apple Watch specifically, but I believe the ones listed above are true for most smartwatches

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