Two things In need in a smartwatch: long battery life (at least 5 days), and copious music storage space. I mean, I also need a clock, sleep and heartrate sensors, step monitoring, etc, but they're stuff most normal smartwatches have already.

I'm currently using a Hauwei GT2 which I don't connect to the internet except when unavoidable, such as when transferring music from my phone to the watch, but I would gladly prefer an open source solution.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I really don't get needing more than lasting the day. im fine recharging things overnight.

[–] d3Xt3r 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That may be fine for ordinary gadgets, but many people wear their smartwatch at night for sleep quality and HRV tracking. With my Garmin for instance, I usually wear it almost all week for continuous health tracking, and only take it off for a short while on the weekend for charging. It would really suck going from that, to having to charge my watch every day.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

seems like having a removable backplate battery would fix that.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean, I get a full week from my coros pace 2, with 5-6h of GPS cardio tracking (running) and 24h metrics (steps, stress, sleep, etc.) on a 310mAh battery. It takes a whopping 2h to recharge back to full, I would hate having to manage a tiny extra battery to save those 2h of not wearing my watch.

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Every device with extra swappable batteries that I've used has a charging station that you can just keep the extra battery in. Not really anything to "manage", it just effectively removes charging time from the equation.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

These watches typically come with charging cables, not a docking style station that you put them in. And keeping devices at a perpetual full charge for expended periods of time is a surefire way to kill the capacity quickly.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

each his own. 2mins each morn to swap whats in the charger and whats on the device vs waiting 2hrs once a week. ill take the swap.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The trouble with that is that, more so than any other electronic device (even including my smartphone), waterproofness is an essential requirement.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

I don't see how that should be much of an issue. a tight seal since the connector would face each other and basically be internal or just right out induction.

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