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0 pointserinnh5y ago0 comments

How long do they last?

Personally, Ive been using Garmin smartwatches for a few years now and they last about a week, with O2 sat scanner enabled over the night. Definitely been happy with them.

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miguelrochefort5y ago

I get 24-36 hours on my Colmi P8 (same hardware as PineTime), with step tracking and heart rate monitoring turned off.

The PineTime is a huge downgrade from pretty much everything on the market. It's only good, at least for now, as a platform to prototype on.

Avamander5y ago

> The PineTime is a huge downgrade from pretty much everything on the market.

Not really, no. Very popular Mi Band 1 up to Mi Band 5 are very much on-par in terms of hardware. The software just has to catch up and that's probably coming.

If the project is successful, a PineTime 2 with some minor HW upgrades would be doable. Then it would take much less time because now there's a community and software out there that can be reused.

ocdtrekkie5y ago

New Fitbits are similar. (Battery life in all devices decays over time.)

Your Apple Watch or Google Wear OS will give you a day or two.

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