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Why is Apple Watch battery so crap compared to competition? (when doing the same workout) (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by techtom10@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch
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I understand that Apple Watch does many things in the background. But when you're comparing something like an Apple Watch vs Garmin Epix.

If they're both turned on for hiking they are in theory using the same processing power, measurements. Apple Watch isn't doing anything different. So why is it so poor? What else is it doing...

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[–] aridoasis@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This is totally hyperbolic, but think of it as asking why a F150 uses more gas than a Honda Civic even though they're going the same speed, and the same distance. They're built for different things. AW is smartwatch first, while Garmins is a fitness watch first. They wouldn't be using the same processing power as they have different chips. Also different ram, screen (Garmin Epic is 1.3" 416x416, AW is 1.9" 502x410), background activity, etc.