[dijit]

I disagree with your disagreement.

Though I also disagree with the article itself, but for one particular reason: I don't think it'll be nearly 10 years to catch up.

I was skittish on the idea of a watch I have to charge (nearly) every day, but it really has improved my life, in fact it's _nearly_ to the point where I don't need a phone.. since I can pay, take calls, respond to messages, play music (though, not browse the web or take photos) without having my phone anywhere near me.. I've trialled entire days with no phone and it's worked pretty well honestly.

There's nothing coming close to this anywhere else.

But, I think people catch up easier than they lead.

A decade lead is absolutely unthinkable- if google/samsung wants to do wearables seriously I think it'll be 2 years at most -- especially as they're almost certainly working on it already, and they can use the product that's already on the market as a meter to measure against for anything they're building.

[hinkley]

Most days I can put it on the charger when I get in the shower, and put it back on when I grab my keys and wallet. It’s not like you have to charge it over night. Half hour will last you quite a while.

[dijit]

Depends a lot on the model and usage; I did that too (after recommendations from my friend) but ended up with low power warnings fairly often.

And now of course the battery has significantly lower capacity than new, or the OS is much heavier. The watch was charged while I took a shower after the gym this afternoon. Was fully charged this morning. It’s currently on 37% at 19:51.

(for context, my watch is a 44mm (or, large) series 4)