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Re:Chronos Will Turn Any Watch into a Smartwatch by alatkins on Sunday November 08, 2015 @11:15PM (#10531345)
Just for comparison's sake, Withings Activite watches claim 8 months battery life and have a replaceable (CR2025) battery.

In practice I got ~5 months before I needed a replacement, but that's still pretty decent.

I'd say the comparison is apt given Activites are ostensibly analogue watches with basic activity/sleep trackers built in, with BTLE comms.

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Re:Chronos Will Turn Any Watch into a Smartwatch by vincentkriek on Monday November 09, 2015 @02:51AM (#10531817)
The Withings Activite watches sadly have no notification support, so no LED or vibration motor in the watch. That helps wonders for battery life of course.
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Re:Chronos Will Turn Any Watch into a Smartwatch by alatkins on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @05:36PM (#10543142)
Good points, although it does have a vibration motor but only for alarms.
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