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Re:Google is buying Fossil’s smartwatch tech for $40M by dan678 on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:07PM (#18935134)
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant it more as a personal preference. Considering the sensors and screen, a 2 day battery life was pretty great and certainly one of the reasons it was (and still is) better than the Apple Watch and G3, IMO.

I just meant I value a longer battery life pretty highly. So, something like a MS Band "lite" with a less feature rich sensor package, a 2 tone oled display, and 6 to 7 day battery life would have hit that sweet spot for me, personally.

I really like being able to wear the Charge 3 around the clock for a full week (I typically charge it during my lazy Sunday morning routine) without really worrying about it.

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Re:Google is buying Fossil’s smartwatch tech for $40M by plasticchris on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:49PM (#18935410)
Have you looked at the Garmin fitness bands? The first gen was something like you describe but could go for a year on a couple of coin cells. They probably have more/better ones now, that was several years ago.
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Re:Google is buying Fossil’s smartwatch tech for $40M by pimeys on Friday January 18, 2019 @01:43AM (#18937481)
This is the reason I still use a Pebble 2 smart watch, so I need to charge it once per week. For me the device is for displaying glucose values, so needing to charge it every day is not really an option.
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