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Re:Fossil Is Quitting Smartwatches by lloeki on Saturday January 27, 2024 @02:45AM (#39153528)
My Garmin Fenix 7 Solar happily crosses the 20-25d mark, depending on usage.

I have most features enabled though, using it as "just a watch" (which is what the tunable battery saver mode is, which I used a fee times in a bind) it turns 2d remaining into 1w+, so I would not be surprised if it would turn the 20-25d into 50-75d ballpark, possibly more.

Instinct Solar and Crossover Solar seem to give the above a run with much longer times, a friend is getting a Crossover this month because of that. Unfortunately if the claim is true he's not going to be able to report success for a looong time...

Re:Fossil Is Quitting Smartwatches by pjmlp on Saturday January 27, 2024 @03:01AM (#39153606)
Having its own tiny OS with Monkey C, instead of a cutted down Android variant, is also a big help for long battery life.