Discussion - I spent 72 hours with the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: here is how the battery held up

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Stolerikooo
Stolerikooo
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• 1mo ago

No rotating bezel = NO buy

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Charlie2k
Charlie2k
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• 1mo agoedited

An article about the smartwatch with not the worst battery life, but it's definitely one of the bottom contenders along with Apple Watch. When writing a article like this - why not compare it to the best ones out there that are in the same price range? Like watches from Huawei, that all of them are running circles around both Samsung and Apple regarding battery life and charging.

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MsPooks
MsPooks
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• 1mo ago

My worst Garmin provides at least a week, with full-time wear; workouts, sleep, daily.

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R1ftt
R1ftt
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• 1mo ago

Holy crap that's bad. Oppo and Huawei are hitting WEEKS. Not days. Pathetic

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Ouroboros
Ouroboros
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• 1mo ago
↵Stolerikooo said:

No rotating bezel = NO buy

Why would the Ultra have a rotating bezel? That's a trait of the Classic line.

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Erthling
Erthling
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• 1mo agoedited

My 8 year old Huawei GT watch used to last almost a whole month (30 Days)!

I still use it and it lasts roughly 3 weeks now.

Oh, and I'm still using the Huawei P20 Pro phone..... Does all I need with flying colors!


Next watch I'd get would maybe have an e-sim.

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pepperpot_592
pepperpot_592
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• 1mo agoedited
↵R1ftt said:

Holy crap that's bad. Oppo and Huawei are hitting WEEKS. Not days. Pathetic

Oppo is the best comparison, but it doesn't achieve WEEKS of battery life under normal mode and Huawei doesn't use wear OS. No watch using wear OS will go over 10 days unless some sort of power save is enabled.

We don't know how long this Ultra will last on power saving mode.

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Edge1
Edge1
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• 1mo ago

You say 3hrs to charge to 100% but I have seen videos that say 90mins. So which is it?

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Brewski
Brewski
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• 1mo ago
↵Charlie2k said:

An article about the smartwatch with not the worst battery life, but it's definitely one of the bottom contenders along with Apple Watch. When writing a article like this - why not compare it to the best ones out there that are in the same price range? Like watches from Huawei, that all of them are running circles around both Samsung and Apple regarding battery life and charging.

"you will get close to 72 hours of use between charges, or a full three days."

This one made me laugh. I don't even pay attention to my battery level until it gets into the single digits below 10%. That's when I know I should charge it sometime in the next 2-3 days.

And 3 hours to charge!

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Brewski
Brewski
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• 1mo ago
↵pepperpot_592 said:

Oppo is the best comparison, but it doesn't achieve WEEKS of battery life under normal mode and Huawei doesn't use wear OS. No watch using wear OS will go over 10 days unless some sort of power save is enabled.

We don't know how long this Ultra will last on power saving mode.

I have the OnePlus Watch3 and get 10 days without power save. Easily 2 weeks with power save on. One time I hit 3 weeks.

I doubt this Ultra can hit even a single week with all optimizations.

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