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Serious question, has anyone else found the new smartwatch battery life claims to be way off?
I was really skeptical about the battery lasting 10 days on the new Garmin Venu 4. I thought it was just marketing talk. After using it for a month, I have to say it's actually true. I only charged it twice in that whole time. What other gadgets have you all found where the reviews were wrong?
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lewis.gray1mo ago
Wait, that's the Venu 3, not a 4. Garmin hasn't released a 4 yet. But yeah, their battery claims are usually solid. I had the opposite with a fitness tracker years ago. It said seven days but died in three with normal use. Some laptop reviews said you could get all day on a charge, but that was only with the screen dim and just writing. Real use cut that in half.
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jordan_hill1mo ago
Honestly, it's a total crapshoot. My old phone's battery was supposed to last a full work day, but it was dead by lunch if I used it for anything real. You just can't trust the lab test numbers they use for those claims. Real world use is always harder on the battery.
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spencer_gonzalez15d ago
Yeah that Fitbit claim sounds familiar, mine said five days but barely made it to three.
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