r/apple • u/Sumit316 • Feb 01 '21

What Apple Watch really needs is a battery that lasts longer than a day Apple Watch

https://www.cnet.com/news/what-apple-watch-really-needs-is-a-battery-that-lasts-longer-than-a-day/
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u/summon_lurker Feb 01 '21

Apple needs to let us charge smaller devices with our bigger Apple devices.

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u/SimShade Feb 01 '21

Funny thing is, the iPhone 12 lineup actually has reverse wireless charging compatibility but it’s just not enabled.

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u/Ginger-Nerd Feb 01 '21

I know the Samsung’s you can share the battery (by putting the watch on the back of it)

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21 edited Feb 19 '21

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u/Ginger-Nerd Feb 01 '21

I thought they had announced something similar with the MagSafe on the 12 pros- but couldn’t see it.

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u/RebornPastafarian Feb 02 '21

Apple literally invents everything good and Samsung literally steals everything and has literally never invented anything. Ever.

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u/krysalysm Feb 02 '21

To be honest, I didn’t really use that feature much. IMO a replaceable battery is the best option, but I haven’t looked into the internals of the Watch to know if it’s a manageable option.

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u/utechtl Feb 01 '21

On this sub, there was a link a week or two about Apple patenting that exact thing. MacBook charging phone charging watch in a triple stack.

I’m all for it, but I’m concerned about efficiency and heat.

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u/techfreak23 Feb 01 '21

My iPad is charging my iPhone 12 Pro while on a day trip in the Bay Area... lol can also charge my AirPods. The USB-C to lightning cable is great for that. Could also charge my watch if I had the right adapter or if the new watch chargers have a USB-C variant.

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u/techfreak23 Feb 03 '21

Because the guy said he wishes Apple would let us charge smaller devices with the larger devices. You can already pretty much do that with the iPads and anything smaller than it. MacBooks can charge anything smaller than them and so on...

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u/techfreak23 Feb 03 '21

No it wasn’t obvious because IMO the cable is better. I had my iPad in my backpack with the cable coming out, instead having to lay it on my iPad. How is that convenient?