To the deafening noise of stifled laughs and disbelieving scoffs, Apple proudly bragged that their latest invention will have a great battery life of less than two days. In an age when the human race can track its own genome and land a probe on a comet 64 billion km away, there's yet to be a smartphone battery invented that will last a whole day. The Apple Watch bucks this trend though and apparently boasts a 72 hour lifespan - if it's turned off. Activated, the battery of the Apple Watch will last 18 hours from a full charge if you never actually use it. Turning on the devices health monitoring features reduces this to 7 hours, you'll get 6.5 hours of music playback time, and if you want to direct your phone calls through it you can do so for 3 hours. Taking a phone charger with you to work or on days out is a begrudgingly accepted part of iPhone ownership, but now anyone hoping to return home with a working Apple Watch will also have to carry around a separate clip on charger if they're planning on being out for more than an afternoon.
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