[jyl]

Did some reading on smartphone battery life. Seems to vary widely, Moto 360 is the worst (reviewers report 14-24 hours) and Samsung Gear 2 is the best (reviewers report as much as 2-3 days). I'm not including the Pebble. The Moto and Gear 2 have similar capacity batteries (300 mah) but the Moto 360 uses a four-year old 45nm Texas Instruments processors that is a power suck compared the the latest Samsung processors. The Apple Watch uses a custom Apple processor, the "S1". I am hoping that Apple has used its semiconductor design skills and proprietary control of OS and apps to get better battery life than the Gear 2. A week of battery life would be great, 3-5 days would be okay. I would have to think hard about buying a smartwatch that got only 2 days battery life. And I cannot believe Motorola released the Moto 360 at all.