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Apple Watch will fight obsolescence with a replaceable battery

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<p>Battery longevity could be a problem for Apple Watch (http://www.macworld.com/article/2894759/hands-on-why-trying-an-apple-watch-made-me-want-to-buy-one.html) users, but at least there’s a replacement plan in the works.</p><p>An Apple spokesman told TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/10/the-apple-watch-battery-is-replaceable/) that the Apple Watch’s battery is replaceable. It’s unclear how much a fresh battery will cost, or what the replacement procedure will be. (We’re guessing you won’t be able to do it yourself at home.)</p><p>Fresh out of the box, Apple is promising up to 18 hours of normal use on a charge. But all batteries lose capacity over time, and it’s not unusual for a mobile device to store just 80 percent of its original capacity (http://www.macworld.com/article/1058916/iphonebattery.html) after several hundred full recharge cycles. For the Apple Watch, that means an 18-hour battery could dwindle to 14 or 15 hours, at which point it will struggle to last through the day.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2895033/apple-watch-will-fight-obsolescence-with-a-replaceable-battery.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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