Battery drain on watch series 7

JMS_SED wrote:

So I get my new watch replacement while mine is out on repair. Guess what? It doesn't hook up with Verizon and now I have to wait for a SIM card to be sent or go to a store? REALLY? Applecare watches are not carrier ready. Anyone experience this?

As noted, Watches don't use SIM cards. However, Verizon did used to have a problem activating any watch that had ever been activated on any other network, which a replacement watch could have been. My information is a bit out of date but, it's worth calling customer service and asking about.

No they definitely don't need to send you a new SIM, that's weird.. Each time I got a new watch, I would just call US Cellular so they could remove the old IMEI and add the new IMEI for the new watch, done.

I just bought the watch s7 and I think I may return it because it is not fun to have Watch half of the day and the other half it is just a bracelet, there are tons of watches on the market that can work better than this Apple Watch right now

My Apple Watch 7 battery life is awful!!! I’ve got it set to no background refresh with literally NO extra apps installed and my battery drains in a matter of hours!

When you talk to tech support they act like I’m the only one with this issue when thousands on the Apple forum talk about the exact same problem!!!!!

I had the issue with my Apple Watch 6 so I went to the 7 to fix it - huge waste of money!!

Hi JMS_SED

How old was your Watch a few weeks?

How much was the payment to have this Watch replaced with one that worked ?

How much “little” better

Why was it not replaced under the guarantee if it is a Watch that doesn't tell the time for half the day and is just a bracelet.

I think AppleCare was $79.

i did not want to be without a watch for 7-10 days.

last night I did a 30 minute workout on AppleCare plus and the battery drained quite a bit. But I sat at my kitchen counter all day working on a laptop and it did not say I met my exercise goal within an hour like my old one did. So that makes it a little better.

I have no apps on my watch and app refresh off. No notifications. Haptics off. All the fun stuff shut off like heart rate, fall detection, etc. I have a boring watch that is face shut off and in a grey color scheme- dimly lit. No secondhand going, no animated watch faces. At this point I have a bracelet. My replacement is running better but I did a 30 minute bike ride using activity and 25% dropped off. If I did a longer bike ride like 2 hours would that kill the battery completely?

My old watch would say I reached my exercise goal when I was sitting at a desk for 2 hours so this new watch is not doing that at least and recording proper movement and activity.

Yes multiple times!!! I have unpaired the watch, set it up as a new watch, wiped my phone and started new, in fact, I’m exhausted typing about the things I’ve tried and exhausted telling anyone the long list of things that have been done! I get it, it’s ridiculous to think that this can happen but it has!!!!

Me too, I had a fit bit versa sense before I “upgraded” to an Apple Watch series 7. The Apple Watch in my opinion is definitely better however the batter lasts a day max which is ridiculous when my other watch could last a little over a week! I’m really dissatisfied with the battery usage and I’ve turned pretty much everything off that uses the battery most and it’s still not lasting long at all…

It drains no matter what magical spell you put on it. No amount of troubleshooting helps this thing. I'm losing 16%/hour... Every time someone goes "Oh is that the new Apple Watch?" I say, "I hate this thing, don't buy one." Unless you love talking to Support, then by all means go buy one.

My watch has been draining very quickly in the same manner. Just barely three months old. I’ve tried to get Apple to resolve it and it feels like they don’t care. They’re giving me the run around and saying that nothing is wrong with it.

I just got watch and am shocked at how bad the battery is. I have had a Garmin Fenix for years and it last days with the same features. I am going to return and buy the new Fenix. Why should I have to charge the phone every night?

So why did my series 6 battery last more r to Han 24 hours??? When will Apple address this issue? Rest assured if they don’t address it, I will never buy another apple product again!!!!!!! Fix it Apple!!!

Thanks for the possible solution. I did everything but I can’t reinstall the Watch app from the App Store. It doesn’t show when I do a search for it. The only thing that shows is watch utilities app. I went ahead and paired the Watch and it actually restores the Watch app and all of the back ups. I’m at a loss with this thing. I have owned a 3,5, and 6 and never had any issues with them.

I bought a new Apple Watch series 7 a few days ago. My question is why do I need to be charging the watch everyday? Also, I prefer not to have email messages coming through. I am new to all this Apple Watch and it’s capabilities. My main reason for purchasing was to be able to ask for help when I am walking and for other health options the watch has. Any support will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.