So... I just posted about my experience with my own smartwatch, the LG G Watch, including a section on its battery life and various ways of dealing with it.
As writing that post prompted me to return to my watch, I have discovered an excellent thing: the software upgrades for the watch now allow me to specify if I want the watchface to wake on wrist movement, i.e. if it thinks I'm trying to look at the watch. Turning that off and having the screen at tap-to-wake, leaves me with a watch that will vibrate to notify, but not turn on the screen unless I tell it to (or it gets covered/touched by something wet... it struggles a bit with handling water as non-input, though it's perfectly waterproof).
This has been the golden middle ground I coveted for ages. It extends the battery life into days - I think more than two, but less than on cinema/theatre mode - which seems very reasonable.
At this point in time, my only issue with the watch becomes the minor discomfort in wearing it. Not, I think, the "blocky" nature of it that everyone seems to say makes it uncomfortable (I do wear it on the inside of my wrist, which might be making that easier), but the sheer size of it compared to the tiny analog thing I'd otherwise wear.
And, the thing is... I wouldn't trade down the size. It's my limited input and output and I wouldn't limit that any further.
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