iFixit teardown finds Motorola lies about Moto 360 battery
Maybe you’ve heard a gripe or two about the new Moto 360 and its battery. According to some of the early reports, the wearable device won’t make it through the day. Our review model, on the other hand, gets through an entire day without any issue and still has juice to spare. Nevertheless, we could always use more battery in our tech. We just wonder if there would be fewer complaints if Motorola were to actually insert the 320mAh battery they promised.
iFixit, doing what they normally do, has torn down the Motorola smartwatch and found that the device only offers a 300mAh power source. Sure, 20mAh doesn’t sound all that much but it’s 6% less than advertised. Surely this could translate to another hour or so for some wearers.
We’re quite content with the Moto 360 thus far and think it’s one of the better wearable devices we’ve encountered. We’ll have a full review up in the next few days so be sure to check back! Would we like more battery? Duh. With that said, we’re not going to break out the pitch forks just yet. Let’s just hope Motorola comes clean on the battery and adjusts its specs. Oh, and maybe find a way to give us 320mAh sooner rather than later.
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