You've had a wearable die because you didn't have a charger

May 23, 2023

Smartwatches and fitness trackers are pretty commonplace these days, as everyone from Apple and Samsung to Fitbit and Xiaomi offer these devices. One issue with many of these wearables is that they often use special chargers compared to smartphones.

This got us thinking whether your smartwatch or fitness tracker has ever conked out because you didn’t have its charger available. We posed this question a few weeks ago, and here’s what you told us.

Has your wearable ever died because you didn’t have a charger handy?

Results

Over 2,200 votes were counted to date, and it turns out that the majority of polled readers (57.84%) report that their wearable died because they didn’t have its specific charger on-hand. A few reader comments indeed confirm this to be the case, with two comments specifically noting that their watches wouldn’t last a day.

On the other end of the spectrum, 31.67% of respondents say they haven’t experienced their wearables dying due to not having a charger on-hand. The comments supporting this stance suggest that — far from these readers simply carrying their wearable charger around — their smartwatches simply have great battery life.

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