Its not just a concept, they've got working prototypes... well working in a sense. Obviously the software isn't ready. Neither is the quality and things for mass production.

And you're blowing things out of proportion. Its not going to hinder people from running, biking and parachuting. It might affect skiing and climbing. And it will definitely affect swimming.

Think of this as less of a watch and less of a Pebble, and more of a Predator-type gauntlet. Which sits comfortably on your wrist while providing a screen large enough to make proper use of smart-functions.


@juiceme
The OG Pebble gets around 3-4 days on Normal-Intensive use. With the Pebble Steel its possible to get 7 days on Light Use.
The Galaxy Gear gets 1 day on Normal-Intensive use and 2 days on Light Use. The Galaxy Gear 2 gets 1.5 days on Normal-Intensive use and around 2.5 days on Light Use.

Since this smartw@tch is smarter than both of those and has a larger display it needs more juice. But since its just large enough to accommodate a proper battery it has a lot more stamina than the alternatives. 3 day battery life on Intensive Use is actually good, it wouldn't hurt to take it off during the nigh and put it on a mat which could wirelessly charge it. 7 day battery life on Intensive Use will be the gold standard though, and we'll get there very very soon as soon as we get a slight spec bump to our battery technology.