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Smart display battery lasts 4-8 hours depending on usage intensity

The Pitch · #179 Minimis: Declaring War on Garmin

“iterations of what you see is where we need to spend Mhmm.”

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iterations of what you see is where we need to spend Mhmm. Time.

What is the battery life on this? It's between

four and eight hours.

It just depends how much data you have on the screen. And whether or not you run it constantly as well. So Paul put it as like a all in sort of maximalist view. I would run it a lot smaller and also intermittently, maybe every ten seconds, it would pop up. And then And give you a mile marker or something just to Correct. Yeah. And when you do that, the battery life extends massively as well.

What's the profile of the athlete that you think you wanna target, given the price point and given the functionality?

About this clip

A founder explains their sports tech device's battery performance, detailing how display settings and usage patterns affect power consumption. They discuss optimization strategies like intermittent pop-ups every ten seconds to extend battery life, and explore targeting different athlete profiles based on price and functionality.

Why this clip

Provides specific technical insights about battery optimization and user interface design decisions that other hardware founders could apply.

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