Apple Watch Battery Comparison Chart: Size, Battery Life and Charge Time

Several Apple Watch models have been released over the years. For your next Apple Watch purchase, you should check out the battery’s capacity, how long it lasts, and how long it takes to charge. Here’s a simple Apple Watch battery comparison chart…

The Apple Watch is the world’s most popular wearable. As smartwatches go, the Apple Watch is normally what people think of when they hear the term smartwatch. However, as you will see in this guide, the Apple Watch does have one small problem: battery life.

The battery life on the Apple Watch – even Apple’s latest models – is not very good. With Apple Watch, you will have to charge up the wearable every day – or every other day if you’re lucky. The reason for this, however, is simple: Apple Watch does a lot of stuff but it has a small battery.

Apple clearly sees the Apple Watch’s many features and abilities as a fair trade-off for battery life. Me? I prefer a wearable that doesn’t need charging every 24 hours. This is why I use Garmin watches which not only last way longer (anywhere from a week to a month, depending on the model) but they are also far better at tracking your running activities.

Still, Apple Watch is immensely popular. And in the table below, you can see how big the battery is inside each of Apple’s Apple Watch models, as well as how long it takes to charge up.

And if you’re looking to compare the SIZES of different Apple Watch models, Check out our complete list of Apple Watch sizes here.

Apple Watch Battery Sizes Comparison Chart

What Are The Differences?

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From the Apple Watch 1st generation, there have been five more generations of the Apple Watch produced. Here are the differences:

• Apple Watch Series 5: Apple watches in these series all have a 296 mAh battery that can last for up to 18 hours.
• Apple Watch Series 4: The Apple series 4 watches feature a 291.9 mAh battery, and they have 18 hours battery life.
• Apple Watch Series 3: Apple used two different batteries for the two variants of watches in series 3 (38mm and 44mm). The 38mm variant features a 279 mAh battery while the 44mm variant features a much higher 352 mAh battery.
• Apple Watch Series 2: Just like the series 3, different battery sizes were used for the different variants of this Apple watch series. The battery size is 273 mAh for the 38mm variant and 334 mAh for the 44mm variant.
• Apple Watch Series 1: 246 mAh battery was used for the 38mm variant of the Apple Watch Series 1, while the 43mm variant has a 250 mAh battery. It can last for a day on a full charge.
• Apple Watch 1st Generation: The first Apple Watch model released by Apple had a 205 mAh battery. It’s the lowest battery to be featured in an Apple Watch.

Wrapping Up…

Apple Watch battery sizes of the same series are more similar than others. The charge time and all-day battery life of the earlier series are about the same, and the same goes for the previous versions. Only the bigger 42mm version of the Apple Series 2 and 3 Watches has a battery size of up to 300 mAh.

If you want more battery life, as well as additional features, you might want to check out Garmin’s EPIC new smartwatch – it can recharge using solar power!

Alternatively, if you’re interested in Apple Watch, but you don’t want to pay full whack for one, don’t miss our Guide on How To Buy An Apple Watch For Less…

Or, just grab the model you want today via Amazon. And check out How To Stop Apple Watch Vibrating. Also check out Will Apple Ever Make A Round Apple Watch?

And check out 3 Ways To See Your iPhone Battery Percentage %!

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Daniel Segun

Daniel Segun is a Content Writer, Graphics Designer, and Web Developer with a background in Computer Science. His work has appeared on several publications such as GraceThemes, Web Designer Depot, SecureBlitz, NewsLair, CryptoJefe, and more...