Motorola Issues Statement Regarding Moto 360’s Battery Discrepancy

The Moto 360 is Motorola’s latest smartwatch and it is a beautiful one. However it seems that during a recent teardown by iFixit, it was discovered that the battery listed said it had a capacity of 300mAh, which is 20mAh smaller than what Motorola had advertised. While it might seem almost negligible, there were many who felt that it was false advertising on Motorola’s part.

Well thankfully Motorola has since come forward with a statement of their own which will hopefully help to clear things up. According to their statement, “The typical battery capacity for Moto 360 is 320 mAh and the minimum is 300 mAh. In the mobile industry, sometimes both the minimum and typical capacity is listed on the battery, with the typical capacity quoted as the official battery size. Both figures are included on the batteries of our Moto X, Moto E and Moto G devices.”

However in the case of the Moto 360, “In the case of smaller devices, we aren’t always able to list both figures. For Moto 360 we only had room for one figure and choose to list the minimal capacity of the battery. We see how this can be confusing and we will look into ways to add the typical capacity as well in the future.”

That seems like a fair assessment, but what do you guys think? Is Motorola’s explanation to your satisfaction?

Tyler Lee
Categories: Gadgets
Tags: moto 360, Motorola, Smartwatch, Wearable Tech