Unfortunately it's a bit of a misinterpretation. Yes the overall USB C spec is complicated, and cables can support different things without being labelled clearly, but you can use it just to deliver power much more simply.

The last gen iPod nano touted a 30-hour battery life. Also, you don't need to peg the CPU for rendering audio - this can be accomplished with a very low-power DSP. The lack of radios also offers significant savings when compared to a smart watch, which you forgot needs to be able to receive notifications, not just wait for low-power sensor input.

I've professionally developed the firmware for several embedded systems and consumer electronics devices with very strict power requirements.

Not conductive? Isn’t that a good thing?

The 7th gen iPod Nano which you're referring to (not the 6th gen the commenter above posted, which had a rated 24 hour battery life) had a 200 mAh battery.

A lowly Garmin Forerunner 230 like the one strapped to my wrist right now has a 150 mAh battery and achieves five weeks of battery life with notifications enabled (which I did not "forget") and the BLE radio twittering away all day, GPS time and position updates, activity tracking, and the screen displaying content all the time. Not 30 hours. 840 hours.

Just acting as a plain watch with the connectivity turned off Garmin claim it'll last 12 weeks (2016 hours).

I should not have to point out to anyone that it is physically impossible for an iPod to achieve a significantly shorter runtime on a larger battery without consuming more power in the process.

For a charging port?

While it would be lovely if watches could support Qi charging, they are just too small to make it work effectively

Ha ha ha.

I can charge my wife's Samsung watch off Qi on my phone. We had to learn how AND do it while on vacation when the Samsung inductive rig for it was left at home.

Worked like fucking gangbusters.

This article is shit.

When my latest Fitbit dies, I'll be taking a look at the UNA watch.

USB-C charging and repairable.

The only thing lacking is some Fediverse presence.

Didn't know this was a feature so I just tried it and... my watch thinks my phone is "gym equipment" and asks for permission to send my heartrate to it. How do you setup charging?

But the other person said they don't know anything about electronics and that means they are a straight shooter and that means they are more correct

Aaaaaauuuugh