I've just purchased an
X9i, new, from the USA. It takes over 12 hours to charge the watch from the wall power socket, on the basis that the top bar of the battery indicator ceases blinking. It doesn't charge fully after 12 hours when I try to charge it via the computer's USB connection. Once charged from the wall, immediately on unplugging the watch from the charger cable, the battery bar shows a full charge. Within a few minutes the bar falls two small bars. I haven't had the watch long enough to know how long the watch will last in this state without using the
GPS function. However, I do know that the indicator drops to the bottom re-charge area within 36 HOURS if I use the
GPS function for about 10minutes shortly after taking it off the charger. This is not good. The watch doesn't function in a way that is useful. What is happening? What should I do? I live in Australia and there are no service centres in Australia so I guess this new watch (which is only 1 week old and very expensive), may need to be sent overseas to be fixed - assuming the warranty will be honoured. Is this as good as it gets? Is there an easy solution?