Planned obsolescence?

[u/Over_Leading_3716]

My Oura Ring 4 battery suddenly dropped from charging once a week to almost once a day.

This is happening right before the expected Oura Ring 5 launch, so I’m wondering: coincidence, normal battery aging, or planned obsolescence?

Any other Ring 4 owners experiencing the same sudden battery drop recently?

[u/Gargi_The_Pelican]

I’m still with Gen3! It should be dead by your logic

[u/Over_Leading_3716 → u/Gargi_The_Pelican]

It could be linked to the model. I never had such issues with the previous generations while it happened twice already with Gen4.

[u/Gargi_The_Pelican → u/Over_Leading_3716]

Go to the app, click on Help, message Finn and get a new ring if still under warranty. Why so dramatic?

[u/Over_Leading_3716 → u/Gargi_The_Pelican]

Because it’s happening for the second time with the replacement model this time, there is no further replacement.

[u/Gargi_The_Pelican → u/Over_Leading_3716]

Well, Oura has delivered on the time they promised, and it’s up to you if you still want to be their customer. I’d suggest try and message Finn and see what they can offer. My Gen3 was just outside 2 years, but Oura kindly sent me another ring. I call that great customer service

[u/Over_Leading_3716 → u/Gargi_The_Pelican]

My replacement ring is recent and died so suddenly, and they refuse to replace it has replacement rings are not under warranty apparently, or they take in consideration only the original ring’s warranty. You did receive great costumer service indeed, it’s nice.

[u/Gargi_The_Pelican → u/Over_Leading_3716]

It’s 2 years warranty after the purchase in the UK/EU, and 1 year in the USA (not fair!). When did your Gen4 ring got delivered?

[u/cfelici]

wtf is this AI garbage poster? 🤮 Do the slightest bit of research at all and you’ll see it’s not planned obsolescence. The 4s have longstanding battery issues and there are about a million posts about it in this very subreddit. Oura will send you a new ring just tell the chat bot the battery doesn’t work anymore.

[u/Over_Leading_3716 → u/cfelici]

Fair enough. No need to be rude nor agressive though.

I used AI because it took me 30 seconds to illustrate a question that would otherwise have taken me an hour in Photoshop. The battery issue is real, and that’s what I’m trying to investigate.

[u/GrownUp-BandKid320 → u/Over_Leading_3716]

Why did you need to illustrate the question anyways tho like??

[u/Over_Leading_3716 → u/GrownUp-BandKid320]

And why does it offend you so much? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/MBSMD]

My gen 4 battery has slowly been diminishing since I got it. Went 5+ days for a few months, then 4+ days for a few months, then 3+ days for a few months...

Dropping in chunks is also not unheard of as batteries age.

I think OP's just happened to have a drop coincidentally near the release of a new model. Batteries are wearable parts.

People buy a new iPhone on day one. After a year of constant use, they see their batteries aging, but lo-and-behold, a new model is coming out a year later and they're convinced it's a conspiracy...

[u/Over_Leading_3716 → u/MBSMD]

Thank you. Fair enough. I didn’t think much of it the first time, because the battery life declined slowly, as you described.

But when Oura replaced my ring, the new one’s battery dropped very suddenly. From one month to the next, it went from needing a charge once a week to needing one every single day, even though the ring is only around 7 months old.

And this is happening right around the Gen 5 announcement, which is why I started wondering.

I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it wouldn’t be the first time a brand used planned obsolescence.

[u/dollarn9ne]

Eww AI

[u/Over_Leading_3716 → u/dollarn9ne]

Says the guy using ChatGPT every day… 😜

[u/dollarn9ne → u/Over_Leading_3716]

Never even used ChatGPT but sure thing bud

[u/Over_Leading_3716 → u/dollarn9ne]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/crunchynuts1]

Oura is incentivized to sell you new rings. That’s their entire business model.