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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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No sleep tracking, no SpO2 sensor. They must be working on this, it would perfectly well into their health theme, and they bought Beddit. Another year.

It doesn't have enough battery life to last through the night if you've worn it all day. They probably intentionally don't have sleep tracking to avoid emphasizing that.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#42
post #7

Is Google still committed to Wear OS? They're so far behind.

I wish Apple would make their watch work with Android phones, similar to how they made iPods work with Windows computers way back when.

I don't know if that's a good idea for them financially.

Right now the Apple Watch is the only thing keeping me from switching away from the iPhone.

If I could pair an Apple Watch with the Razer Phone 2, I would be so happy and never look back. And the problem will only get worse the next 5 years as folding screens come out for the very high end market.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#43
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I wish Apple would make their watch work with Android phones, similar to how they made iPods work with Windows computers way back when.

Or make them independent of the phone. It looks like iOS 13 takes some steps towards that independence. I’d honestly like to have a watch instead of my phone.

Exactly. We want the watch instead of the phone, not in addition to. And I’d like them both to use the same account and number. Why don’t these companies get it? They’ll probably shut down the divisions and say “nobody wanted wearables” despite never having unchained them as consumers desire.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#44
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I quite like the idea of a smart watch, but having to charge it every day is much less appealing.

I agree with this sentiment. But then I discovered the Fitbit has a 7 day battery life. That's a game changer.

I got a Fitbit for this reason but I've been incredibly dissatisfied with the quality. I'm now on my 3rd device in ~6 months. First one stopped taking a charge, second the screen went out. Hopefully the 3rd time is the charm

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#46
post #19

No sleep tracking, no SpO2 sensor. They must be working on this, it would perfectly well into their health theme, and they bought Beddit. Another year.

I would assume sleep tracking would never be a feature. You need to charge your Apple Watch every night, so that's off the limit. I use Fitbit Flex 2 to track my sleep and I wear them both during the day, however during the night only Flex 2 stays on one of my wrists.

Unfortunately Fitbit decided to discontinue the display-less flex 2 and now I'm a bit confused on what to do next.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#47
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> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display > the screen intelligently dims when a user’s wrist is down and returns to full brightness with a raise or a tap These two statements seem somewhat contradictory.

> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display I love that they're touting this amazing feature which exists on any cheap $5 drug store watch.

They had an ad in the keynote to address your concerns, funnily enough.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#48
post #19

No sleep tracking, no SpO2 sensor. They must be working on this, it would perfectly well into their health theme, and they bought Beddit. Another year.

The Pillow [0] app does a great job of automatic sleep tracking using Apple Watch sensor data.

Edit: with my Series 4, I wear my watch all day, and charge it when I’m showering/getting ready in the morning and when I eat dinner/relax in the evening—times when I don’t care to be hyper-connected to notifications, etc. anyway.

This allows me to wear the watch, essentially, 24 hours a day.

[0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pillow-automatic-sleep-tracker...

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

#49
For me, the single biggest problem with Apple Watch is battery life, and they seem to have done nothing to improve it.

Garmin has always-on, reflective screen watches that can last for weeks on a single charge. I shouldn't need to babysit my watch.

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