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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by criddell »

Tomte wrote: post #143
criddell wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do people do with data from their sleep trackers? I tracked my sleep for years with a Fitbit and now I track it with an Oura ring. I look at the results occasionally, but it has never provided any useful information. Is there something I'm not aware of?

If it tells you that you've been waking up a lot or that your oxygen level drops precipitously every minute or so, you go see a doctor. There are people trying to "optimize" their sleep, of course, but the real benefit is getting a large chunk of the population to notice something is wrong. The same with the ECG. A one lead ECG isn't much, but it means a lot when you give it without any hassle or additional cost to m…

So sleep tracking isn't useful for people unless they have sleep problems? Now that I say it, it sounds kind of obvious.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by tolmasky »

Spearchucker wrote: post #150

Scrolling down there's the Nike and Hermes editions. Maybe this is a cultural difference between here (Frankfurt) and elsewhere - I fail to understand how one would willingly pay extra to advertise a brand. The way I see it is that Nike for example should pay ME to wear their branding. And even then I wouldn't. I'm not a walking billboard.

Would you wear a Nike band for $3M a year?

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by [deleted] »

peterwwillis wrote: post #130
felipemnoa wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You forgot to mention that in 2019 you are wearing on your wrist what in 1980 would be considered a super computer and occupying several shelves worth of space. Edit: Some info that I found online. According to this article from 2015 [1 ]the apple watch is equivalent to two iPhone4s (Not sure I believe that but if true incredible). Also this quote: "Meanwhile, the Cray-2 supercomputer from 1985, which is the fastest…

And the software on these supercomputers is used to tell the time and display a calendar.

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Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by matthewmacleod »

antoineMoPa wrote: post #83
the_watcher wrote: post #16

> all-day 18-hour battery life. Is there a standard for what "all-day" means? I think most would initially assume 24 hours, but thinking about it more, it seems reasonable to consider "can work from wake up to sleep" or "can work from sunup to sundown"/

1980 watches: battery lasts a couple of months 2019 watches: battery lasts a couple of hours

1980 supercomputers: 5 tons and cost $10m

2019 watches: 30g and cost $400

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by Spearchucker »

tolmasky wrote: post #153
Spearchucker wrote: post #150

Scrolling down there's the Nike and Hermes editions. Maybe this is a cultural difference between here (Frankfurt) and elsewhere - I fail to understand how one would willingly pay extra to advertise a brand. The way I see it is that Nike for example should pay ME to wear their branding. And even then I wouldn't. I'm not a walking billboard.

Would you wear a Nike band for $3M a year?

That is a sufficient amount to turn me into a walking billboard, yes.

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by criley2 »

Spearchucker wrote: post #150

Scrolling down there's the Nike and Hermes editions. Maybe this is a cultural difference between here (Frankfurt) and elsewhere - I fail to understand how one would willingly pay extra to advertise a brand. The way I see it is that Nike for example should pay ME to wear their branding. And even then I wouldn't. I'm not a walking billboard.

Consider that wearing an Apple watch makes you a billboard for Apple. The Apple Watch and the distinct white ear pods are about as well-lit of an advertisement you can get!

Is what it is, but people treat the Apple logo and product as far more of an important status symbol than Nike.

I would go so far as to suggest that the Nike logo cheapens the "person billboard" that Apple turns customers into

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by ngngngng »

kbd wrote: post #65
ak217 wrote: post #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.

5th generation of the Apple Watch and it still doesn't come close to replacing my Pebble, unfortunately. At least it's closer to an actual watch now, with an always-on screen, but it still can't last 24 hours on a charge.

I miss my old Pebble watch

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by TremendousJudge »

the_watcher wrote: post #37
GordonS wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I thought the same, but after I got one, I really haven't minded. To be fair, I've never been able to sleep with a watch on, so putting it on its charger has just reduced the likelihood I forget where I put it down in the morning.

Sleeping with it on is like half the reason why I wear a wrist watch in the first place

Re: Apple Watch Series 5

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Post by matthewmacleod »

peterwwillis wrote: post #130
felipemnoa wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You forgot to mention that in 2019 you are wearing on your wrist what in 1980 would be considered a super computer and occupying several shelves worth of space. Edit: Some info that I found online. According to this article from 2015 [1 ]the apple watch is equivalent to two iPhone4s (Not sure I believe that but if true incredible). Also this quote: "Meanwhile, the Cray-2 supercomputer from 1985, which is the fastest…

And the software on these supercomputers is used to tell the time and display a calendar.

Also decodes and plays audio, takes ECGs, monitors movement and sleeping patterns in real-time, communicates with people on the other side of the planet using a high-bandwidth global communications network, and receives and decodes positioning signals sent from space.
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