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Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by qppo »

BostonEnginerd wrote: post #34
breck wrote: post #25

Apple was smart not to compete on the low-end for watches. Median income in the USA is $68,703. Why would someone spend 1/25 of 1 percent of their income on something that they wear 100% of the time? That makes no sense. I shell out $200-$300 each year for the latest FitBit (Apple Watch is promising, but that battery life :(. The sleep tracking is gold).

We had a terrible experience with Fitbit. My wife’s Versa delaminated just out of warranty. Screen and guts all fell out. Fitbit basically shrugged their shoulders and said too bad. My experience with them years ago when they first launched was really positive. Any issues with a device, and another one was in the mail.

Plus they managed to run the gamut of security failures including RCE on users home computers.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by securingsincity »

breck wrote: post #25

Apple was smart not to compete on the low-end for watches. Median income in the USA is $68,703. Why would someone spend 1/25 of 1 percent of their income on something that they wear 100% of the time? That makes no sense. I shell out $200-$300 each year for the latest FitBit (Apple Watch is promising, but that battery life :(. The sleep tracking is gold).

How much of that income is spent on healthcare, food, and housing? 40% americans can't afford an unexpected $400 bill [0] https://abcnews.go.com/US/10-americans-struggle-cover-400-em....

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by julesallen »

I've been using their products since their first cam came out (was skeptical but hey, $20-odd bucks was low risk).

Now have multiple cams, bulbs, and so on. Getting the watch is a low dough no brainer.

Solid stuff for not a lot of money.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by dharmab »

ghaff wrote: post #39
bhupy wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Median income in the USA is $68,703. Be that as it may, there's absolutely a non-trivial amount of revenue available at the low end of the market. Apple historically never participates in that market, but that's an opportunity for other hardware providers.

Yeah, I have an Apple Watch but I usually just wear a $30 Timex because I don't need to worry about charging. When the band and/or battery give out after a few years I replace it with another of the same model. I buy lots of cheap things even though there are "better" versions available for more money.

I’m so used to the fuggeaboutit reliability of my digital and automatic watches that the battery life of the Apple Watch is absolutely appalling.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by grep_name »

Will this just run the same wearOS as other watches? It just says "compatible with popular apps", but the only thing I could see myself using a smartwatch for is xdrip, which is fairly niche

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by vmception »

> * Wyze Watch is not a medical device, and it is not intended to be used for medical purposes.

How do we change reality to get these dumbass disclaimers out the way for perfectly functioning devices?

Get FDA certification faster? Change safe harbors on liability that dont require cover-your-ass text that contradicts the point of including certain functionality? Get FDA out of the consumer medical device gatekeeping whatsoever?

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by foolmeonce »

breck wrote: post #25

Apple was smart not to compete on the low-end for watches. Median income in the USA is $68,703. Why would someone spend 1/25 of 1 percent of their income on something that they wear 100% of the time? That makes no sense. I shell out $200-$300 each year for the latest FitBit (Apple Watch is promising, but that battery life :(. The sleep tracking is gold).

How swatch got started may be able to answer your question. Similarly, 13 year olds don't have a thousands in disposable income but are often the primary demographic to make a fortune selling $10 items. Someone who can afford crap is useless if they can recognize it.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by breck »

securingsincity wrote: post #42
breck wrote: post #25

Apple was smart not to compete on the low-end for watches. Median income in the USA is $68,703. Why would someone spend 1/25 of 1 percent of their income on something that they wear 100% of the time? That makes no sense. I shell out $200-$300 each year for the latest FitBit (Apple Watch is promising, but that battery life :(. The sleep tracking is gold).

How much of that income is spent on healthcare, food, and housing? 40% americans can't afford an unexpected $400 bill [0] https://abcnews.go.com/US/10-americans-struggle-cover-400-em... .

$200 spent on a FitBit will save thousands on annual healthcare bills.
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