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Re: The Apple Watch can detect hypertension and sleep apnea, a new study suggests

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Post by vitobcn » Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 1:43 PM UTC

mygo wrote: post #178

wlesieutre wrote: post #159

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With my Pebble Time I can travel for a week and not even bring the charging cable. Still disappointed that they went under.

with my Apple Watch I am more physically fit. And I can leave my phone in my pocket and still not miss anything important. Improved focus. And I don't have to put my phone under my freaking pillow to get my alarm to go off at the right time. And I also have a night-light on my wrist, which is super useful when I gotta get up and take a pee or something. Only need to take it off when I wake up for about half an hour.…

   >>with my Apple Watch I am more physically fit.

Can you expand on that? I would be careful before making such a claim because of a watch; unless of course you're referring to the extra weight of the device... /s

   >>And I can leave my phone in my pocket and still not miss anything important. Improved focus.

Have you actually used a Pebble Time? You also get notifications, so I don't see why you would miss stuff

   >>And I don't have to put my phone under my freaking pillow to get my alarm to go off at the right time.

You don't need to do that either with any smartwatch. Why do you compare it to a phone?

   >>And I also have a night-light on my wrist, which is super useful when I gotta get up and take a pee or something.

Other smartwatches (and traditional watches) including the Pebble Time have backlight.

   >>Only need to take it off when I wake up for about half an hour. While I shower and what not. Works for me.

With the Pebble Time (or others) you don't even need to do that; for an entire week.

I'm sure there are good reasons to purchase an Apple Watch specifically, but I believe the ones listed above are true for most smartwatches

Re: The Apple Watch can detect hypertension and sleep apnea, a new study suggests

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Post by RBerenguel » Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 3:35 PM UTC

mygo wrote: post #179

RBerenguel wrote: post #80

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When I work from home I have a standing desk, and it looks like the watch does not pick me as standing, so I almost never reach the standing goal there

It's not about whether you've been on your feet. It's about whether you've been moving that hour. The health benefit comes from moving on your feet every hour. When you're standing still for an hour you might as well be sitting.

The thing is, I'm not standing for hours, I move around, specially when thinking through a problem. I'd expect the system to realise there has been a change there.

Re: The Apple Watch can detect hypertension and sleep apnea, a new study suggests

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Post by RBerenguel » Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 3:36 PM UTC

jerf wrote: post #123

RBerenguel wrote: post #80

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When I work from home I have a standing desk, and it looks like the watch does not pick me as standing, so I almost never reach the standing goal there

I have had some entertainment downloading an app that just feeds the accelerometer data to the screen. I did it first as a diagnostic to see if the accelerometer was broken (it was on this machine), but then I have some fun just watching the data on the screen and trying to imagine how on earth you're supposed to extract whether the user is standing or not, or going up stairs, etc. And I say that from a position of b…

I would expect it to be accurate enough to detect the changes: if it is accurate enough to detect stand up and move, it also should pick stood up, moved a bit, didn't stand down. I guess the profile of accelerometer/altimeter data of standing up and moving from sitting is different from stand up and moving without having been seated before.

Re: The Apple Watch can detect hypertension and sleep apnea, a new study suggests

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Post by RBerenguel » Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 3:37 PM UTC

jads wrote: post #135

RBerenguel wrote: post #80

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When I work from home I have a standing desk, and it looks like the watch does not pick me as standing, so I almost never reach the standing goal there

The stand goal is measured by standing up and moving around for at least one minute https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204517 . > Even if you stand all day, you still need to move around. The purpose of the standing goal isn't just to be stood up, it's to stretch your legs and get you away from a desk (it doubles as a good reminder to take a break from your computer screen).

I don't stand still, I move around, probably more often than when I'm working on a chair