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> 2) It's not a running watch. I'd recommend getting garmin if you're looking for that. I think we are on the same page but I've communicated poorly. Why even include a heart rate sensor on a watch that is not intended for exercising in when the trade-off is sacrificing comfort and raising the complexity and cost of the design?
Heart rate sensors have a number of uses aside from fitness tracking. I'm guessing comfort wasn't considered because it isn't a common complaint.
I've mentioned this in the above reply but I'll repeat here: It is not common to wear watches for more than a few days at a time simply because there are not many whose battery will last that long. The effects of fatigue/pressure point from the sensor bump are less observed but not missing. Majority of consumers wear Apple/Android watches that need to be recharged every day. With 30 days on wrist, I can extrapolate that fatigue will be more pronounced - so I am calling it out.
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Anyway to put in even a slow LTE chip for emergency calls ? I would pay an irrational amount of money for a watch that can make calls that has a very long battery life.
Calls? Or just emergency texts? The closest thing to what you probably want is the Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/698632 Discontinued, but young for Garmin devices and still available if you're willing to pay irrational amounts of money. It doesn't make audio calls out, but can receive audio messages (to Bluetooth headphones) and send/receive "emergency" text messages either to the Garmin e…
I really would like calling too. There's a lot of daylight between I lost my phone and need to call a cab, and send a helicopter.
Right now I have an LTE smart watch, but the battery is optimistically about 24 hours( on a good day ).
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You cannot put oximetry in a watch without getting sued by Masimo. Just ask Apple.
The heart rate sensor patents were ruled unpatentable: https://www.tomsguide.com/wellness/smartwatches/apple-watch-... > This week, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the previous verdict of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that concluded all three of AliveCor’s patents were unpatentable. This is generally the outcome when courts conclude that patents are either obvious or too generic to enforce.…
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It's kind of weird segmentation, but, given neither has GPS, I wonder how many people who'd seriously consider buying one of these really care about having a compass & barometer. Are those often important features to someone who doesn't care about GPS?
Having a compass and a barometer could be a "happy accident" of already having an all in one sensor that does all that things. The compass could be easily related to an accelerometer used for detecting watch position (a function commonly used in smartwatches to power on the screen on certain positions that suggest you're looking at it) or detecting "steps". Not so sure about where could you also get the barometric pr…
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Everything appears to point that way, yes. This thread is full of people complaining how these aren't like their preferred watches, in terms of design, face shape, no GPS, etc. I think this is a much more valid criticism in that their expensive flagship watch is not like their cheaper watch.
> This thread is full of people complaining how these aren't like their preferred watches Which is funny to me because that's explicitly the point. > These watches are not made for everyone. We want to be upfront with you about what to expect. It's probably the most frustrating part of smartwatches. Everyone has a different list of mandatory features, and few seem to accept that their list isn't universal. Unlike pho…
When a product has two price points, like this, it's usually expected that the more expensive one is strictly "better" than the cheaper one in some ways. That isn't the case here, and it makes everything more difficult. Most of us are conditioned to look at the more expensive version, and say "are these extra features worth $X extra" and decide that way. With these watches, I have to try to think about whether I would use a compass or heart rate monitor more.
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There's no way it's actually shipping with that name, right?
I'm sure Intel's law firms are drafting a cease & desist as we speak. I'd bet $10 the name changes.
They'll be cheeky, the big dinosaur corporate will come out swinging and look bad like they always do, and they'll get a load of press in the tech websites which is their target market.