$20 with Blood Oxy Meter is a good deal.
How accurate is it and who owns or has access to your data?
Wyze $20 Smart Watch
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#52Apple 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.
Yeah I've had a number break on me (not the versa, but ionics and charges) and they've usually replaced them (but not always).
I consider it still "early adopter" territory and am happy to put up with some problems as they blaze a trail to a healthier world via massively increasing the amount of health data available.
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#53Apple 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).
Except nobody actually thinks this way, so there's that.
$300-400 is a high ticket item, point blank.
Aside from Apple, the world is owned by entities that compete mostly on price.
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#54How is Wyze churning out so many new hardware devices so rapidly? I hadn't heard of them till this year when I saw their camera on sale, but now they have a full suite of hardware products with ~50 employees. Are they essentially rebranding some Chinese manufacturer?
When it comes to their webcam: absolutely yes. You can get the exact camera they sell on Alibaba. That said, the software on the Alibaba versions is awful. I think their business model makes sense here: buy commodity hardware, make your own, better, software.
(though to be honest their iOS app isn't great. But still)
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's funny - i avoid Wyze because it seems such a good deal. Something seems off about that, the price is simply too good - and i loathe being the product these days.
Because it’s essentially Amazon, ex Amazon engineers and they integrate with Alexa by default which likely means a nice side channel income.
How does Alexa integration open up revenue? Does Amazon pay companies to integrate?
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#56Does it run a Linux? Will I be able to ssh to it?
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#57> * 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…
Personally I like the idea of someone qualified spending the time to evaluate these and give it a stamp of approval. I just wish that led to something more like "we are being evaluated by XYZ agency, see this URL for approval status".
Sure, it leaves an opening for egg on your face, but if you're serious about passing the test (and you shouldn't be selling medical devices if you're not) then you're going to pass eventually so show the confidence.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
[citation needed]
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#59I often wonder how Wyze makes any money. They're usually 2-10 times cheaper than their competitors, while providing better features, better design, and better support. I love all of my Wyze devices and purchased another $100 worth of them just yesterday (3 bulbs, 2 sockets, 3 sensors, 1 camera, 1 SD card). I like how they go out of their way to add features to their devices. For example, they provide a firmware for t…
"Wyze Labs, Inc ... are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates." I would like to believe there is good in the world, but other than Linux nothing has held it up.
Inspect Element shows that's just a formatting goof in the footer. Wyze is not part of Amazon (...yet...).
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#60I often wonder how Wyze makes any money. They're usually 2-10 times cheaper than their competitors, while providing better features, better design, and better support. I love all of my Wyze devices and purchased another $100 worth of them just yesterday (3 bulbs, 2 sockets, 3 sensors, 1 camera, 1 SD card). I like how they go out of their way to add features to their devices. For example, they provide a firmware for t…
"Wyze Labs, Inc ... are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates." I would like to believe there is good in the world, but other than Linux nothing has held it up.
You've misread.
> © 2020 Wyze Labs, Inc Amazon, Alexa, Echo Spot and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
The page is copyright Wyze Labs. Separately, those other terms are trademarks of Amazon.