• gk99@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      It’s an eight year old smartwatch. I feel like most of the target audience already has a newer model.

      • Elise@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Now I’m curious what the newer models are for. Isn’t it essentially a watch with notifications and buttons for music?

        • sanzky@beehaw.org
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          1 year ago

          Apple quickly pivoted it to a health tracking device. newer model have even medical grade ECG, blood oxygen level, fall and crash detection, etc. plus the usual activity tracking (steps, calories, workouts)

          • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Are there any good non-Apple equivalents for health tracking? Something that does pulse-ox for example, but isn’t stuck in the walled garden.

            • sanzky@beehaw.org
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              1 year ago

              non-apple, yes. not stuck in a waller garden, I dont think so (garmin, and samsung make some alternatives)

    • GrindingGears@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I’m never buying a smart watch again. I bought into the Moto360 hype back around this same period. The watch was slow as molasses and basically next to useless. The battery wouldn’t last a full day either. You’d look down to tell the time, and it would be blank. So phone out of the pocket, which is what they are supposed to help prevent.

      It was the watch that made me realize that I’d rather just have an actual watch. The battery completely gave out on it sometime in 2018, and it looked like a PITA to fix, so now I have this really attractive gold watch with a nice band that’s completely useless. Won’t be handing it down to the grandkids, that’s for sure. I’ve got a nice real watch now, and they can have that.