The series 3 is pretty affordable and is still a good device especially next to competition. The subscription costs associated with this device can outpace the cost of an Apple Watch eventually
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Amazon Unveils 'Halo' Health and Fitness Wristband for $99.99 to Compete with Apple Watch
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This looks like somebody sent a Nike Apple Watch through one of the pods in The Fly.
in what way is this fitness tracker competing with apple’s fitness tracker? Is that what you’re asking?
Or maybe this? It's $80, not $40 though.
- Minimal, design that gets out of the way, smaller surface area than AW
- Integrates with Apple Health without having to manually re-sync.
- Has a better looking first party app, “Health Mate” with the recent update
- Not a Chinese company. Withings and Nokia are both Finnish.
- $80
Anyway, food for thought.
The top phone is obviously not an iPhone and the phone lower in the article just has a white case on it. If you have a white iPhone, can you can't see any white from the front or sides, just looking at the back. Sorry to burst the bubble
Lmao uhh I know all of that, but thank you!
Imagine paying money monthly to have Amazon track how you feel. Doesn't get more dystopian than that.
Don't forget about that $3.99 a month subscription fee.
It is. Pretty much every at home body fat percentage calculator is horrible.
I have ZERO confidence in what Amazon does with my data... however, if they can use this tech to sell me a pair of pants that make me look like I have an a$$.. SOLD!
$99 seems very expensive for a non-GPS, no-screen fitness tracker. I had a Xiaomi Mi-Band years ago that did as much as this thing for around $25.
The body fat scanner has nothing to do with the band, that’s just an app feature. Same with the mood checking feature which could use the phone’s microphone.
And to charge you $99 and then make you pay $48 extra a year to unlock features??? Seriously?
The body fat scanner has nothing to do with the band, that’s just an app feature. Same with the mood checking feature which could use the phone’s microphone.
And to charge you $99 and then make you pay $48 extra a year to unlock features??? Seriously?
I love competition. May this push Apple to do more and sooner with our beloved Apple Watch.
Oh yeah, I use Health Mate app even without any of their devices. I keep telling myself the points you’ve made above and that is the reason why I remain with their app. Just last week I thought of buying the Pulse HR. My problem is I don’t want to not wear my real watches. I got the Move Chic and was disappointed at how tiny it looked on my wrist. If looks like a real watch then it must be masculine enough, for me. About the app, I hate the new update with that silly green AI thing which can’t be swiped away. Otherwise, Health Mate is my top and most simple health app besides Apple Health.
Always on mic, 3D body reconstructions, detection and playback of emotional states?
Why would anyone trust any of this to go off-device, let alone to Amazon?!?
Why would anyone trust any of this to go off-device, let alone to Amazon?!?
Ah, fair enough. I did see the Move Chic (or something similar) when I got my Pulse HR at the time but I essentially just wanted the most discrete device possible, so went with the Pulse.
The Move Chic does have a nice aesthetic though. It blends more like a traditional watch, not a tiny wrist computer.
Yeah I saw that. I think you can tell it to disappear (and not enable it) by tapping through the AI onboarding pages, but I honestly cant remember. Not ideal UX though I agree.
Edit: Just double-checked the AI thing, not there, which is good.
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Yes! Took the words out of my mouth. This will be great for the future of Apple Watch.
Should up the battery life by a wide margin. I'm thinking around double?
This isn’t competition. This is Amazon creating a device to entice Amazon Prime members to budget priced devices like this new release. This device isn’t any where near the caliber of the Apple Watch.
There are similar bands with holes for most fitness trackers.
This looks like somebody sent a Nike Apple Watch through one of the pods in The Fly.
This will fail and will not be sold within six months. Emotional state? Stupid, useless. Who in their right mind will allow Amazon to have access to their semi-naked body? $99 is way too much for this silly toy.