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Apple Watch Makes U.S. Magazine Cover Debut In Latest Issue of 'Self'
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Get your facts right before you troll.
Apple very much boasts of the Apple Watch's heart rate monitor right on the official Apple Watch web page HERE
But for the lazy here is the text verbatim:
Sounds accurate. Looks like Garmin beat Apple to the punch years ago...
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Accuracy?
Hey, I can dream. But that's about all I can do...You'll have a much higher chance getting a hold of the watch.
We should all just put this person on our ignore lists as not one of his posts has contributed anything constructive. You don't need to be positively minded about all things Apple, but at least be accurate and don't spread nonsense.
Why is that ignore function so hidden nowadays on this forum? We should be able to choose this option right from the nickname drop down.
She really is now. But seriously, I could see Angela hiring her as the poster girl for the watch to put up in Apple stores and on the watch's official page on the Apple website. Angela is a smart cookie when it comes to her executive role of retail and marketing; and that would definitely be a smart move.
A lot of weird misinformation here.
Yes, there is definitely a heart rate monitor in the watch.
No, you don't have to have your iphone with you at all times. Fitness and music playing work independently. Apple watch needs the iphone for internet connection. It also needs it for third party apps to run, but that will become less of a hard rule in future SDK releases with more watch-only "offline" functionality available to third party devs.
Yes, there is definitely a heart rate monitor in the watch.
No, you don't have to have your iphone with you at all times. Fitness and music playing work independently. Apple watch needs the iphone for internet connection. It also needs it for third party apps to run, but that will become less of a hard rule in future SDK releases with more watch-only "offline" functionality available to third party devs.
Even if product placement isn't paid by Apple, it's advertisement for Apple. If they don't pay for it, then it puts the whole comparing the budgets thing into question.
You're already dead
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Thank you oh one with great knowledge
Yes, the watch will be functional without the phone. Whether or not that's to a suitable degree is up to the user. However, your second point is just silly. I guess I'll just have to make sure I join a gym where all the lockers are only 30 feet away from everything.
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And neither will the Apple Watch in real life. The face is going to be blank 99% of the time.
1/3 smaller than this would be impressive. lets be honest, i have no self control and will probably sell my kidney to buy the Apple Watch regardless of how overpriced i think it is. and thats what apple is probably assuming as well.
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Okay so I will definitely accept your post as sarcasm.
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Why? I've never heard this before.
Did you actually look at the sizes on Apple's site (in mm) The big Ipod nano is just about the same volume as the big Apple watch. The nano is thinner. That's 1/3 smaller volume BTW, not surface.
Wow, I don't know why I didn't expect coverage like this. I'm impressed. Candice Swanepoel, first of all, is hot as h*ll and she has been my favorite Victoria's Secret Angel for a long time. Apple is making the right moves, likely thanks to the ex-CEO of Burberry. If I were an active woman, I'd definitely want an Apple Watch after seeing Candice wear one. Hell, I am an active MAN and I definitely want one after seeing Candice wear one.
I'm so used to sarcasm that I'm starting to doubt myself - is everyone up voting this doing so for the same reason?
nope. while you need an iphone for GPS route-tracking, you dont need it for the normal activity tracking. at all.
The reviews that I found did sound really favourable in general, in the 4/5 stars/80%ish range ratings. Which reviews is your "ahahahahah" based on?
Disclaimer: Before the pathetic "they must be good now"-BS starts - I'm just referring to the review summaries that I found online.
truth hurts, huh? unless you have some need to see your route, you dont need GPS for activity tracking. most other trackers on the market dont have it either, likely for the same reason. and unless youre a professional athlete i dont know that any precision gains utilizing GPS in additional to the pedometer & accelerometer really matter to anyone. other than complainers, of course. plenty of those here!
Why is she punching herself in the appendix?
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ahh, wait. Apple Watch can gently inform you when your appendix has been compromised.
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ahh, wait. Apple Watch can gently inform you when your appendix has been compromised.
Why the snark?
Jakexb corrected some persistent misunformation in the thread without insulting anyone - - that should be commended.
Most people's phone faces are blank 90% of the time too. Doesn't mean phones are a failure.
As you've probably figured out by now, you read an article that said Apple dropped the idea of an EKG based heart beat monitor.
However, the regular optical pulse monitor is still there.
Depends on the product. Samsung sells a lot of different things.
For years Apple spent more in the US advertising iPhones, than Samsung spent advertising their smartphones. It wasn't until 2012 that Samsung made their big US ad push that made Galaxy a name.
I think Apple took the lead again in 2014, but I need to find time to confirm.
Exaxtly. This isn't news, it's sales.
I'm sure Apple gave the magazine early access to people/products in return for very favorable media coverage. Apple does this all the time. Did money trade hands? Who knows.
Meanwhile, in the real world, mainstream media has a collective yawn about these watches. No one cares outside of this fanboy tent.