I’d buy a 10 right now if Apple settled the patent dispute and re-enabled the blood oxygen sensor but I’m not paying more for a device that can do less. I have already been diagnosed with sleep apnea so I have zero need for that feature.
For a company with their kind of money it’s dumb not to just pay the licensing fee so US users can have it or, if they want to be cheap, allow US users who want it to pay the additional cost required to have it.
I might ditch my refurbished 7 for an early 9 that still has the sensor functional if Apple hasn’t figured it out by this time next year or has shipped a new device with a new sensor that would be useful enough to make the trade off worth it.
Right now I like the blood oxygen sensor. If there’s some kind of problem with my CPAP machine that is small enough I don’t hear it but is still enough of an issue to cause my blood oxygen to decrease while I’m sleeping I want to know.
For a company with their kind of money it’s dumb not to just pay the licensing fee so US users can have it or, if they want to be cheap, allow US users who want it to pay the additional cost required to have it.
I might ditch my refurbished 7 for an early 9 that still has the sensor functional if Apple hasn’t figured it out by this time next year or has shipped a new device with a new sensor that would be useful enough to make the trade off worth it.
Right now I like the blood oxygen sensor. If there’s some kind of problem with my CPAP machine that is small enough I don’t hear it but is still enough of an issue to cause my blood oxygen to decrease while I’m sleeping I want to know.
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