'Dear Apple'

[Macaholic868]

It's official. This site has finally hit rock bottom. This is a microcosm of what is so wrong with our country. I hope MacRumors is proud of themselves for letting this continue. I will not waste any more of my time reading this crap.

But you’ll waste your time commenting, which makes them money? I’m sure they are very, very upset….

 

[fathergll]

Some of these were faked. Just so you know.

Mark Gurman...is that YOU?

 

[fathergll]

I have as questions about one story, the one where two young men were lost in a snowstorm in Japan. The person says that they lost both phones in the snow and then used their watch to contact help. How did they do this with the older watches which need an iPhone for satellite sos messages? Did they simply use the cellular feature on the Apple Watch? This probably means that they were not super remote when they got lost.

It's Japan. It's slightly smaller than California with 3 times the population and they probably have amazing coverage for most of the island. I guess the only other option would be he got within bluetooth range but couldn't find it due to the blizzard and then initiated an SOS(I don't own a iWatch but I believe you can do that)

 

[hasanahmad]

Cousin works at Apple. Some were recorded "based" on emails which not entirely match up.

Just have to wait for some kind of leak or court document soon to unveil this.

so source is literally "Trust me Bro"

 

[Benny0001]

I got literal chills while watching this segment.

 

[MNGR]

It happened to me. I was woken up around 1am with an alert that my heart rate had become abnormal. A&E confirmed the readings were accurate and was admitted there and then with medication to stabilise it for a few weeks. They even brought the young doctors around to hear the story.

me too. went to ER where they confirmed AW

 

[actcyclist]

It's official. This site has finally hit rock bottom. This is a microcosm of what is so wrong with our country. I hope MacRumors is proud of themselves for letting this continue. I will not waste any more of my time reading this crap.

They made basically the same joke/criticism on the Verge podcast.

 

[Jgreg00]

You don't know if that is 100% true, unless you tracked down and researched each story used. I don't think you have.

Have you tracked down a single one, and proven that it's not true? I don't think you have.

 

[Selena Agna]

Safety tech (think things like self-braking in cars to avoid collisions), most hospitals (and doctors), med-tech and pharma companies are for-profit enterprises—they’re not charities.

Yeah, but no one's forcing any of these companies to make ads about how much good they're doing.

Doing good only for the people who can afford their products, no less.

Using real data to advertise is the most useful way of convincing others to try the watch which could also save their life. They also dont just dig up the data and throw it out there without consent. So find another reason to go whine.

Let's not be silly, Apple isn't doing these commercials to save anyone's life, they're doing them because they think it'll sell more Watches.

Do good and let the world know!

I work in an emergency department. I have seen so many people die because any help came too late. I am glad that cardiac arrests and similar events can be prevented and do not lead to death, just by a watch.

And you should be glad too.

I'm glad for any life saved.

The only thing I take issue with is the self-aggrandising manner in which Apple uses this to sell more products. Not to mention, the actual saving was done be medical professionals, not Apple.



It's truly staggering to see how many people are falling for a multinational corporation doing obvious emotional manipulation in their ads.

 

[Shanghaichica]

The collapsed lung story was insane. I’m so glad his Apple Watch saved him. All the stories were a testament to the value of the Apple Watch.