“I'm still on S2 and see no reason to upgrade.”
Cool.
“Initially I wanted for the ECG and O2 measurement but then when I researched it more those 2 are totally useless for me. I'm not in the risk category (60+) and overall its more marketing thing. Anyone interested with the topic, you can google doctors talking or measuring ECG and talking specifically how not useful it is at this point.”
Yeah, sure, you can google doctors saying it’s not helpful. You can also google doctors saying it is helpful. You can google doctors saying anything — they tend to have full vocabularies. I bet you can even google a doctor talking about how the ECG app was created by the deep state and thats why Epstein died, because he knew that there’s a kill switch, hidden in a underground bunker somewhere in Montana, and the government can use the ECG app to assassinate political enemies by causing their Apple Watch to deliver a high voltage surge that causes them to go into instant cardiac arrest.
The ECG app is aimed more towards afib — there have been numerous examples of an Apple Watch catching afib in a patient and potentially saving their lives. Those doctors should tell them how its only marketing, though, and not useful.
“Like ECG for example - Watch has only 1 measure point whereas any hospital has around 6-7 (or more).
No offense, but you’re quite misinformed about how the watch ECG works. For starters, the ECG isn’t one lead, it’s two. It forms a closed circuit between your finger on the crown and the the bottom of your wrist, so it gives a more accurate reading of your heart rate. I’ve been developing issues with tachycardia over the past few years, so I keep a log for my doctor, and we review it and make adjustments, from it as well as other data points. (or at least we did, before COVID shut down in-person VA appointments indefinitely).
Here’s an example: Last winter, I noticed my heart rate was spiking in the late afternoon, around the same time every day. I showed my doc the readings, she switched me to an extended release version of my blood pressure medicine, and it fixed the issue.
Yeah, it’s only two leads, but that’s two more leads than I had a year ago, and I like knowing that I’m in a nice sinus rhythm. Also, anytime I’m at the doctor — or, more specifically, when I was in the hospital for surgery this past March — I compared my watch ECG/heart rate to what they recording on their monitors, and there was virtually no difference.
“...Giving user false positive also creates issues not only for the person but also for the health care system so overall its not a reason to upgrade.”
*********. Show me the numbers. I want to see some real data, demonstrating how the Apple Watch having an ECG is creating a strain on the health care system. You made the assertion, back it up with some data. And what do you mean giving the user a “false positive”? A false positive what? Are you worried it’s going to say that you have a heart rate, when you really don’t, and that you’re actually dead?
“Those interested please research it as you will be amazed how much complex the issue truly is and not what Apple wants us to believe.”
You put your finger on the crown for 30 seconds while It measures your heart rhythm. Then it tells you what your average heart rate was, and if you were in a sinus rhythm. That‘s what it does. It’s pretty simple, and it doesn’t claim to do anything more complex.
I bet people said the same stuff when you became able to take your own temperature or take your own blood pressure. Hell, they probably said similar stuff when scales became affordable and you could weigh yourself.
I dunno, buddy. I guess don’t buy the watch if you don’t want to buy the watch. it’s your money, your choice. I bought it for a lot of reasons; the ones stated above, the fitness tracking, etc. But I mainly bought it because I‘m a nerd who likes gadgets and tech. It’s amazing what Apple has been able to cram into a freaking watch. Stop fighting the future and come ride the wave with us😎
***any typos or grammatical errors are the fault of my wiener dog, and not me.
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. Life is short, treat yourself! We’re you able to get a trade in on the old one?
