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Jony Ive on Apple Watch Series 4: 'Every Bone in My Body Tells Me This is Very Significant'
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I agree, but this is not the fault of the Apple Watch. Its the fault of the poor education people get here in America. People are taught that anytime you think something is not right health wise to go the emergency room (or doctor) and get a pill. Doctors think this way, patients thinks this way, insurance companies think this way, everyone thinks this way.
People should be educated about their bodies such that they can make a reasonable guess about how important health events are. But they are not.
In the case of the Apple Watch, I do think it will fill an important need. That is to be able to go to the doctor during a regular checkup (or when your body indicates a problem) and say, hey, I had this odd feeling and here is the inaccurate ECG that my watch produced. That has value.
But I do agree that the real benefit will be to the drug companies, because now there are going to be a whole lot more people put on drugs whose only purpose will be to give the feeling that something was done when their inaccurate Apple Watch sounded the alarm. Doctors do that today for blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. Why not ECG.
Remember when he said that “the iPhone X is so amazing because it will be able to do things a year from now that it isn’t able to to today” and not only new features on the X amount to a grand total of zilch and the iPhone XS is practically the same thing?
Same thing here.
You know what’s significant? Having enough cash to buy half the countries in the world and still shipping a goddamn 5W charger with your latest phone.
Same thing here.
You know what’s significant? Having enough cash to buy half the countries in the world and still shipping a goddamn 5W charger with your latest phone.
Everything is related.
The iPhone is on a new level now...much better than during the Jobs era. He might have taken it to this level, but that is just a pointless game to play.
Watch is growing rapidly, AirPods are great, Services are taking over, the mobile silicon is the best in the industry, AR is going to be a major thing, etc etc.
Cook has done a fantastic job. The shares wouldn't be this high if he sucked at his job.
Too bad Apple still does not allow the owners of the watch to do whatever they want for a watch face and complications.
I was looking forward to buying a series 4 to replace my series 0, but since they dropped the iPhone SE, I won't be getting a new iPhon anytime soon. All I need is a basic small iPhone that fits well in my pocket.
I started with the Mac 512k and am getting tired apple forcing me to overbuying for my items.
I was looking forward to buying a series 4 to replace my series 0, but since they dropped the iPhone SE, I won't be getting a new iPhon anytime soon. All I need is a basic small iPhone that fits well in my pocket.
I started with the Mac 512k and am getting tired apple forcing me to overbuying for my items.
Of course, it may have an ECG built in, but no one can use it yet. Someone else could pip them to that accolade still...
This watch sure looks good and I would sure like to have one. The only problem is that when I put one, a borrowed version 3, on my wrist it looks like an electronic bracelet put on by the police to keep track of me while out on bail. They are just way too big for my wrist. (sigh), maybe some day.
I wonder how many false alarms the watch will produce to police or medics because of this feature? Time will soon tell...
Looking forward to an Apple Watch in 10-15 years that can constantly monitor my vitals, warn me when I'm starting to come down sick, and stay connected to my doctor and emergency services in case something serious happens. Nearly like a tricorder but always running silently in the background.
Not really unless you are in an at-risk group, while afib is the most common arrhythmia it isn't really that common, certainly not enough to warrant an upgrade from S2/3. You aren't technically supposed to rely on it if you are already have afib (according to the FDA), but it is still better than nothing, or indeed better than the next best thing which is the Kardia Band (also FDA approved etc).
Quite a few can already be done with varying degrees of accuracy, the problem is with the people wearing them
, or rather telling them about it because of false positives/negatives, detection failure etc.
One last time: Tim Cook is the CEO, not the designer, not the engineer. That's why you have staff in those positions. He's responsible for running the company, not whatever it is that you regard as "innovations".
As far as your statistical model, it's BS. First, those with an afib indication or other anomaly will go see a cardiologist in a clinic, by appointment, not the ED. And it won't take "decades" of "double-blind studies" to establish the benefit of early warning, any more than it would take a cardiologist decades to diagnose an irregular heartbeat.
Where are you getting these rankings? Best? Next best?Not really unless you are in an at-risk group, while afib is the most common arrhythmia it isn't really that common, certainly not enough to warrant an upgrade from S2/3. You aren't technically supposed to rely on it if you are already have afib (according to the FDA), but it is still better than nothing, or indeed better than the next best thing which is the Kardia Band (also FDA approved etc).
Quite a few can already be done with varying degrees of accuracy, the problem is with the people wearing them
Yeah I’m sure Apple did no testing of this feature at all and the FDA approved it for no good reason.
Should have specified, I'm talking about in terms of practicality (especially if you already wear some kind of smartwatch), loop recorder or holter are obviously functionally better.
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Can't get core temp from wrist, would be pretty useless.
Not really unless you are in an at-risk group, while afib is the most common arrhythmia it isn't really that common, certainly not enough to warrant an upgrade from S2/3. You aren't technically supposed to rely on it if you are already have afib (according to the FDA), but it is still better than nothing, or indeed better than the next best thing which is the Kardia Band (also FDA approved etc).
Quite a few can already be done with varying degrees of accuracy, the problem is with the people wearing them
The great thing about it is, with such a mainstream device, it’s a great opportunity to advance the technology with the data collected by Apple and others. It offers a great starting point to build upon for future software and sensor updates in future releases.