I see people not thinking S7 was a big deal. As an S6 owner I kinda disagree. I didn't upgrade, but to me the killer feature is the screen size. Bigger screen with same physical size is a big deal in my book, and from what I have seen in stores it's really noticeable.
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Kuo: Apple Watch Series 7 Missed Body Temperature Monitoring Due to Algorithm Problems, but Feature Could Still Come to Series 8
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What is the Apple Watch team doing? Apple has had plenty of time to add the sensor.
If there aren’t going to be any new sensors available in Apple Watch 8. Don’t even bother introducing a new watch in 2022. People will eventually get tired of getting minimal upgrades.
If there aren’t going to be any new sensors available in Apple Watch 8. Don’t even bother introducing a new watch in 2022. People will eventually get tired of getting minimal upgrades.
Pandemic isn't anywhere near over. Will be going on for years to come.
I will upgrade from my series 6 if this feature comes.
Appears to be lots of engineers Apple could use here… according to you guys, this and glucose monitoring is trivial.
I have an S3 also, but think I will upgrade this year. For me the always on display is what I’m looking forward to most but the extra screen space will also be nice. I originally bought the S3 end 2020 as I didn’t know how much I would use it as I mostly wear it on the weekends and when working out.
These things could be available on other watches but Apple fans wouldn't use them to save their lives--literally.
They’ve been working on this for a long time. Seems the other sensors that people want will just get pushed back more and more.
I finally bought an SE recently and absolutely love it. However, I feel no desire to upgrade to the S7 or any future version. I love Fitness+ and plan to stick with it long after the three month trial. The SE is a surprisingly good device and I believe that Apple could sell these by the ton if they lowered the price to around $200. At that price they would be no-brainer Christmas gifts and could become almost as ubiquitous as iPhones. (I‘m aware of the series 3 being for sale, but who wants that?)
Lower on my list of wants compared to blood glucose. I wonder why its so much harder to make accurate compared to a temporal thermometer or infrared thermometer.
they should implement an alert when someone dies it sends an alert.
If I were directing Apple's future watches department, I think I'd want two strands. First, and very obviously, try to do the things like BP, temperature, etc., which are accepted by the medical establishment as being useful measures.
And, in parallel, a team looking at what sensors exist, or could be developed, which could be incorporated despite there not yet being known or obvious medical utility. Is there a possibility of detecting very fine movements. Which might be able to show variations on muscle relaxation. And what could be detected by various lasers and how the underlying skin affects the reflected light.
And, in parallel, a team looking at what sensors exist, or could be developed, which could be incorporated despite there not yet being known or obvious medical utility. Is there a possibility of detecting very fine movements. Which might be able to show variations on muscle relaxation. And what could be detected by various lasers and how the underlying skin affects the reflected light.
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What a wonderful way of finding out your nearest and dearest have reached their ends.
Beep Beep Beep Flashing alert: <close friend or family member> is dead.
"Siri can contact funeral parlours near you. Would you like to listen to Mozart's Requiem?"
I did S0 to S6 and it felt ALL worth the $429 retail.
Bigger screen
Faster response
More features in the watchOS
The Apple Watch is just fine as an incrementally updated device.
The appreciated upside to slow upgrades is that I don’t feel FOMO in a year after spending an absurd amount of money (for me) on a digital watch that does cool things.
But you could have a metabolic disorder resulting in abnormally low blood temperature and suffer considerable from it.
Everyone appears fixated on fever and/or monthly cycles.
Does the watch not already call emergency services when the heart stops? (Or something like that?)
If not, that sounds like a pretty easy fix.
I wouldn’t envy the person in charge of marketing for that one, but, it seems like a helpful thing to have.
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