Live Coverage of Apple's iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and Apple Watch Event

[nt5672]

I wonder who the fall testers were? Wouldn't want that job, or maybe they just did simulations. Wonder if it is the same poor AI that is behind Siri. Lots of questions.

 

[LeonardXW]

Pls Apple! Jeff’s presentation is not confident, shaky and boring!

 

[Lioness~]

That was Mission Impossible.

Uhhh....Obviously, I haven’t kept up with Mission Impossible movies enough

 

[AngerDanger]

**** yeah, electrocardiogram!

 

[840quadra]

To me its the worse part about the watch. Really hard to use with sweaty hands. Much prefer the way Samsung went with a rotating bezel.

Never had a problem with it myself. This is with intense workouts in hot / humid Tennessee summer days. Just like anything YMMV

 

[robjulo]

Do the sycophants need to clap every thirty seconds?

 

[maflynn]

electrocardiogram - that's pretty cool

 

[Rogifan]

Electrocardiograph (ECG) support.

 

[ruger]

First ECG product offered over the counter to consumers

 

[kungxpao]

Dude look so nervous.

 

[44267547]

True, but do you think a lot of that group of people are going to know how to figure out how to use an Apple Watch?

It’s called experimenting with it, and Apple also does have to Turtorial tips on their website, through live chat, or even someone else they might know who has an Apple Watch or is tech savvy available as well. Its not that difficult.

 

[naturalstar]

Go Apple! Get that health right!!

 

[fel10]

This is a hypochondriac’s dream watch

 

[DeepIn2U]

ECG I’m going to have FUN messing with this to show how fast I can play with my heart rate within a minute (resting) by thought.

Don’t worry for those who doubt it cause I’ll prove it!

 

[MoreRumors?]

Looks like this watch is for the elderly who are frail and in poor health.

 

[Shivetya]

so only two products today? phones and watches?

 

[WinterWolf90]

EKG on a watch? As a nurse I am skeptical how reliable this is.

 

[Val-kyrie]

Are they overselling AFib? ECG? Seems very consumer-ish. I'm afraid people will rely on low quality tech like this as opposed to going to a doctor for a proper test.

 

[JPack]

Full ECG... the S4 just made the S3 effectively obsolete.

Kuo was right all along.

 

[RamGuy]

Why are you so uncomfortable Jeff? Jeez... ECG is really nice, I could need that myself as I struggle with sudden drops in heart rates which often can cause me to faint so it's nice if the watch could warn me before I suddenly hit the floor face first...

 

[macduke]

Man this keynote has me in tears. My uncle fell in his driveway from a heart attack a few years ago and nobody noticed he had fallen until it was too late. He was only 53. He had an Apple Watch and always upgraded to the newest things. If they had this new tech a few years ago, my uncle may have been alive today.

 

[skinned66]

I've heard before that a lot of these advanced heart monitoring features are geographically dependent. Can someone confirm or deny this for me? TIA!

They're a big deal IMO.

 

[waquzy]

ECG - Apple does it again!!!

 

[ruger]

The President of the American Heart Association is brought on stage.

 

[Rogifan]

EKG on a watch? As a nurse I am skeptical how reliable this is.

Hmm...they’re bringing up the president of the American Heart Association now...