I've got a Samsung watch and the the heart rate monitor has serious reliability issues. Apples is not only suppose the be better but you got blood pressure and o2 monitoring. I'm definitely going to switch over in the future
When I was younger, I wanted my vitals. I bought numerous BP machines. I even bought glucose meters. I wanted to know what my body was doing.
I wanted to know because I was young, and those numbers were always fine.
Now--I just don't want to know. You can call it denial, or life is too short to measure health stats all the time, especially on my wrist.
I'm also a Certified Hypochondriac. I've been one for ever. I don't anything on my wrist reminding me of my eventual death of cancer, or a heart attack.
Now--I get a physical every three to four years.
I don't want to know what my aging body is doing daily.
If I had diabetes though, the upcoming glucose monitor would be a no brainer. This will be huge.
I'm a Watchmaker, so my tastes might not be Apple's demographics? My perfect watch is something I can repair, and just tells time, and looks good on my wrist.
I will admit Apple square watches have grown on me. I didn't like them when introduced, but now they look fine.
Would I trade my '62 IWC with the 362 movement for any Apple watch; hell no.
I wonder if blood pressure readout is one of those things like Theranos' assays from one drop of blood - not possible due to physics. It certainly is less obviously so.
All a competitor has to do is submit their paperwork and they won't get any competition from Apple. Easy!
Only health feature that isn't approved is O2 levels.
Why duplicate all the work done by the FDA? Just use their certificate. Save the taxpayer some money.
people with apple pay carry a backup card, a samsung watch allows paying with magstripe emulation in case of legacy terminals. pre 2020 pandemic this was indespensible and there are still often inoperable nfc terminals and MST is a great backup.
I hate the elitism around the apple watch and its minor changes to standard health tracking wearable tech that has had normal LTE and other full phone functions from the get go... not to mention the ridiculous requirment that an iPad isnt enough to set up a watch, you need to buy into their phones.
you could try to use one of those temporary numbers but whats the likelyhood it expires before malicious reuse?