It is very Apple to market a cost cutting move of not including power adapters with their products as an environmental decision. Like it certainly does help the environment, but does anyone actually believe that is the motivating factor?
They came up with a new Apple Watch (Series 6) that measures blood oxygen content! If that actually works as advertised, this feels like enough of a reason to upgrade.<p>My wife has Series 3 and I have Series 5, but I haven't seen a major difference between the two. Series 5 is slightly sleeker and smaller, but the updates didn't feel important enough for her to upgrade.
I'm curious how they can get an accurate blood oxygen reading while not having a sensor on the bottom of the wrist.<p>If I recall correctly a finger pulse oximeter requires a sensor below the finger which records the absorption of infrared light.
The real question the lady should have asked about what the watch can do is play songs from Spotify without your iPhone near you, like when you're running.<p>Spoiler alert: You can't.
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Not to be too cynical, but is this Apple watch "solo loop" coming in a bunch of fixed sizes a means by which they reduce/minimize the ability to buy/sell used Apple Watches?<p>Or at their scale does it not really make a difference?<p>EDIT: nvm lol, forgot that you can just swap out the loops still
Apple Watch Series 6...totally uninspired update. I was hoping we might get a glucose monitor/sensor, instead we get a blood oxygen sensor.<p>Apple's just coasting at this point. I was considering getting the iPhone 12, but at this point I'm expecting a similar dud launch next month from Apple, so I'd rather give my money to Nvidia for an RTX 3080.<p>Stop mailing it in Apple.