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Apple Watch Ultra 3

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76 points surprisetalk | 7 comments | 09 Sep 25 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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butlike ◴[09 Sep 25 18:03 UTC] No.45185849[source]▶
Question for the audience: If I'm not a hypochondriac, why would I want an apple watch?
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netule ◴[09 Sep 25 18:05 UTC] No.45185887[source]▶
If you’re really into fitness and/or min-maxing your own stats. Honestly, it can create a bit of an obsessive loop once you get deep into it.
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1. misiti3780 ◴[09 Sep 25 18:08 UTC] No.45185947[source]▶
Whoop is more accurate though.
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2. aliljet ◴[09 Sep 25 18:10 UTC] No.45185980[source]▶
Is it? Across what metric?
3. cenamus ◴[09 Sep 25 18:13 UTC] No.45186022[source]▶
And most likely still junk
4. hombre_fatal ◴[09 Sep 25 18:16 UTC] No.45186102[source]▶
No, the Apple Watch is basically best of breed in terms of sleep and heart rate accuracy.

The Whoop is like 90% accurate compared to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzUDTBK-i0

It's just trade-offs: if you're using the Whoop, you don't want a screen and you like two weeks battery life.

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6. dyauspitr ◴[10 Sep 25 02:13 UTC] No.45192280[source]▶
Not really. Also if I’m going to wear something on my wrist all day I want it to do more than just record some stats.
7. bn-l ◴[10 Sep 25 12:32 UTC] No.45196707[source]▶
There’s a study that pitted different devices against each other. The whoop was more accurate. At least a few years ago it was