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Apple Watch Ultra 3

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herval ◴[] No.45185787[source]
The way Apple is iterating slower and slower on all product lines is kinda sad. It's not like there's a shortage of things to do - it just feels like they got in the habit of small increments to cut costs everywhere (keep the design exactly the same to reuse the same machines, minor software tweaks, etc). The updates are so minor, they don't even bother to put on a show (like this one - a major product, launched as a release note).

I guess even that saves some money too...

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infecto ◴[] No.45185864[source]
The BP monitoring on the watch seems pretty awesome. Translation on the iPods seems nice if it works well. Are they really slowing down?
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drdaeman ◴[] No.45186164[source]
Except it's not a BP monitoring, it's some ML gimmick that detects signs of high BP. If it's like their sleep monitoring (which e.g. thinks I was in a "core sleep" while I was unable to fall asleep so I was sitting and playing a game), it's just a "maybe it'll work, but don't rely on this and don't expect any accuracy" type of thing.
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1. infecto ◴[] No.45186495[source]
Yes that’s correct but if it’s directionally correct it can be useful. My anecdote is that the sleep apnea tracking is directionally correct for me. It might not be for everyone but as long as it’s directionally correct it can be quite useful.