The Masimo Freedom has all the tech Apple can't use
  • Masimo, the company that sued Apple over patent infringement, has unveiled its own blood oxygen monitoring smartwatch called the Masimo Freedom.
  • The Masimo Freedom is a health-focused device that can track blood oxygen levels, hydration index, respiration rate, pulse rate variability, pulse rate, steps, and detect falls.
  • The smartwatch is currently in prototype stage and will be available for sale later this year at a price of $999.

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    • BorgDroneEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Can a Garmin even run apps? It’s a completely different product.

      • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeEnglish
        12·
        10 months ago

        There’s been a Garmin app store for twice as long as Apple has been making watches.

        https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/

        It’s not at all a different product. It’s a direct competitor who makes a superior product.

        Again – I’ve had a smart watch that does all the shit apple watch does, for half a decade before apple even thought about it. And mine can go a month without charging.

        • BorgDroneEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          It’s a direct competitor who makes a superior product.

          Define superior. Only Apple makes Smartwatch SoCs with any kind of decent performance, other manufacturers like Qualcomm don’t put a lot of effort into the market segment and just put an old CPU core in a low power package and call it a day. It’s simply not profitable enough for them.

          • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeEnglish
            6·
            10 months ago

            I don’t give a shit about any of that. It’s what the watch DOES, and Garmin does WAY more, for WAY longer.

            • thecrotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              10 months ago

              Garmin does not do way more. Most of their “apps” are just replacement watch faces. Garmin doesn’t even try to compete on features, their selling points are battery life, price, and integration with other Garmin fitness accessories. Apple/Google/Samsung watches are so capable they’re basically tiny phones.

                • thecrotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  2·
                  10 months ago

                  Pictured: a couple of my “apple toys”

                  Garmin seems to be doing fairly well targeting people who want a simpler smartwatch with a focus on fitness and battery life. I don’t don’t know who you think you’re benefitting by lying about their capabilities, but anyone who buys one on your recommendation expecting a feature rich device is going to be sorely disappointed.

      • thecrotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        He’s full of shit, and the people upvoting him don’t know anything about Garmin watches. Garmin doesn’t compete with apple. They don’t want to compete with apple. Garmin doesn’t take the kitchen sink approach that apple/Google/Samsung do. They focus on fitness and battery life, they’re competing with Fitbit. This liar is pulling the old “I like it, therefore it’s the best at everything” trope. He’s a child. Ignore him.