Thread: Apple Watch Pro
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2022-07-13, 17:48

There are cheaper ways to do basic fitness tracking (you can get a working one for like $40), but AW does better on privacy, integration, and, yes, fashion — lots of bands (incl. from third parties) to choose from. Whether it does 10x as good, thus justifying the price tag, is a different question.

Then there’s the other health (non-fitness) features like detecting heart issues that others don’t do at all or more poorly.

And, lastly, apps that are completely unrelated to health and fitness, such as podcast playback.

Do you need any of that? Probably not, especially if your health is alright (at this point… if you have an elderly parent and they already have an iPhone, gift them a Watch. They’ll enjoy wearing it, and it’ll help them notice health issues). Is it useful? Yeah. Is the price fair? Well, it’s a bit on the high end, just like with any Apple product.

This Apple Watch Extremegasm will be good for hikers. I don’t see the problem.
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