Apple Watch Series 4 a 'tipping point,' can make a 'material difference' for people, says ...
The Series 4, revealed on Sept. 12, "will be a more marked tipping point in understanding and adoption" of the Apple Watch, chief design officer Jony Ive said in an interview published on Thursday.
"Every bone in my body tells me this is very significant," he remarked to the Washington Post.
"I'm so zealous about the [Apple] Watch because I see it as making a material difference to people's quality of life and actually their ability to be alive," Ive added on the Watch line in general. The designer noted that as the product has evolved, he has read "thousands" of letters from people who said it saved their lives, whether by detecting medical problems or letting them contact others in an emergency.
The Series 4 contains a few health-related improvements, but most notably an FDA-approved EKG sensor which combines touch points on the base and the digital crown. Other upgrades include fall detection, and fitness-related changes such as automatic workout detection.
Ive noted that the bigger screen on the Series 4 doesn't break his or Apple's view that the Watch helps free people from their electronics.
"The screen size isn't so expansive that you somehow feel you'll fill every minute browsing whatever you browse, whether it's your social media. It addresses that functional imperative of being able to be in touch," he said.
Preorders for the Series 4 start on Friday ahead of a Sept. 21 release date.
"Every bone in my body tells me this is very significant," he remarked to the Washington Post.
"I'm so zealous about the [Apple] Watch because I see it as making a material difference to people's quality of life and actually their ability to be alive," Ive added on the Watch line in general. The designer noted that as the product has evolved, he has read "thousands" of letters from people who said it saved their lives, whether by detecting medical problems or letting them contact others in an emergency.
The Series 4 contains a few health-related improvements, but most notably an FDA-approved EKG sensor which combines touch points on the base and the digital crown. Other upgrades include fall detection, and fitness-related changes such as automatic workout detection.
Ive noted that the bigger screen on the Series 4 doesn't break his or Apple's view that the Watch helps free people from their electronics.
"The screen size isn't so expansive that you somehow feel you'll fill every minute browsing whatever you browse, whether it's your social media. It addresses that functional imperative of being able to be in touch," he said.
Preorders for the Series 4 start on Friday ahead of a Sept. 21 release date.
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As always, Apple picked just the right time to announce and launch this model. We are living in the height off Apple Watch adoption. You're gonna see a lot more of these soon. Don't be surprised if you see them everywhere you go post-Holiday 2018!
”Apple Watch. Your life might just depend on it.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgg6tZEXm5A
The baby boomers (me) are going to devour this device. It will quickly become the "must have" wearable for our generation. You'll know that's true when the socialists start demanding that every person over 65 is entitled to one which the government should provide free of charge.
I LOVE that movie. Highly underrated.
Hey, maybe a good article for AI journalists to follow up on. It would get lots of hits and sell a lot of ads in the next few months.
I wonder where the goalposts moves next?
How much is Life Alert?
It's not the first time Jony has been a tad pretentious.
I do think the Series 4 is an important development, but so was Series 3. Even if we give credence to the people whining about "lack of innovation" on the iPhone, surely the fact that they've implemented two major medical sensor sets in the Series 4 watch might make up for it. (By the way, I don't give much credence to such people, because they usually say that every year, regardless of what was announced.)
The fall detection I could see as being really handy for my mother, who really can't get up on her own these days. I just have to get her an iPhone first.
The ECG, I'm not convinced can be too accurate if it's measuring from one arm to the other (wrist to index finger opposite hand), rather than on the chest, but it sounds like it's only really been approved as a precautionary thing, not as a proper diagnostic device (at least so far). The main indicator is the cautious wording of the alert when it detects an event. It doesn't say you're in defib, or having an attack, it just says "Hmm...maybe you should see a doctor. And here's a handy chart to show them when you get there."
It's about the same size of an Apple Watch with ONE function. It just calls 911. So the argument was useless..