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sflocal said:

baconstang said:

Looks like they caught this jerk without installing spyware on his phone.

Where did Apple say they were installing "spyware" on iPhones?  They are scanning iCloud photos in its datacenter, but nothing gets loaded on the phone itself.

Why do people continue pushing false stories like this?

Well, Apple doesn't call it "Spyware," but it is, and it's coming in iOS 15.

mike1 said:

frayapple said:

Sorry. If they launch without Touch ID Apple can kiss post-pandemic sales bye-bye. Calls to warrant masks again make it important as ever. I’ll jump to an Android. 

Oh, please. Give it a rest. Will not affect sales one iota.

It's a minor annoyance to enter a passcode when you are wearing a mask and it goes away all together if you have an Apple Watch. Many people will still only wear a mask for a small portion of the day. Enjoy your Android device.

I’m a physician working in a Covid ICU, and I can tell you that Covid again has gotten as bad as it was near the beginning of the year, and getting worse by the day.  For me at least, masks aren’t going away, at work or in public.

Initially, it was slightly painful to have to enter my password every single time I used the phone because Face ID wouldn’t work.  However, with the Apple Watch, it’s now mostly seamless.

I agree with the above poster.  Enjoy your Android device.  You will just make the wait for my new iPhone slightly shorter.

I think Apple will have to offer more than lossless music to stand up to that “Music is about the change forever” claim.  After all, other services have been offering that feature for years.  Maybe this is when they push out virtual surround sound.

Zeebler said:

For ECG specific application - AliveCor is the world leader. 
Apple watch primary function is not ECG - but a big selling point. 

I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple buy AliveCor. Which would be a shame - the Kardia devices are exceptional. 

As a physician, I’ve always felt that AliveKor products were subpar.  They do little to remove artifact, and they charge you a very expensive subscription just to be able to see previous 1-lead EKG’s that you have recorded on your own device.

I’m not sure why you would say the Apple Watch cannot do an EKG.  Both these devices perform a 1-lead EKG (AliveKor and Apple Watch).

I long ago purchased the Kardia device from AliveCor, which is a 1-lead EKG device that is inferior to what the Apple Watch can do (Apple watch didn’t offer it at that time, though).

Only afterwards did I realize that those guys charged you $10/month just to be able to review ekg strips that were stored ON YOUR OWN DEVICE.  As far as I could tell, they had zero overhead cost beyond the initial development.  If you wanted to show your doctor the strip, you had to pay them $10/month.  At least at the time, you got nothing else for that subscription, as far as I could tell.  It felt then like a rip off, and still does.  I have used it zero times since I got my EKG Apple Watch.