EsquireCats

Review from actual user: 0 out of 5.

• App is slow and finding useful footage is an exercise in your time and patience. You will have to rewatch the footage at 1x, since skipping doesn't work
• The cloud service is slow, you'll be waiting for your videos to load every single time.
• The App maker seems to be unaware of the app-switching bar on iOS, you're just as likely to switch apps as you attempt to scrub footage.
• The web version of the viewer still runs on flash (seriously) and will not work unless always on the latest version.
• The detection features are absolutely crud, you'll likely get 3 seconds after the action has begun, a break and then the perpetrator moving away. (Even when on the highest sensitivity with the longest recording options available.)
• The camera will randomly drop out, I've got 4 it's a game of which one is offline today.
• Battery life is crap unless you directly connect to AC, in which case the device will randomly reject the AC charger - and it's no longer approved for outdoor use (because it's not water tight and will rust the contacts - This applies to the prior pro models.)
• The solar panel battery charger is expensive garbage, you'll still be changing batteries regularly unless you live in the Sahara.

Absolutely DO NOT BUY.

Bed bugs don't discriminate by socio-economic boundaries and New York is notorious for its bed bug problems.

The behaviour of the insect is that it will live near its food source, which generally relies on the prey being sufficiently dormant. This is why NY's bed bug problem is largely restricted to places where the bugs can easily feed (Apartments, hotels, cinemas, etc.) By extension, bed bugs are most likely to be carried in bags/suitcases rather than directly in clothing. A homeless person isn't as probable a vector as someone who lives in the same dwelling every night, and I suspect this was conjured in poor taste to protect the most obvious vector: A staff member. (Which would also explain the numerous reinfestations.)

A busy store doesn't make a good home for bed bugs, and finding bed bugs in staff lockers is more likely to be the result of a staff member having an infestation at home.

The preferred treatment method for bed bugs is now heat, but obviously that isn't practical for a large store which has an isolated problem.

beadlien said:

Pleeeeeeease can someone tell me the workaround to get this working in Australia. It hasn't received approval here yet (I know, I know) but there must surely be a workaround as it is only software disabled as far as I know.

While the irregular rhythm and ECG features are not enabled in Australia(required for Afib detection), the notification received by this reddit user is enabled. This was the high heart rate detection feature. You can see the full list of features available in your country by visiting here: https://www.apple.com/watchos/feature-availability/ ;

With regards to Afib detection being enabled in Australia, that's up to the TGA - however as approvals are now granted by the EC and FDA you can expect Australia won't be far behind (since adoption can be far quicker when either of these entities have granted approval.)

There is simply no work around - the hardware knows where it was purchased, and that's a godo thing: If a work-around existed, this could actually be detrimental to the product. (Because Customs.)

Side note: Remember all the press reports which suggested that ECG would take 5+ years to get approval in UK/Europe. Keep that in mind when you consider how b/s the press acts towards Apple.

I don't agree that Apple will need to cut prices to sustain a long term China strategy. Rather they can introduce more products for that market's price point, which appears to be the India strategy.

China's ability to copy is limited, and as Apple's technology continually improves it becomes harder to copy it. Take for example Qualcomm's chip designed for smart watches, benchmarking reveals that it isn't getting faster with each iteration. Effectively hamstringing any Chinese (or Google's partners for that matter) effort to duplicate the advanced features of Apple Watch. Now multiply this across Apple's steadily growing product range, after 3 years there is still nothing on the market that compares to the W-series of chips, the result is that even premium products don't offer the range and stability of Apple's Airpods/Beats range of wireless headphones. The groundwork for further examples can be found, Apple have realised that in order to produce hardware that stays differentiated, they too need to produce the most significant technological advancements entirely in house.

Interesting about the curve, but I can see how this is a non-issue for real world users because the device has plenty of flex in it, which seems deliberate when you use the device. I.E. You can lay it flat on a table and despite the camera bump it won't rock back and forth as you draw on it.

To me personally (speaking from the perspective of having one of these) I'm glad that it has that amount of flex because if it rocked back and forth like the iphone does it would drive me insane. It was the first thing I noticed when I used it, I literally said to myself "how does this lay flat even though there is a camera bump."