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Apple Ring Rumors: What We've Heard About Apple's Work on a Smart Ring
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As long as it doesn't come with a subscription and has at least a 6 day battery life I'd consider it.
Yeah, by your logic Siri should be miles ahead of where it is. And 10 year old bugs in macOS should be long fixed. Truth is, Apple has priorities and some of their goals as a company are taken more or less seriously than others. The areas which Apple has neglected are becoming increasingly glaringly obvious.
Hate to break it to you, but these devices are becoming Trojan horses for a paid iCloud subscription.
Then you of all people should own a garmin.
I’m a bit suspect. I am a former triathlete … whats your strava handle?
I would Apple to be proud of what they don’t release with this one. This is … lame.
A cock ring? Huh. I might actually consider that.
I HATE HATE HATE having rings on my fingers. Can't do it, not an option. But... you've gotta assume a smart ring would vibrate, among other things.
Not sure about that guy, but I do in fact own a Garmin - lol
If one is mainly looking for a "Fitness/Health first" experience and the smart watch stuff is secondary (if desired at all), Garmins are superior. They have fleshed out a great ecosystem of metrics and features, all included out of the box, with no other Apps or subscriptions or anything else required.
They also mostly torch Apple on battery life (exactly how much depends upon which model and feature set)
The product I wish Apple would make, that would get me interested, is a Fitness band with no screen at all and all interactions done on the phone (for max simplicity and max battery life).
Apple watches are "too much" and require too much charging for my interests. I don't really want to "do anything" on my watch, even my Garmin (beyond simple timers/time checking, starting an activity, etc). I want the metrics and tracking and to do most everything on the App.
Not me, there's no way I'd have put up with something on my wrist if it didn't have a screen. I actually wish I could turn off the fitness data, it's distracting. But I like being able to look at my wrist and seeing the weather, seeing who's calling me, being able to answer my wrist if I want, and of course having a calculator. I wish I didn't have to waste a widget to get the seconds display, it's really frustrating that the only face that shows the seconds is infested with fitness crap. Oh, and the seconds widget is 3rd party, I had to download something just to get the complete time on a face without those stupid rings.
All good! Different strokes and different folks!
I actually really loved it back when I had a Nike Fuel Band around 2011 or so
For me, the only reason I wear a wrist "anything" is for the fitness tracking and data, so we are just on totally opposite sides of needs/desires here.
It's been literally life changing for me (massive health and weight improvements with metrics and activity tracking), so I'm pretty biased on this topic.
Might be nicer than using my ultra sometimes. It would be good for Apple Pay and sleep tracking and body temperature as long as it's reliable (apple watch doesn't provide this on the fly)
I do. I've got a Fenix 7XSS as well. I don't like wearing that to bed either, although it's more comfortable than my AWU2. And no, my Strava is none of your business.
Another feature: scratching (if my fingers lay on the palmrest of my MacBook and move ithem a bit). Same happens on different watch bands... 
Tim Apple will tell us: One more ... ring
Tim Apple will tell us: One more ... ring
Why I never!
So data is important to you but you don’t want the sleep data for recovery?
🤔 suspicious
Okay what’s your Ironman finish time?
