Ondrej Holzman It was primarily supposed to be a perfect monitoring device that would monitor everything from heart activity to blood pressure to stress levels, but in the end the first generation Apple Watch will not be such an advanced health monitoring device. The Apple Watch will be characterized in particular by having a little bit of everything.
With reference to its sources familiar with the development of the Apple Watch this fact he announced The Wall Street Journal, according to which Apple eventually had to discard several sensors measuring various body values from the first generation because they were not accurate and reliable enough. For some, Apple would have to undergo unwanted supervision by regulators, even with some government organizations already he has begun cooperate.
It was as a monitoring device that will keep an eye on the user's health that the Californian company originally planned to sell its expected watch. These will arrive on the market in April, but in the end they will present themselves more as a universal device that serves as a fashion accessory, an information channel, a "payment card" via Apple Pay or a daily activity meter.
In Apple, however, they are not afraid that due to the absence of some originally key monitoring sensors, there should be a decrease in sales. According to sources WSJ the apple company expects to sell five to six million watches in the first quarter. During the whole of 2015, according to the analysis of ABI Research, Apple could sell up to 12 million units, which would be almost half of all wearable products on the market.
Although work on the watch began four years ago in Apple's laboratories, the development of some parts in particular, connected precisely with various measuring sensors, proved to be problematic. The Apple Watch project was even referred to internally as a "black hole" that was gobbling up resources.
Apple engineers were developing heart sensor technology that could work, for example, as an electrocardiograph, but in the end it did not meet the set standards. Sensors measuring skin conductance, which indicates stress, have also been developed, but the results have not been consistent and reliable. They were affected by facts such as overgrown hands or dry skin.
The problem was also that the results varied depending on how tightly the user wore the watch on their wrist. Therefore, in the end, Apple decided to implement simpler heart rate monitoring.
Apple also experimented with technologies for measuring blood pressure or blood oxygen levels, but even here it could not prepare sensors reliable enough to appear in the first generation Watch. In addition, the mentioned data would also require the approval of the product by the Food and Drug Administration and other institutions.
Almost every Apple device was worth waiting for the second generation. I don't think Watch will be an exception.
Well, I'll wait for at least the third or fourth generation.
I WILL NOT WAIT. I DON'T WAIT FOR CRAP
We don't care..
Hopefully they'll find a way to incorporate at least something... After all, the heart rate monitor is not enough... But even so, they could put internal storage, GPS, things like a heart rate monitor (I don't know if it's already there or if he'll use the one from the iPhone) and my wish there is a thermometer that would appear to me to be extremely practical... In any case, it is clear to me that everything is not working now because of the battery... And even if we do not get any other sensors, it is good that apple tried it and knows that it is not possible now …
By the way, I would also appreciate greater independence on the iPhone, for example being able to go for a run without the iPhone while listening to music and being navigated, but it is clear to me that the battery is the main priority at the moment.
Since when is battery a priority at Apple? iP4 1400mAh, iP5 1500, iP6 1800 to iP 6plus has a normal battery. I charged the iP4S twice a day. the iWatch is openly talked about not even lasting a day. But it's a fact that if he can't measure anything, it will probably last a day. But that doesn't matter, the important thing is that your friends and business partners see you in this stylish and fashionable accessory. And that's what the batteries last for. Mainly that it plus or minus estimates the heart rate, plus or minus the weather, plus or minus the peace of stress, but above all, for God's sake, that it all synchronizes with all Apple things, because rummaging through inaccurate data is only fun if you do it stylishly. Only the kind of blonk like in the picture will really buy this. Heart rate 2 plus minus 120, multi-cultural music with over-bass beats is enough, and it will probably be possible to write a status on Facebook, if he has an iPhone with him.
When Apple can measure blood pressure and blood pressure as well as body fat and blood sugar and it's waterproof, then I'll buy it. Maybe the fourth generation will have it :-)
I don't know, it's completely over my head. you can measure your pulse. it is also possible to make it waterproof. but how would you imagine measuring blood sugar? it always takes a drop of blood. there are trillions of different scales for body fat, body water content, etc. moreover, they are so advanced that some have bluetooth and you can synchronize it with your phone. so I don't see why it's a watch.
There is already a sensor that can measure blood sugar even without a drop of blood.
I have a scale that also measures fat, but I would like it in a watch so that, for example, every morning when I wake up, everything is measured, synchronized in iCloud, and shown in some application on OS X and iOS, including graphs and history.
I would like the heart rate and pressure so that when I do HIIT in the morning, I can see progress in some time.
http://www.zive.cz/bleskovky/apple-watch-vam-zmeri-i-krevni-cukr-musite-mit-ale-cip-pod-kuzi/sc-4-a-177168/default.aspx
For blood sugar - a non-invasive sensor, using electromagnetic waves http://tech.ihned.cz/c1-24111380-diabetikum-svitla-nadeje
You obviously can't measure the heart rate if they didn't deal with the hairs and if you tighten it more, you'll get a different value. It's pointless without a chest strap. It is also good to have a heart rate monitor somewhere other than on your hands, for example on the handlebars. And you'll probably have to sleep in it for it to tell you if you're sleepy. However, you will probably have to be smart about electricity, because it will probably run out by morning.
Smart watches are a new field of activity, regardless of the manufacturer. In 5 years it will be funny. :) Better technology enough to make watches meaningful.
Some would already be, but the profit from one watch would not be so high and the price so low for mere mortals like us.