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Masimo — the company that got the Apple Watch banned — has unveiled its new smartwatch (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Masimo, the company that sued Apple over patent infringement, has unveiled its own blood oxygen monitoring smartwatch called the Masimo Freedom.
  • The Masimo Freedom is a health-focused device that can track blood oxygen levels, hydration index, respiration rate, pulse rate variability, pulse rate, steps, and detect falls.
  • The smartwatch is currently in prototype stage and will be available for sale later this year at a price of $999.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 9 months ago (12 children)

$999
I have no use for a HR smart watch but at this price it's not even a possibility. Hundreds of dollars is acceptable but this is a hard no for me. My Casio G-Shock GBD 200 + GadgetBridge has all the features I want from a smart watch and costs about $150.
However, I will say kudos to Masimo for sticking it to Apple. Not many people can go against a giant like that and win.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (8 children)

This is less than some of the more feature-rich Garmin watches. That said, Garmin's offerings are best-in-class, so they can justify it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Garmins (or most of them) also last for a month with a single charge, unlike most smart watches. For me that's worth a little premium.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I've never gotten more than a week tops from my Garmin watches, a handful of runs and it needs a recharge. And I need to fully charge it if it's a long run or risk it dying on me while I'm running.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the model and your settings I guess. I use a Fenix5, and it lasts like 18-20 days with a run every second day (tho I keep pulse ox off). Could be more if I had gotten a solar one, but those were pricey back when I got mine...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've only used the upper end of the forerunner line. But getting 18+ days from the fenix with regular sports use seems well above spec, they spec it with up to 57h in GPS mode and 18d in regular smart watch mode without sports activities.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Hum , weird. Either I charge it rarely enough that I'm fooling myself, or I turned off some off some features garmin didn't think people would...

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