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Masimo — the company that got the Apple Watch banned — has unveiled its new smartwatch (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] LucidLethargy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They notoriously sell older components and technologies in their brand new computers.

I have one I got for free that was made in 2020. It's a MacBook Air. It has 8gb of RAM... I don't even know how they found RAM chips that small in 2020. It freezes every day when all I'm doing is running a web browser. This computer was $1,000 at the time it launched.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one -5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The base amount of RAM is a bit low, I agree. But why would you order one with less RAM than you need? I have an M1 Max with 64GB and it just flies. No matter what I throw at it, it stays fast and responsive.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Them: theyve always been over priced, here's an example where their 1k device had a pathetically small ram for the cost

You: well why didn't you spend MORE to get a FUNCTIONING device, hmmm?

My cell phone in 2020 had more than 8g of ram and cost the same as that laptop, no excuses

[–] CucumberFetish@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

My phone in 2019 had 50% more ram and cost 50% less.