Apple iPhone Event 2018 Unveils Watches That Tackle Falls
%2Favatars%2FBUoTZ6lM79yi.jpg&w=96&q=75)
%2Fimages%2Fyoutube%2Fapple_event_2018.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
In a much-awaited and live-streamed event at its Cupertino, California, headquarters on Wednesday, September 12, Apple revealed several new albeit familiar products.
First of which was its Apple Watch Series 4 line of smartwatches.
Rise and shine! We’re ready for a big day at Apple Park! pic.twitter.com/6A1OD3wGxU
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) 12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018
Although still the same product, the new model featured a recognizable overhaul. Two new sizes were introduced, 40mm and 44mm, both featuring a 30% larger display that went from edge to edge.
[see-also]
But perhaps the biggest changes were inside the watch. Amongst the upgraded features are a new built-in EKG scanner, a new custom-designed dual-core 64-bit S4 processor, an updated accelerometer and a gyroscope.
More impressively, the improved watches will now feature incredible health-tracking abilities that will put the old light-based heart monitor found in earlier models to shame. These new models will be able to perform all previous health-related tasks as well as also detect when their wearer is falling.
Yes, you heard right. The watches can detect incoming falls.
Finally, the watches will come with watchOS 5, the latest Apple operating system for smartwatches which has updates for the workout tool, offers podcast streaming while exercising, and novel improvements that avoid information overload.
However, despite all these new features, the watch’s battery life would remain at a steady 18 hours. Now that is efficient engineering!
SHOW COMMENT (1)
/2023/05/29/image/jpeg/g3qXfk06EeaB5lJxE9bC2rn05nVZniR0idtdl208.jpg "Windows XP activation algorithm is defeated after 21 years")
/2023/05/26/image/webp/6Co80ZJJXboUOYLXIuCvkafLsBWpH8MROKX60PUF.webp "Hyper-luxury Bugatti tower will have its residents drive up to their floor")
/2022/08/26/image/jpeg/Wowq4Xzjp3IK34TOgeI14AKtW9Kmk1eNczLNQmtv.jpg "China and Russia just announced a joint plan to build a Moon base. Here's what to know")
/2023/05/26/image/jpeg/smTFO3AG7ESAzCi8L0kVnrUEHbVmcjiZ2KhVW0QE.jpg "Potential cure for diabetes found in groundbreaking stem cell study")
/2022/10/02/image/jpeg/cU5XErUWnnXO47GlLWaKeXBE3A7cTpf55RVyHT0E.jpg "The Cairo Sketches: Too good to be true wonders of AI")
/2022/08/23/image/jpeg/D5pSZUKwWjzsTCNB4CbBUKf2BHBe115631ikwWa6.jpg "An AI-based party vows to win Denmark's general election in 2023. Can it succeed?")
/2022/12/09/image/jpeg/9atg9W4SM4PuqehIWxfq8ae23Lk7C7yzOcHU6VPi.jpg "Propulsion technology: The rise of the commercialization of space")
/2022/11/02/image/jpeg/3R98szkrEm9UOH8mEFB0ZAVMGAmSYjONUf2X2qhD.jpg "The age when scientists are most productive pinpointed by a new study")
/2023/05/27/image/jpeg/hUmy6fVQvimxfN8HBZ2IjrGKW1f8AVmrkTi3wPtJ.jpg "Stanford professor says he is 100% sure that aliens are already on Earth")
/2023/05/31/image/jpeg/cBPsRNE1Kc9USJTb6RvLg98fqY30HyEbhqfnvWg8.jpg "Advancing fusion energy: Researchers achieve record-breaking temperatures in a tokamak")