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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 81 points 3 weeks ago

I lost my finger but I still love the ring though.

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 75 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm going to show my age again, but why the fuck would you want a smart ring? What do they even do that a phone can't?

Also lithium batteries are crazy dangerous, it's wild that we just have these non-removable batteries that randomly swell and explode after 5-10 years just hanging out in everything.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 39 points 3 weeks ago

Reading pulse and o2 level more reliably than a smartwatch I think and as far as I know that's it. No other reason to not just get a smartwatch instead.

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 49 points 3 weeks ago

I'm going to show my age too and say smartwatches are worthless garbage.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago

Hey now it lets me know when I got a text message while my phone is on silent, counts my steps, and monitors how long I sleep. It also cost me like 40 bucks.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 45 points 3 weeks ago

I put my phone on silent for a reason...

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

Bonus points if your employer harvests all that biometric data to sell it to your health insurance company, and they use it to deny coverage because you didn't take enough steps during Q2

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

I honestly hated the feature that put my notifications on the watch when I briefly had a smartwatch. The wrist buzzing is far worse than having a sound or vibration on my phone. On my cheap watch, the sleep tracking was also laughably inaccurate.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

There has only ever been one good smartwatch, the pebble, and it failed as a product

[-] CarbonConscious@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

It was actually doing pretty well as a product, and they were literally weeks away from releasing the extemely promising new version, but they got hostile-takeovered by Fitbit who was somewhere between threatened by their success and strip-mining the company for patents or staff.

Fitbit immediately shut down the new release.

Then Fitbit got bought by Google, who obviously has their own interests to maintain in that market.

Garmin watches are pretty great. The only piece of running gear other than shoes that has actually made me faster.

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[-] mosthated@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago
[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

I'll wait to judge that until people actually have them in hand

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[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

I was thinking that a smart watch with integration for Obsidian or some other note taking app would be nice, you could tell it to take notes while driving for example.

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

Just tape an ipad to the steering wheel

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[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

Smartphones while we're at it

Smart phones do more harm than good, but they do have some utility.

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

retvrn to 3210

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[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like information that would be really useful while boarding a plane

[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

If accuracy is that important to someone, why not just use a chest strap?

[-] sictransitgloria@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

because this is a lot more convenient than a chest strap

So when you want expensive and ridiculous for the sake of accuracy, but not quite all the way?

[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 3 weeks ago

It's also more conspicuous, which I suspect is the real appeal.

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[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 66 points 3 weeks ago

What next? Samsung galaxy cock ring?

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 51 points 3 weeks ago

that shit better vibrate on command catgirl-disgust

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 45 points 3 weeks ago

"Hey your phone is ringinOHMYGOD

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[-] Lerios@hexbear.net 55 points 3 weeks ago

i saw the ads for this and was so hyped that these freaks were getting rich idiots to pay for jewelery with points of failure. impeccable

[-] Nama@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I have a normal friend who doesn't like smart watches, but who wants to monitor his sleep/activity for health reasons.

It's not all rich idiots who pay for this.

[-] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

You can buy smart rings for like $30 though

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

And really get to deal with a ticking yime bomb around your fingee

[-] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

The difference between a $30 ring and $400 ring is $370 of profit margin

You can't get a ticking time bomb ring because the US doesn't have that level of manufacturing capability

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[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

analog jewelry is so lame according to BrooklynRizzler on tiktok, the most sponsored influencer of all time.

you need to upgrade your old grandpa jewelry to the latest smart jewelry so you can look up your jewelry on your phone and get instant, real time notification from the AksesorizeApp to let you know when you've just shit yourself.

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[-] hedd616@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago

Almost my whole paycheck for a ring finger potential explosive amputation?

Here in the third world we still trust knives and work hazards. Clean, effective, cheap. And my country's public health system would do it for free and with the proper safety and medical guidance.

[-] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago

Automated in-flight finger removal, another innovation by Samsung technologies

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[-] Beetle@hexbear.net 35 points 3 weeks ago

Why does this person think samsung has some kind of magical solution to shrink the battery again or something? They need to go to ER and get it cut off asap.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

What if cutting it makes the battery explode/initiate that termite-like fire reaction?

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[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 33 points 3 weeks ago

What does this thing even do? It has no screen so its just like, an expensive pulse monitor? I'm so concerned about my heart metrics I need to pay a third of rent towards measuring it constantly with the Samsung Finger-Amputator Mk3, wirelessly connected to my Samsung Personal Spy Device?

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago

I made sure to get a wedding ring that doesn't fully close because I'm scared it'll get stuck somehow i don't even really know how.

Maybe i should stick a bomb on it...

[-] segfault11@hexbear.net 31 points 3 weeks ago

smart rings only do that when they’re stressed out

[-] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

i do not understand people who wear rings.

"yeah im gonna put this constructing metal thing on my finger until it gets too tight to take it off and someone needs to cut it with a saw"

we should all be wearing Wedding Stickers instead

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

same reason we wear makeup, get piercings, get tattoos, wear hair accessories, dye hair, etc.
we like to decorate ourselves, it's fun and looks nice

[-] booty@hexbear.net 41 points 3 weeks ago

at the end of the day im just a really funny lookin monkey, i like to adorn myself with pretty things

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 weeks ago

Gets too tight? That never happened to me

[-] BatsAreRats@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago

Wedding chastity belts is where it's at

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God I hope we get video of the amputation.

[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

You are going to need to go into the parking lot and find a Cybertruck immediately

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

Oil and floss

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

I wanted to see if he lost his finger

https://xcancel.com/ZONEofTECH/status/1973019200563069276

Update:

  • I was denied boarding due to this (been travelling for ~47h straight so this is really nice 🙃). Need to pay for a hotel for the night now and get back home tomorrow👌

  • was sent to the hospital, as an emergency

  • ring got removed

You can see the battery all swollen.

Won’t be wearing a smart ring ever again.

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