Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales

Re:Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales by 1123581321 on Saturday December 31, 2016 @06:53PM (#13293863)

I have Dexcom CGM as well and I just use the hardware alarm that comes with it. The battery lasts days longer than a phone's and it is small enough to fit in my pocket with my phone. I'd argue you would have been safer buying Android and being forced to rely on Dexcom hardware instead of an app.

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Re:Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales by bigtunacan on Saturday December 31, 2016 @07:30PM (#13294034)

Replying here to your other reply since you can't nest that deep.

I know there have been some changes on the G5 so I'm not clear how that works.

With the G4 the Dexcom CGM acts as a proxy to the phone. So when everything is working correctly I get two alarms. So this gives me a certain level of redundancy. Anyway it works for me well enough that I can get a full night's sleep. For years I had alarms set to wake me up several times during the night.

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Also, responding to your question about the phone being louder than the Dexcom. The phone is an order of magnitude louder than the G4.

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Re:Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales by bigtunacan on Saturday December 31, 2016 @07:10PM (#13293940)

Yeah, that was what I tried at first. Unfortunately I'm an extremely heavy sleeper and the alarm on the Dexcom device doesn't wake me up. My wife was waking up to the alarm and then she would wake me. She travels frequently for work though so that wasn't ideal either.

Also though, which model do you have?

I have the G4 Platinum w/Share. The sensors for it now ship with a warning sheet stating that you may not receive audible alarms due to issues with the speakers.

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Re:Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales by 1123581321 on Saturday December 31, 2016 @07:17PM (#13293966)

Ah, yes, I've had that heavy-head issue, but I wouldn't think your phone would be louder than that alarm. Is it?

I have G5 with Share (I think; I have a drawer full of old Dexcom stuff) and have gotten the same letter, but haven't had that issue. I definitely trust it more than Dexcom pairing with the phone. I'm glad your setup is working for you, though.

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