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Re:Apple Watch Series 5 by curun1r on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @08:59PM (#20935570)
Have you looked at the Xiaomi Mi Bands? They do sleep tracking, are fairly low profile and easy to find on Amazon for under $30. I switched my mom over from a buggy Fitbit to one last year and it's been better in every way. Given the cost of most of its competitors, it kinda boggles my mind that I don't see more of them.
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Re:Apple Watch Series 5 by cerberusss on Thursday September 12, 2019 @01:21AM (#20948272)
I don't like the privacy policy of the Xiaomi Mi Bands. But what I found out, is that there's an excellent firewall on Android called NetGuard, and it can block network traffic on a per-app basis. So I just block the Mi Fit app, and it doesn't seem to influence anything.
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Re:Apple Watch Series 5 by WillPostForFood on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @10:04PM (#20935896)
The killer feature of Mi Bands is battery life. 25 days easily. And price. Quite amazing value for the price.
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Re:Apple Watch Series 5 by ValentineC on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:33AM (#20939959)
I've had the Amazfit Bip (a Xiaomi brand) watch for maybe a year and it's still doing around 40 days per charge with an always-on transflective screen, without notifications.
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