Would you wear one?
However, that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be a great product.
you’ve got the option to do it with a nice, discreet metal band instead.
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Ring Cycle
Fitness rings are already a thing.
A display, especially an always-on display, is the biggest battery drain in most portable gadgets.
AirPods show just how much life you might eke out of tiny batteries if you have no screen.
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And from a UI point of view, a ring could be quite fun.
Imagine twisting and squeezing it to control the volume of your workout music, for example.
But there are, of course, challenges in squeezing enough sensors into a ring.
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“Apple gets into the anthropology of this stuff.
They were all over it for Apple Watch.
I think they would know to steer clear of rings because of their significance.
Imagine giving someone an Apple Wedding Ring.”
That’s a great point.
Apple’s products are always extremely functional, but they also fit into a certain kind of lifestyle aesthetic.
And theVision Pro is one of the dorkiest productsApple has ever made.
One could argue, then, that Apple could make the activity ring cool.
And it certainly has an incentive to do so, in financial terms.
Will Apple ever make a fitness ring?
But there’s at least one person who would love one.
