>>> A statistically tiny number of people have a real need for this - perhaps most importantly diabetics.
>>
>> 150,000,000 Type 2 diabetics worldwide
>> 16,000,000 in the USA
>> Not "tiny".
>> Particularly when you add people who need or want to monitor blood oxygen saturation.
>
> Interesting. Thanks.
>
> But, still, the AW will be very much a niche device, if you discount the fitness-fad customers, which I think you need to do, since fads never last long, and the bling geeks.
>
> Blood oxygen saturation - critical health or fitness fad?
Well, as a fitness fad, it would be kind of useless.
I would be interested in knowing whether I drop my saturation during the night, perhaps from sleep apnea. Or with exertion.
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