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Tattoos Found To Interfere With Apple Watch Sensors

Posted by timothy on from the clashing-hipsterisms dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A number of early Apple Watch adopters have complained that their tattoos cause interference with many of the new product's key features. According to multiple tattooed sources, inked wrists and hands can disrupt communication with the wearable's sensors installed in the underside of the device leading to malfunction. Owners of Apple Watch have taken to social media to voice their frustration using the hashtag #tattoogate and sharing their disappointment over the newly discovered Apple flaw. One user reported that the Watch's lock system did not disable as it should when the device was placed on a decorated area of skin – forcing those affected to constantly enter their security pins. A further source suggested that notification alerts would fail to 'ping' as they are supposed to, and that heart rate monitoring differed significantly between tattooed and non-tattooed wrist readings.

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  1. Re:Waitasecondhere... by g0bshiTe · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes let's completely ignore that a $10,000 smart device should have taken that into account during development.

    Nice of you to place the blame on those that have chosen to modify their bodies vs those "geniuses" that weren't even smart enough to think to check it, which is their job.

    So either Apple is A) incompetent for not thinking of this, or B) they did think of it and decided to keep it secret.

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  2. Re:Straitlaced Engineers by g0bshiTe · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So that would indicate they were aware of the issue but then neglected to mention that fact to consumers, read attempt to defraud.

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  3. Re:Waitasecondhere... by Khyber · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    " What matters is that they apparently either didn't think to test it"

    When I worked as an Apple repair tech, two out of every three machines off the line would fail and would require immediate refurbishing.

    I can almost guarantee you that Apple does jack shit for actual product testing - that's what you and your money are for.

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  4. Re:Struggle by gstoddart · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Honestly though, if HP released web cameras which couldn't see black folks, I find this strangely unsurprising.

    Apparently people who build these things assume everyone is the same shade of pasty white.

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