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A report fromThe New York Timesover the weekend highlights the small — but apparently growing — trend of user break their Apple Watches on their ankles . What ’s becoming something of a viral sensation on social political platform like TikTok is the result of a pragmatic determination . Some Apple Watch owners ’ carpus are simply too minor to get a right read with on - table sensing element like heart - rate monitoring .
Others to join the movement include healthcare actor , whose job prohibit them from wear out anything on their wrist , and people whose wrist tattoo confuse the picket ’s sensors . ( One resourceful sentry wearer discovered a Velcro strap from off - brand retailer Marshalls fit comfortably over the articulatio talocruralis . ) Apple declined to comment on the trend , though the caller has antecedently take note that its smartwatch is calibrated specifically for the articulatio radiocarpea .
The report go far forwards of Apple’sexpected Powerbeats Pro 2 launch , the company ’s first headphones with construct - in heart - charge per unit monitoring .
