A Garmin is one of the leading smartwatch manufacturers offering models for those who want a more casual or sporty look. The company is currently producing a series Phoenix 7, which is a new generation of one of its main models focused on physical activity.

What’s new in Phoenix 7

One of the features of the seventh generation of this smart watch from the company is the touch screen., previous models only allowed the user to control devices using the side buttons. Even though this is something basic in most smartwatches, since the model was created for exercise, the manufacturer believed that it did not need to be equipped with a touch screen, since using touch screens is not a good experience in the vast majority of exercises.

Despite this novelty, the manufacturer stated that Phoenix 7 will turn off the touch screen during exercise to avoid accidents. Another novelty available on the device is multi-led lantern, which can normally serve as a tool that illuminates the path for the user. However, this feature is for switch between red and white colors depending on the rhythm one who wears a watch and also warn cars who pass by during the race.

Another novelty presented by the company is a software resource that works as a real-time resistance tool, which helps the user to compare the potential resistance he will have at moderate intensity with the resistance he has at the current load level. Along with this, the company also introduced “ahead‘, which is an update function that points to points of interest nearby, such as climbs, places to drink water, and others.

Means

The model has sensors that are in the vast majority of modern smart watches, such as heart rate monitoring, breath, stress tracking, body battery, physical age e sleep tracking. There are also several profiles for specific physical activities such as adventure racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, tennis, pickleball, padel, snowshoes and a few others that the company has been adding over time.

The seventh generation of sports watches from Garmin supports today’s major satellite systems, but the company also offers support for L5 frequency range. Thanks to this, the model will provide greater accuracy in “difficult GPS conditions”.

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Although the manufacturer does not disclose the battery capacity of the smartwatch, the company claims that the model can work up to 18 days without rechargingand you can stay for an incredible six days with the permanent display feature.

price and availability

Models Garmin are known as cutting-edge products, and because of this, the price is quite high, smart watch Phoenix 7 cheaper – 700 US dollars. However, the cost varies depending on the size of the watch worn by the wearer, models can be purchased in the following sizes: Phoenix 7C (42 mm), Phoenix 7 (47 mm) e Phoenix 7X (51 mm).

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In addition to the standard editions of these watches, it is possible to buy models in solar edition, which supports solar battery charging, and sapphire solar edition, which, in addition to being solar powered, comes with a more scratch-resistant lens.

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A source: Garmin, PhoneArena

Meta, native home on Facebook, is once again under scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and several US states, and this time its VR division is at stake.

According to the sources to which bloomberg had access, the Federal Trade Commission, as well as a number of states, have been polling developers of third-party apps for Oculus headsets over the past few months. The goal is to test whether the company is using its dominant position to stifle competition.

The question is how the Oculus app store can discriminate against third-party companies that compete with the Meta software. Apparently, the researchers also want to know more about the company’s strategy for virtual reality headsets, led by Mark Zuckerberg, and whether their prices endanger competition.

In the past, third-party app developers have complained that Meta is using its power to eliminate companies offering “rival” games or services, even claiming that the tech giant is copying ideas it sees as most promising.

Remember that after North American Justice to be entitled to Facebook, in June 2021, having prevented the sale of Instagram and WhatsApp, the FTC returned “to the charge” in August of that year, re-filing a complaint against the company. Months later the trial court ruled in favor of the FTC.

Under the ruling, the FTC could now file an antitrust lawsuit against Meta, which could force it to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. In August FTC accused It is illegal for a company to acquire both platforms that were its “competitors” in order to maintain its monopoly.

An antitrust case against Meta’s practices could be filed, but the FTC would have to provide more evidence to force the company to sell the platforms.

Even as one of the most active companies in the development and support of 5G, Huawei has been constantly subject to boycotts and attempts to remove all of its technology from carrier networks.

From what we’ve seen, these campaigns have for the most part focused on security and data protection. Now, and from what has been discovered, this argument seems to be falling apart, at least in the UK. After all, it was the United States that insisted on this decision.

The eternal security argument against Huawei
The impact that Huawei has had over the past few years has been enormous.  After many years of leading the development and creation of solutions for the implementation of 5G networks, the company found itself excluded from many operators.
The argument for banning the entire Huawei offering is always based on security and privacy concerns.  Countries and carriers commonly accuse the company of having backdoors to listen to messages and forward them to the Chinese government.

UK gives in to US pressure on 5G
This argument now seems to be falling apart, at least in the case of the UK.  The decision to exclude Huawei from the country's networks came after a national security case presented by the National Cybersecurity Center.
Now the argument is refuted former minister's hair Business and Industry, Vince Cable.  Than this former minister disclosed, this excuse presented was false, and it all happened due to pressure from the US, which intended to remove Huawei from the networks of British operators.

Vince Cable opened the game and revealed the truth
The result seems to have been what was intended, as a result of the proximity between the two countries.  In July 2020, Boris Johnson's government announced that by the end of 2027, Huawei products will be completely removed from UK 5G networks.
Interestingly, according to Vince Cable, the result will be far from expected.  One of his statements was that “if Britain had kept 5G, we would now be at the forefront of countries using the most advanced technologies.  And we don't."