Dr. Stephen Schorr is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Lafayette, Louisiana and is affiliated with Lake Area Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport and has been in practice for more than 20 years.
The Fitbit Flex, which retails for $99.95, costs $17.36 to make, including both materials and manufacturing costs, according to the teardown analysis. IHS projects that shipments of Fitbit Flex and similar activity monitors will triple within the next five years.
Compared to the $100 Fitbit Flex, the Charge has a taller and wider display, allowing it to show time and step count, and it has longer battery life of seven days on a charge. It also has automatic sleep tracking, so users don't have to tell the device when they're going to bed. Fitbit.