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.
Fitbit Inc. is a company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded and managed by James Park and Eric Friedman, the company is known for its product of the same name, the Fitbit Tracker, a wireless-enabled wearable device that measures data such as the number of steps walked, quality of sleep, and other personal metrics.