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.
The Fitbit Charge HR is Fitbit's latest big fitness move: it adds heart-rate tracking, something tons of bands and trackers have started adopting. It tracks heart rate 24 hours a day, even when you sleep. It syncs everything to your phone. It still looks like the older Fitbit bands, but it does more.arah Tew/CNET. For $20 more than the non-heart-rate-tracking Fitbit Charge, this seems like a no-brainer ($150 versus $130 for the Charge in the US; in the UK, it's Â£120 versus Â£100, or $180 versus $150 in Australia).