This week Apple had their annual September event and to many peoples surprise they did announce a new Apple Watch. The Apple Watch Series 5 and you may have noticed by the tittle there is not much new about it, BUT I don’t see this as a bad thing as they have stopped selling the series 4, I think it’s just some more improvements but not Apples way of saying you must buy this new one because it has this. They didn’t do that.
But what is new, first of all this new Apple watch has a built in compass and compass app now which also displays the current elevation, incline, latitude and longitude in real time on the Compass app or on new complications for the Apple watch.
The best new feature and the main one Apple is showcasing regarding this Apple watch is a new Always on Display using a Low Power OLED display with a new Ambient light sensor the Apple watch can keep the display on all the time with the battery unaffected.
To accommodate the new display Apple have released new watch faces that display only the time and then brighten to show complications when the user is looking at the watch. The Always on display will work perfectly with Apples workout app allowing you to be able to constantly see workout information on the go. I personally see this as a great feature too often I have gone for a run and want to have a quick glimpse of my watch to see my distance but when I raise my wrist the watch screen is just blank because it has not detected my wrist. An always on screen will fix that problem.
When I first saw Apple announce this feature my initial thought was, why can’t they just enable this as software feature?
The answer is simple. If you were to have your current Apple watch display always on, the battery wouldn’t last all day. Annoying but it’s the truth. Apart from these two features the Series 4 and 5 are pretty much the same. This would be why Apple stopped selling the Series 4 because of their similarity.
PRICING, The Series 5 is the same price as the Series 4 at $399 (£399). To compete with other Smart Watches Apple have continued to sell the series 3 but at a more competitive price of $199 £199. This is much better value then previously before and I’m sure will be popular with those new to Apple Watch.
The Series 5 also comes in a new stylish Titanium and reintroduces the ceramic case. This is part of the Apple Watch Edition range. Both as you’d expect are quite pricey but look amazing.
One other Apple watch thing to mention, is that in Apples Retail stores and online Apple are introducing the Apple Watch Studio. No longer does your Apple watch have to come with a certain strap just because Apple say so. Now you can purchase any Apple watch with any strap. Really cool, and in store it’s even better because you can see how any of the straps look with the Apple watch’s in person.
Kyle Wilkinson
The photos above were taken from Apples website I do not own the rights to these photos. All copyright remains to Apple, Writing is all written by me Kyle Wilkinson.
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