The Apple Watch Series 3 may be more of the same, but it’s still ahead of the competition. All have water resistance to a depth of 50 meters, and can be used when swimming. We’ve been testing the aluminum bodied version, but stainless steel and ceramic are also available, if you’re willing to pay more. The lack of a raised body around it helps, as does the curved glass. It feels more expensive, and encourages you to work with it.
There’s a definite slickness and tactile pleasure from the Apple Watch’s screen that you don’t get with screens on most Android Wear watches. Otherwise, all interactions with the watch are carried out using the touchscreen, which is responsive, precise, and a joy to use. The Digital Crown rotates to navigate through messages and lists, a press selects or enters the helicopter view of all the installed apps, while the primary button underneath goes back a step or opens a list of recently used apps. It’s beautifully bright and colorful, but it works best with a black watch face, because the screen seamlessly becomes one with the bezel, giving the impression that the entire front of the watch is a single screen. Luckily there are hundreds of aftermarket strap options. Metal hardware would be much more preferable. The hardware attaching the strap to the watch is plastic, however, and looks cheap. It’s certainly very comfortable, and due to its fitting, is suitable for all wrist sizes. It’s like posh Velcro, and uses the same hook-and-eye system to secure it around your wrist. The underside of the Apple Watch Series 3 is a sliver thicker than the old models, but you’ll never notice.Īpple has introduced new straps with the Series 3 Watch, a series called Sport Loop. We imagine that’s the only reason it’s there, and would actually rather it wasn’t. It’s identical in shape and design the only hint that you’re wearing the latest model with 4G LTE is a colored dot on the Digital Crown. Have you seen the Apple Watch Series 1, and the Apple Watch Series 2? Then you’ve seen the Apple Watch Series 3. This is the best selling watch for a reason - it’s the best smartwatch you can buy, by far. Our Apple Watch Series 3 review reveals that this still isn’t possible at the moment, but that the situation is highly likely to change in the future, once developers and app makers get started.ĭoes that mean it should be ignored? Forgotten? No. The Apple Watch Series 3 promises to be an even bigger seller, because it apparently does something many have wanted from the start - it can potentially replace your phone. Despite many questions about whether people need smartwatches, or the usefulness of them in the first place Apple sells more watches than Casio, Fossil, Swatch, Rolex, or anyone else. Not the best selling smartwatch but the best selling watch overall. The Apple Watch is the world’s best selling watch.