![]() ![]() But what’s mostly unique here is that with their eSIM, your phone number is shared with your phone. That’s true today of Android Wear watches and any number of other SIM-based devices you may have in your life today. Of course with a SIM card (of any type), you get a phone number. Meanwhile, the antenna for the watch is the front of the display. Rather than putting in a physical sim card, which would take up too much space, they went with an electronic SIM (eSIM), which is a SIM card without the physical card part. This is being used for things like stair flight tracking, as well as down the road with apps for skiing and snowboarding.īut of course – the main event here is the cellular capabilities. They say this is making WiFi 85 percent faster and WiFi/Bluetooth 50 percent more power efficient.įurther, the Series 3 unit now has a barometric altimeter in it. Additionally, they’ve added in WiFi on a new combined WiFi/Bluetooth chipset they’re calling the W2. They’ve gone with a dual core processor that increases performance by 70%. However, internally things are swapped around a bit. I’ll take their word on that one, but if you want. Apple says that’s the thickness of two sheets of paper. From the outside, the new Apple Watch Series 3 is identical in outer casing, but does increase the back depth by. ![]() Apple Watch Series 3 with Cellular:įirst, let’s start with the hardware, and then we’ll dive into some of the software changes that take advantage of that. While I don’t yet have a unit on my wrist (soon…very soon), I figured I’d run through the changes quickly and leave this post as a bit of placeholder for discussion until my full in-depth review in likely the near future. ![]() ![]() This new watch is nearly identical in form factor to their 1st and 2nd generation Apple Watch, but now packs in cellular capabilities as well as a far faster processor.Īlongside that, Apple formalized changes coming in their watch operating system (WatchOS), which include new sports features like interval support as well as more general health updates like resting HR tracking/trending, and medical-aligned items like high heart rate notification. Today Apple announced their 3rd generation Apple Watch, simply named Apple Watch Series 3. ![]()
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