“The Apple Watch Series 2 arrives a year and a half after the original Apple Watch first went on sale,” Scott Stein writes for CNET. “Some things have changed: If you liked the idea of an Apple Watch before, this new version is seriously faster, has a brighter display and it’s a lot better for outdoor sports… The combination of new hardware and software make a familiar-looking circle-in-the-square watch now feel like the smooth wrist companion it was always meant to be.”
“The original Apple Watch is still around, but with a bonus. Known as the Apple Watch Series 1, it’s the same basic hardware as the original, but with a new chip that’s said to be just as fast as the Series 2. It doesn’t have those same latest, greatest GPS and waterproofing features as the new model — it’s still water resistant for splashes and dunks like the iPhone 7, though — and it lacks that new brighter display. But it also costs less,” Stein writes. “I have a feeling that that new Series 1 Apple Watch may be the real go-to pick for a lot of people who don’t need GPS or swim tracking. Maybe it’s the watch everyone should wear.”
“Series 2 is my favorite Apple Watch, and it’s now my favorite smartwatch, too,” Stein writes. “Inside, a larger battery helps manage GPS and fitness functions, but it also helped get a bit more battery than Apple’s conservative 18 hour claims. I get through a full day with anywhere from 25%-50% battery remaining, on most full days… You don’t need a smartwatch — but this is now a really good one… Smartwatches still aren’t something you need in your life. Neither are fitness trackers. That being said, I’ve found some use for them in my life. The Apple Watch has finally become something that’s better.”
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MacDailyNews Take: With continuing positive reviews for Series 2, the reinvigorated Series 1, and watchOS 3, Apple Watch has a very bright future!
SEE ALSO:
WSJ reviews Apple Watch Series 2: ‘Apple Watch finds its purpose in life’ – September 14, 2016
The Verge reviews Apple Watch Series 2: There’s something effortlessly cool about it – September 14, 2016
Apple Watch Series 2: Apple refocuses its smartwatch – September 12, 2016
Loving iOS 10 – even the new sounds and the bedtime reminder. Yes, some of us need a reminder to set it all aside and get prepared to start over the next day. As for the watch… I have the original. I was leaning toward getting a Series 2 after the event. However, now that I’ve got the new WatchOS, my watch is back to performance that I was accustomed to when I got it. Everything else seems catered to athletes with a faster processor. I’m thinking I won’t apply any updates to this OS so that Apple can’t sneak in something to slow it down like they did before and make me feel like I need a new one and I’ll be keeping this watch. I’m not losing faith with the watch. I’ll get a Series 3 or 4. I just have back my performance and need it left alone now. I’m happy with what I have. Now I’m going breathe. G’day!
I wonder if there is an even thinner Apple Watch in the near future ….
Watch OS 3 is so much faster that it gave me second thoughts about buying series 2. But the GPS, new 50% faster dual core S2 package and 1000 nit screen has convinced me to go ahead and buy even though I don’t swim nor surf. It is .9mm thicker and slightly heavier than the original. But I doubt I’ll notice it and the rear is now ceramic instead of composite.