#APPLE WATCH SERIES 3 GPS VS CELLULAR MANUAL#
#APPLE WATCH SERIES 3 GPS VS CELLULAR CRACK#

In addition of course is the touchscreen, used for navigation within the watch. One is a generic button towards the bottom, whereas the other is the digital crown, which can be both pressed and rotated (useful for zooming in and out or changing pages in an app). The Apple Watch has two buttons on the side. I note this because when it comes to sport usage, this will become a clear item to pay attention to, especially for which apps you use to track your workout. To begin, we’ll start at the very beginning: The buttons. Keep in mind this is the 42mm Apple Watch, so it’d be slightly heavier than the 38mm variant. You can check out that in-depth review though for weights of all the band types.Īll the weights are in grams, with the Fitbit and Garmin units being identical at 43g, and the Apple Watch sitting in at 63g. I used the sport band in the case of the Fitbit Ionic, merely because I hate the regular stock band.

#APPLE WATCH SERIES 3 GPS VS CELLULAR CRACK#

Then to take a crack at the weights, I put all three on the scale. Here’s a look at them from a slightly different angle: Ultimately though, they’re all fairly similar. The Garmin is a bit more rounded than the Apple Watch, while the Fitbit is a touch bit bigger in terms of face. Essentially, what are likely to be the three most popular fitness/sports focused watches this fall for the mid-range market.Īs you can see, they’re all fairly similar in sizes. Taking a quick detour to look at the sizes and weights of the watches, I’ve lined up the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE with the Fitbit Ionic and Garmin Vivoactive 3.

#APPLE WATCH SERIES 3 GPS VS CELLULAR MANUAL#

As always though, you won’t need the manual by the time you finish reading this post. There’s also, of course, the paper manual and quick start guide that you saw in the video, but those somehow ended up flying off the table during the unboxing video and didn’t get photographed. The watch comes with a small and large band, which slides off by pressing the small button under the watch band.Īs usual from Apple – super clean box setup.

But you’re gonna get like 5 million photos by the end of this review, so here’s what it looks like chillin’ in the box:Īnd finally, you’ll have noticed the secondary band.

If in Europe or elsewhere you’ll get the plug for your local country. So if you’ve got those lying around from previous editions – then you’re well positioned for multi-location charging: This is the same as all past Apple Watch charging cables. It’s how you can spot the cellular version a million miles away. The red dot on the digital crown means it’s the cellular version. Namely because I forgot to take a picture before I started the video. Still want some photos though? No problem! First off, we’ve got the box itself, which sits behind all the things I took out of the box. I cover weights, size comparisons, and tons more. Not feelin’ like text and photos? No worries, we can start off with an uber-detailed unboxing video I put together of the Apple Watch Series 3.

With that – let’s dive into things! Unboxing: Note that I went out and bought my own Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular unit, at an Apple Store on launch morning. So do consider that in many ways you can achieve almost everything in this review with previous generation Apple Watches and save a few bucks. Most of those features got rolled out to previous Apple Watch units as well, as I outlined here. But in reality, most of the new features actually came with watchOS 4, which was introduced at the same time. It also gains an altimeter, for better tracking of elevation. What it gains though in ‘GPS+Cellular’ edition is…well…cellular service (and the associated magical red dot). In theory, it’s got the same heart rate sensor, as well as the same GPS capabilities. Of course, in many ways the Apple Watch Series 3 isn’t appreciably different for sports usage than the previous Apple Watch Series 2 unit. Of course, I’ll briefly touch on those things below, but my focus here is how well this performs while working out or racing. This review is all about sport and fitness, since there’s a gazillion other places you can read about general stuff like looking at the pretty apps screen above. Over the last 6 weeks I’ve been wearing the Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular edition to see how well it works not just in daily use, but more importantly sport and fitness use.

Apple watch series 3 gps vs cellular