On September 13, under the powerful aura of the new iPhone XS series, the Apple Watch series ushered in the biggest upgrade since it was released three years ago - finally, the appearance changed, although only a full screen was replaced.
After more than two years of efforts, Apple Watch surpassed Rolex as the world's largest "watch factory" last year. The processors of the first three generations of products will be upgraded every time they are released. At the beginning, S1, S1P and S2, and then W2 peripheral chips will help handle WiFi and other functions.
history
Recalling the original Apple Watch, it was released after several years of revelations. Six or seven years ago, when people mistakenly thought that smart watches would change the world like smart phones, the round dial and notched screen Moto 360 won the reputation that a beautiful watch should have, Apple Watch was released late. And it was painted ugly at the beginning of the release. Even if we are used to seeing Liu Haiping, it is still ugly, but we are used to being ugly and don't want to paint it.
The original Apple Watch is an immature product. Although the price is cheaper than expected, the PPT system has no GPS, can't soak in water, has a fledgling ecosystem, and has an abandoned appearance. However, after several years of improvement, Apple Watch has become one of the smartwatches with the best use experience.
In fact, the biggest performance upgrade is from the second generation, from "card into PPT" to "just a comparison card", and the GPS and barometer are added. The waterproof is enhanced to 50 meters, and the maximum brightness of this Retina OLED screen has jumped from 450 nits to 1000 nits (in retrospect, it is the first modern Apple device using OLED screens). It can be said that the price difference of 600 yuan is really profitable.
The main upgrade of the third generation is the cellular version using e-SIM. The crown is decorated with small red dots, and Siri voice response is a gift. Since the configurations are highly coincident, the second generation of Apple Watch Series 3 will be offline immediately after it goes online.
This year's Apple Watch Series 4 has four core changes:
The dial becomes larger and the screen becomes larger
With stronger performance and stronger sensors, it can detect whether the user's posture falls and automatically ask for help
Stronger abnormal heart rate reminder
Real ECG function
The dial becomes larger and the screen proportion increases
This year, the most obvious upgrade of Apple Watch Series 4 is the unified increase of the dial by 2mm. The previous 38 mm and 42 mm versions were upgraded to 40 mm and 44 mm. With the increase of screen proportion, the display area has increased by 35% and 32% respectively (And no bangs yet) . The screen looks like a cup full of water, like it is about to overflow the border.
The watch body is thinner, and now there is tactile feedback when rotating the crown, and there are redesigned loudspeakers. The back is made of composite material of ceramic and sapphire, which can improve the signal receiving ability.
Performance and Sensor Enhancement
New S4 chip, 64 bit dual core, twice speed increase and new GPU. Even accelerometers and gyroscopes have been upgraded, with a dynamic range of 2 times, a sampling speed of 8 times, and the ability to detect up to 32 G of gravitational acceleration!
Drop can be detected! Can sense whether the user is sliding, rolling or jumping on the street! Then if you fall down for one minute and can't get up, you will automatically ask for help. Blow out!
Heart rate detection and true ECG!
Three heart rate detection functions have been added. If the heart rate is too low, there will be a notice. If the heart rate is too low, there will be a notice. If the heart rate is irregular (ventricular fibrillation), there will also be a notice for help.
The most exaggerated upgrade is that you can do ECG now, the real ECG!!! There is an electrode sensor inside the body. Put your finger on the crown, and the pulse detected by the back and crown will be transmitted to the S4 processor, so that a heart rate analysis can be completed in 30 seconds.
Able to perform ECG examination! Real medical grade ECG! In addition, Dr. Eve Benjamin, the president of the American Heart Association, was also found at the scene, with FDA certification (blowing!)
Price and bad news
The rest is bad news. The endurance is still 18 hours, or 6 hours of exercise. The new Apple Watch Series 4, like its predecessor, will make everyone be a good man and go home to recharge every day. Oh, yes, there is Bluetooth 5.0 now.
In terms of price, they finally couldn't hold back. The starting price jumped from 2588 yuan to 3199 yuan (40mm) and 3499 yuan (44mm). The cellular version was 3999 yuan and 4299 yuan. It was officially launched on September 17. The price of Series 3 was reduced to 2199 yuan.
Gangzhen, in addition to the iPad and the disabled iPod series, the Apple Watch series is the most user-friendly product line among the Apple family's devices, and the application ecosystem is also away from Android or Samsung's Tizen platform. It is a rating recommendation of "buy buy" by default as long as there is a demand for this type of product, even if it is not fruit powder.
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