Month Apple Watch Series 3: an exhaustive review

Equipment

In the box with the Apple Watch Series 3 we found a mean gentlemen's set: inductive charging, a tablet, a fork 1 A silicone strap with one additional fastener lengths and documentation.

modifications

Apple Watch Series 3 with support ESIM, as well as modifications and Hermès Edition in Russia, unfortunately, are not represented. This means that the variations with a sapphire crystal, steel and ceramic housing, we also do not sell.

That you can choose one of two sizes (38 mm and 42 mm), one of the four colors silicone strap (smoky, pink, gray and black), depending on which one of the three colors of the aluminum case is suggested (Silver, gold and "gray space").

Still there is a modification of Nike + for athletes and fans of the brand of the same name - with themed dials and special mesh straps.

No difference in the specifications depending on the size there. The price difference is small - about the cost themselves hours. Therefore, there should be guided only by personal preference. I have Apple Watch with a hull length of 38 mm, and I really like, uschemlonnym not feel "full-frame" versions do not want to.

housing

visual differences different versions of the Apple Watch minimal: this is the same case with rounded edges and corners. On one side is a button and the digital crown (wheel) on the opposite - opening the speaker and microphone and to the arm adjacent panel with sensors.

Only available in Russian version with aluminum housing is protected by a glass Ion-X high-strength. The case itself does not collect scratch: after a month of active use were found none. The only thing you can complain - it's not an absolute lock button, which causes a barely noticeable gap.

38-millimeter version does not cause any inconvenience: the body is small, the weight is almost not felt hours. No problems with narrow sleeves shirts arose. Only sleep with them uncomfortable, but I suspect so affected by my lack of habit of wearing a watch at all. Let's be honest: in a dream Apple Watch and do not need, especially since the developers have not offered an official application for tracking phases of sleep.

What's new

Apple Watch Series 3 in Russia can be considered as a rather minor update of the previous series: a small list of features, and many of them are irrelevant. We got into the Series 3:

• new processor S3 and the maximum possible speed watchOS 4;
• speaking Siri;
• 8 GB of memory (including program and system information - about 5.5 GB) and the ability to listen to music from the Apple Music without a telephone;
• Altimeter (Altimeter) - an important gauge for climbers and snowboarders.

Unfortunately, the key innovation, namely the possibility of using Apple Watch Series 3 E-SIM-card, we are not available, and the prospects of this technology in Russia vague. Therefore, if you already have an Apple Watch Series 2 and you do not see something very important to them in the list above, the update does not make sense.

Display

The display remains the same: it is OLED-display with a brightness of 1000 nits and oleophobic coating. This means that the image on the Apple Watch is easy to read even under the sun, and the glass itself almost does not get dirty.

The deep black color, characteristic of OLED-screens, in the case of the clock is a must: thanks to him, the transition from the dark side of the display to the rounded edges devaysa quite noticeable.

The display resolution is 272 × 340 pixels or 312 × 390 pixels for the 38- and 42-millimeter version hours respectively.

Control

All interactions in the Apple Watch are a logical and expected results, therefore, to understand and to remember the necessary steps can be a couple of hours. A little harder to set the clock by itself to the Watch app, but more on that later. All the functions of hours (many of them in this review are not even mentioned) can be controlled by a dozen different influences that I will try to fit in three paragraphs.

• Digital crown. Scrolling will notice flipping, zoom in and out icons on the home screen and seamlessly display lights. Pressing switches the screen between "Home" and pressing the dial, hold your finger - and you answer Siri. Press twice - and will go to the last program.

• Button. A single click opens the Dock (the dispatcher recent or favorite programs), double - leads to contactless payment, long - to turn off the Apple Watch or emergency call. To take a screenshot, press the button and crown at the same time.
• Display. Horizontal swipe switch dials, swipe from the top gives you a list of notifications, bottom - opens a kind of "control center." In it, you can turn on the flashlight, enter in the "theater" mode (turn off the automatic backlight), block watch for use water to conduct a ping test iPhone, see the battery charge, mute or adjust the audio broadcast on headphones. Also, the display recognizes the force of pressure: Using Force Touch, you can control dials and the advanced settings of the programs. To "pay off» Apple Watch, you just need to slap his palm on the screen.

That's all there is to know. You do not have to cram all the actions are carried out intuitively and quickly reach automaticity.

Main functions

Working with the Watch and the "active"

Controlled clock with the Watch app. It was here that put expansion adjusted program is formed Dock and selected dials.

Here you can see which of your applications are adaptive version for hours and go to the App Store for the Apple Watch.

Following application, without which it can not do - is "Active". In it you can see statistics on the activity of filling rings, the list of achievements and a summary of the training.

Here you can share your achievements with friends, owners of Apple Watch and see their results.

dials

Watch offers about 20 different dials, here are the most interesting ones.

• Siri. Displays the presence of congestion, weather. Data sources can be chosen independently. Siri can scroll the messages using the crown.
• A photo. Watch as your screensaver clock photo of a loved one or the emblem of the football club is always nice.
• Kaleidoscope. Classic dial with a smoothly varying screen saver. The crown is spinning - the picture shimmers beautifully.

• Activity. See "Activity" includes a few dials, indicators reflecting calories, exercise time and clock in motion.
• Astronomy. Dial with the image of the Earth, the Moon or the Solar System. It helps to monitor the position of the planets, sunrise and sunset in different corners of the Earth and lunar cycles. The benefits of this are not very many, but it is, in my opinion, the most interesting of the dial shown.

Most of the dials can be customized to yourself: add a timer or stopwatch application icon, the time in another time zone or anything else. To display the maximum of useful information on the clock, enough four or five dials. I use three.

training

Apple Watch adapt to the particular type of exercise and, on this basis differently read the information from the sensors. Walking, jogging, swimming, exercises on specific types of simulators - if this list could not find your type of exercise, you can choose mixed training or "Other" (then it will be possible at the end of the activity select the type of training from a broader list).

Apple Watch also able to collect data through NFC-interface with simulators Cybex firms, LifeFitness, Matrix, Schwinn, StairMaster, Star Trac and TechnoGym. In Russia, they are found, though not in every room.

The only scenario in which Apple Watch me fail, - use of the watch in the water training. The actual number of meters that sailed, significantly less than what shows tracker. I assume that the function is designed for professional divers: one is my max falls less distance than they.

activity rings

User activity is measured in three indicators:

• calories. Red ring is filled, depending on how many calories you spent. Daily rate, you can choose yourself.
• Exercises. Norma - 30 minutes. Name rings deceptive, in fact, engage in sports and even doing exercises is not obligatory. Suffice it to be a little more physical activity than usual.
• Watch with a warm-up. The easiest to accomplish the goal - a move even for a minute every hour. Swipe as 12 hours and the filled ring.

Annex "Activity" can lead mobility statistics and add friends with the Apple Watch. For the fulfillment and over-fulfillment of regulations (as well as for success in training) you can gain achievements in the "active".

Monitoring heart rate

Apple Watch will automatically measure the heart rate every few minutes and correlate performance data about your current activity. If the heart rate exceeds the limit, a gyroscope and an accelerometer report no movement, the clock sounding the alarm: with your heart that something is wrong. Individual features can be designated by the mark allowable pulse to Watch.

Hours constantly measure the heart rate and heart rate variability (variation interval between beats). All data are exported in the "Health".

Use without a smartphone

If you have an Apple Watch Series 3, you can use the iPhone is much rarer. Here are examples of what you can do without a phone in his hand:

• receive alerts. The obvious feature that allows you to get a smartphone only when you receive important notifications.
• Listen to music. Version of the Apple Music for hours supports key features full-length applications shows the same library and is able to download tracks via Wi-Fi. You can configure the automatic loading playlists in memory device. And yet Apple Watch synchronize with Bluetooth-headset without the phone.

• Reply to topics. In this case, Apple Watch will offer to dictate a message or use one of the predefined answers. Both options are likely compromise: to support each other, earned a new achivku possible, but in serious correspondence is still better to use the telephone.

• Receive calls. This feature is very comes in handy when you do not remember to Delhi phone.

Now I can forget what room left iPhone, or go on a long negotiating office room without him. And nothing terrible will happen.

Applications for the Apple Watch

Many applications have a version for the Apple Watch. For example, among my favorite apps for podcasts Overcast. Not all adaptation is really useful: the majority of mini-versions of programs you use me and did not come in handy.

There are applications designed to use it with a clock, such as preset "Breath" or any program from a special App Store for the Apple Watch.

autonomy

Apple declare about 18 hours of operation without recharging Apple Watch and give a bunch of reservations. This is due to the fact that all use the gadget in different ways. The battery talk time, according to Apple assurances can withstand up to three hours.

I put in the hours to charge every other night. They are discharged at the same time up to 10-20%. I always use it for hours, but take them off when I go to sleep, and exercise no more than twice a week.

When the threshold of 10% of the charge clocks offer to move to ECO-MODE. In this case, the dial will display only the time, and to move in a regular state of the Apple Watch will have to restart.

impermeability

Tim Cook claimsThat the Apple Watch can safely take a shower, but I personally do not take them off in the pool.

Remove watches, if you plan to dive more than 50 meters, Apple Watch rinse with fresh water after contact with foam or salt and do not forget to choose the right band. It's all right, which is worth remembering.

Touchscreen display, while in the water, works on horrible. From involuntary clicks protect lockout in water. To get out of it, it is necessary to rotate the digital crown, then the dynamics of "vyduyut" moisture from the body.

straps

Silicone, nylon, steel, leather - Apple offers dozens of straps and wristbands. We have available three options: standard silicone strap out of the box, a sports bracelet and strap made of braided nylon.

Sports bracelet made of nylon and Velcro - my favorite. This design allows the strap to fix the most convenient to the nearest millimeter.

The strap is made of braided nylon is not as convenient, but no less lovely.

A silicone strap, a bundled, strongly loses nylon competitors in the beauty and tactile sensations, but it is the only band from our kit, suitable for water training. Apple Watch is water resistant, and most of the straps - no.

Fasten straps and bracelets firmly: to remove, it is necessary to press a special button on the inside of hours. All straps are suitable for any Apple Watch models of its size.

For whom Apple Watch Series 3

For any iPhone owner with iOS 11. Not only an athlete or gadzhetomana. Apple Watch to help keep track of workouts and monitor the heart rate, are able to show notifications, send messages, manage your music and still a lot of useful things. And it's just a watch - the thing most difficult to remember and easier to carry.

To use the activity tracker, does not necessarily have to be active in the classic sense of the word: Apple Watch consider the technique of movement of wheelchair users and even include several types of special training.

prices

At the moment, the cost of Apple Watch Series 3 in the official store is 24 490 rubles per 38-mm version and 26 990 rubles for the modification of the length of body 42 mm. Prices of additional straps and bracelets start with 3990 rubles and reach a completely crazy 43 990 rubles per block bracelets. In my opinion, it's too expensive for the optional accessory to even the coolest hours, so I will mention that there options and cheaper.

Verdict

Apple Watch Series 3 - is not just a duplicator notifications and activity tracker is useful, beautiful and pleasant-to-use gadget. At the time of writing this review, I spent a little more than a month with a clock and is ready to say with confidence that the Apple Watch make life better, the device Apple management - easier, and most importantly, make it possible to get rid of the abnormal attachments to the phone.

The only moot point - the choice of a particular model Apple Watch. At the moment, officially sold models of the first and third series. If you need a remote iOS-devaysa management, activity tracker and accounting training - enough Apple Watch Series 1. If the water resistance and accounting tracks on swim in the pool, listening to music without a smartphone and hardware supply for the future - it is better to choose Apple Watch Series 3.

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