The Apple Watch Series 7 is the latest smartwatch from Apple, featuring a larger Always-On Retina Display, a more rounded design with a larger casing, better durability, and faster charging, starting at $399.
Announced in September 2021, the Apple Watch Series 7 is the newest Apple Watch in Apple's lineup and is at the beginning of its product cycle. Apple releases new Apple Watch models every September, and there's no reason to suggest that a new Apple Watch Series 8 won't launch next year.
There are early signs of an Apple Watch Series 8 model with many upgrades and improvements, but since it's still almost a year away, now is the best time to buy an Apple Watch Series 7.
While the Apple Watch Series 7 is Apple's most full-featured, high-end smartwatch, those who want features like blood oxygen monitoring, ECG, always-on display, and a more premium finish, users looking for a more affordable option should want Apple. Consider the Watch SE. Starting at $279, the Apple Watch SE offers several key Apple Watch features, such as an optical heart rate sensor and fall detection, but at a lower price than balance functionality and affordability.
On the other hand, if the price is your main concern and you don't need advanced health functions, the Apple Watch Series 3 may be more suitable than the $399 Apple Watch Series 7 then go for the Apple Watch 3. There are some tradeoffs with the Apple Watch Series 3 as it is a much older model, such as a smaller display, an older chipset, and the lack of a compass, fall detection, ECG, and blood oxygen monitoring.
The Apple Watch Series 7 builds on the design of previous Apple Watch models with a more rounded design and offers some notable new features including a larger display, better durability, and faster charging.
The Apple Watch Series 7 is available in new 41 and 45mm size options that are 1mm larger than the 40mm and 44mm options from previous generations, and the casing has been refined with softer, more rounded edges. Like the Apple Watch Series 6, the Series 7 model has a black ceramic and sapphire crystal backing and a Digital Crown with haptic feedback. The Digital Crown has a built-in sensor for taking ECG readings.
The new model features a larger, re-engineered Retina display with more screen area due to a thinner border. The display has a unique refracting edge that almost curves towards the cover. There are interface improvements and two unique watch faces to take advantage of the larger display. Series 7 introduces Low Power (LTPO) OLED Always-On Display technology with Series 5, allowing users to see their watch faces and complications at all times.
The Apple Watch Series 7 is more durable than previous models, with crack-resistant front glass, IP6X dust resistance, and a WR50 water resistance rating.
Apple Watch Series 7 models are also capable of 33 percent faster charging, providing up to eight hours of sleep tracking time with just eight minutes of charging.
The Apple Watch Series 7 continues to support Apple Pay purchases and emergency calls with SOS like previous models and has all the health features like blood oxygen monitoring, ECG, sleep tracking, fall detection, and loud noise detection.
Apple offers the Series 7 with both GPS and GPS + LTE models. LTE Apple Watch models without an iPhone can work over LTE.
There are five new aluminum casing colors, including Midnight, Starlight, Green, Blue, and (Product) Red. Stainless steel options include Silver, Graphite, and Gold, while Titanium casing options include Silver and Space Black. Apple also continues to sell aluminum Apple Watch Nike models and stainless steel Apple Watch Hermes models.
The Apple Watch Series 7 became available for pre-order on Friday, October 8th, with the first orders arriving on Friday, October 15th.
The Apple Watch Series 7 price starts at $399, while the Apple Watch SE price starts at $279. Apple also continues to sell the Apple Watch Series 3 starting at $199.
Design
The design of the Apple Watch Series 7 is built on the round, square look of previous generations, but now comes in new 41mm and 45mm casing size options to suit different preferences and wrist sizes. The design of the Apple Watch Series 7 has been refined with softer, more rounded edges. Although the casings are a bit bigger now, they still work with bands from previous generations.
Weights range from 32 grams to 51.5 grams, depending on both the size and casing material, with the stainless steel Apple Watch models being the heaviest. This is a slight increase in weight over the previous generation. Series 7 has the same 10.7mm thickness as Series 6.
All Apple Watch Series 7 models have a black ceramic and crystal back with four LED clusters and four photodiodes to facilitate health monitoring features such as heart rate
monitoring, blood oxygen monitoring, and ECG.
There's a Digital Crown on the side of the Apple Watch for scrolling and navigation, and a side button for bringing up frequently used apps, accessing emergency services, confirming Apple Pay purchases, and more.
The Digital Crown is equipped with haptic feedback that provides a precise, mechanical feel when scrolling through lists and controlling various aspects of the Apple Watch, and that's important to the ECG app because it has a built-in electrode that lets you use it. Works in conjunction with the rear sensor.
Note that the Digital Crown looks different depending on the Apple Watch model you purchased. LTE models have a red ring around the Digital Crown so you can know they have LTE functionality, while the GPS-only models lack the red ring.
Colors and Materials
The Apple Watch Series 7 comes in three materials: aluminum, stainless steel, and titanium. The aluminum Apple Watch models are the most affordable, while the titanium models are the most expensive.
Apple introduced four new aluminum colors this year: Midnight, Starlight, Green, and Blue. These join the (PRODUCT) RED shade from Series 6. The stainless steel Apple Watch models are available in Silver, Gold, and Graphite, which is a dark gray shade. Titanium models are available in a natural color (a gray-silver) and space black.
Aluminum Apple Watch models made from 100 percent recycled 7000 Series aluminum are lightweight, affordable, and designed for active lifestyles, while stainless steel models are heavier, more expensive, and focus on activity rather than everyday life. are designed to be worn.
Titanium Apple Watch models offer the durability of stainless steel models with a brushed finish, but are lighter in weight and resist staining. Compared to the stainless steel model, the titanium model has a darker, more matte finish.
Both the stainless steel and titanium models have sapphire crystal displays that are more scratch-resistant than the Ion-X glass used for the aluminum models. Aluminum models are available with and without LTE connectivity, while stainless steel and titanium models are LTE with no cheaper GPS-only models available.
When it comes to specific weight, titanium models weigh less than stainless steel models, which are the heaviest of the Apple Watch models, and all Series 7 models are up to 10 percent heavier than Series 6 models.
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