One of the novelties of today's Apple keynote has been Appe Watch Series 5. Same design, same sizes, compatible with current straps, but with some cool new features.
If something goes well, it is better not to touch it. That's what Cupertino designers should think about the Apple Watch. After a slow and dubious birth four years ago, the truth is that the Apple Watch is currently in good sales health. It has prevailed over its competitors, which there are and many, and every time we see more people on the street with one position.
Apple is aware of this, and after a small adjustment of measurements in the series 4, the exterior design remains the same, with the same strap system compatible from the beginning, improving it in performance in each series. Let's get to it.
Screen always on
First novelty of which nothing had leaked these days. Series 5 mounts a new polysilício and oxide screen called LTPO. The novelty is that this screen will always be on, thus showing the information that we want in the sphere that we have available. In standby mode it works at 1 Hz refresh rate, fully visible, and we interact with it by touching the screen or a button, it goes to normal working mode at 60 Hz. This new screen, together with a new controller chip of the same low power, a more efficient processor in its consumption, and a new light sensor, guarantee, according to Apple, a battery life of 18 hours, as before.
Compass
Second novelty. They have shown us an Apple Watch screen where a Compass indicates your geological situation in real time. It shows you heading, latitude, longitude, incline, and elevation in real time. You can now store your Casio Protek in a drawer. Interesting. A good application of this function is that in the Maps app, the arrow now shows you where you are really looking.
International emergency call
For greater security when traveling through different countries, now in case of need Apple Watch will make the emergency call no matter what country you bought it in and which country you are in at the time of the call. The fall detector activates this function, as before.
Bodies of new materials
Series 5 will not only be available in aluminum and steel, but now also in titanium, finished in gray, and ceramic, a spectacular white.
Price and Availability
You already have the 5 series available in the store. Prices start at 449 Euros for the 40mm. in aluminum, up to 1.499 the ceramic of 44 mm. The series 3 continue to exist for sale, from 229 Euros. You can now order it on the Apple website. They will begin to be delivered from September 20, according to availability.
