Apple Watch Series 5: The permanent display is long overdue

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Apple unveiled last Tuesday the latest version of its ready-to-wear laptop, the Apple Watch Series 5, presenting the iPhone 11 to his September annual event. While the iPhone has caught the eye, the new watch, which succeeds the Watch series 4, add some new features. It will start at $ 399 (£ 399, AU $ 649) for the GPS model only, and $ 499 (£ 499, AU $ 799) for GPS and cellular. You can order the Apple Watch Series 5 now and it will be available in stores on September 20th.

The Apple Watch and its suite of applications constitute the fifth iteration of one of the best-selling wearables in fitness. They focus on the fitness of users, biometrics and health research. The Watch Series 5 watch will always be lit throughout the delivery, says Apple, with the same 18-hour battery life throughout the day as previous models. It's something that other watches have had, and we're excited to see it appear on the Apple Watch.

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Close up with the permanent display of the Apple Watch Series 5

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Like other smart watches, especially last year's Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100 Wear OS watches, the color dials in the watch shift to a darker, but slightly livelier, mode when you turn your wrist away. The dials of the watch change a little color and light up when you turn your wrist. The still active mode only works when you wear a wrist, and with the Apple watch dials and the Workout app.

Other features include a native compass. During our brief stint, we were able to quickly get directional benchmarks and it seemed to work well in a crowded demonstration room at the Steve Jobs Theater. Complications to the compass also appear on some watch dials.

The new models of housings, especially ceramic and titanium, are sharp. They'd better climb to around $ 1,200 for the ceramic model. The titanium case has a brushed metal look that is quite different from mirror-polished steel models in stainless steel.

The Apple Watch Series 5 does not feel radically different, but having a permanent display is a big and expected change that we did not think of, but that we are happy to welcome.

In addition to the start of the Watch Series 5, Apple has announced that it has definitely lowered the price of its Apple Watch 3, which was launched in 2017, at $ 199 (£ 199, AU $ 319).