What reviewers say about the new Apple Watch 4 series

So it is understandable that the first critics of the new watch – revealed as part of the same event where the company detailed its latest iPhones – may seem to hesitate between evaluating it as a quality curiosity and imagining it as something of essential. personal technology one day.

"The Apple Watch Series 4 is more an evolution than a revolution. There is no new fundamental change that upsets what we thought was a smartwatch " Steven Pulvirent written in a post published by Bloomberg. "Instead, it brings a number of incremental changes, some that you will encounter each time you raise your wrist and others that you may never notice, but the end result is an Apple watch that should use it and how it can help you. "

Here are other points of view:

• First: what are the damages? here is Dieter Bohn, written for The edge, about pricing: "This watch is not particularly cheap. The smallest and cheapest model comes with GPS and Wi-Fi and costs $ 399. But if you start upgrading the upgrades, you can quickly raise the price to something that seems exorbitant, especially if you are upgrading to Series 2 or Series 3. $ 10 a month or more of your carrier), and stainless steel models are $ 200 more (and only come with LTE). Add Apple Care, and you will end up spending a lot.

• write for USA today, Edward Baig rented the display. "One of the reasons I seriously think about an upgrade is an end-to-end display that provides over 30% more screen, whether you choose the larger 44mm case or the 40mm version. "On a modest-sized screen, 30% is a lot, and the benefits for consumers come with bigger text and bigger buttons (again, a potential benefit for seniors).

• If you use "Watch Siri", you can hear it more clearly now, written David Phelan for L & # 39; Independent.

"This speaker was previously two small slots placed on top of each other with the microphone next to it. Moving the microphone means that the slots are side by side and slightly larger. Which explains why the watch is much stronger than before, "he wrote. "Ask Siri a question and you will certainly hear his answer. Apple says it is 50% stronger than before, but it seems even more than that. Shh, Siri, everyone can hear you.

• CNet"S Scott Steinwent into details on the faces of the watch, which – as they are usually what you look at when you watch a watch – a lot.

"I love unique dial designs," he writes. "Apple's very first watch was particularly daring: astronomy, with its solar system and its views of the Earth, or its solar face with its sunrise / sunset cycles. There is no new singular "idea" this time, which is surprising. It seems that with its larger screen and faster and more powerful processor, the Series 4 could do a lot more.

• Apple did a lot of the use of the watch as a health device when it was unveiled, and the New York Times" Brian X. Chensome of these innovations have marked "perhaps one of the most important developments in portable gadgets for years".

"People with heart problems can easily use the ECG application to take electrocardiograms whenever they feel something abnormal," he wrote. "And the data can be shared immediately with their doctor, which could open a conversation about next steps, such as visiting or changing the treatment."

• Some authors have tried to test the new fall detection of the watch.

"Apple did not advise me to try to make the clock seem like I fell, but I could not resist it." Scott Rosenfield written for Cable. "I tried to trigger a false warning by jumping on a yoga mat, jumping on the bed and trying to powerlift. No dice. TechCrunch, Meanwhile, Brian Heater noted that he was unable to trigger a "false positive".)

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