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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room after testing the Apple watch series - last year I loved it it was hands down one of the best accessories to buy if you owned an iPhone now this year the nearly identical style comes back with a few new features which we'll go over prices are on your screen and they do start at $329 the one I personally bought here is the LTE 42 millimeter in metal gray accompanied with the support band and it starts at 429 as always I'll place my affiliate links in the video description below click on my links and they'll give you the most updated prices in real time you never know when these things might go on sale so without further adieu my channel is here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review going over the physical features and what's new over last year's model it's ever so slightly thicker than this series - but having both on for comparison I honestly couldn't tell the difference epic rams in the new w2 chip inside I'll play some highlights about the processor on your screen for you but for the very first time LTE is an option so you can use your Apple watch and have full data functionality without your iPhone there's a barometric altimeter that measures how many flights of stairs you've climbed Bluetooth jumps from 4.0 su 4.2 besides GPS there's also GLONASS geo-positioning all of that and again only a fractional increase in size the Apple watch looks classy and modern once again the aluminum casing the very smooth crown detect out bun are all quality overall the Apple watch exudes one Apple experiences like it's streamlines everything flows smoothly its minimalist yet efficient no scratches are on the ion ex glass during the time of me testing and yes I have bumped the casing and of course the screen as well into the side of a table and a cabinet's accidentally of course but thankfully no nicks or evidence bring this outdoors to test bright light visibility the video doesn't do justice but I was able to read the screen with no issues like the previous generation graciously offers interchangeable bands and it's very straightforward to swap them out simply hold the release button on the back and slide the old out and slip the new one on I recommend getting the base model if you do decide to do any sport activities and then purchasing from third party vendors where you get different styles for cheaper versus purchasing direct from the Apple store the bands I'm showing off now and throughout the video are from mono where they're based out of San Francisco very reputable band makers there so that targets Best Buy and on Amazon but it did offer me a discount code for my viewers to use go into my video description the link and the code is there for your convenience I only recommend the best of the best on my channel and seen in the video but better in person here they make very good quality supple genuine leather wrist straps not to mention some high-end metal bands as well thanks to mono wear for sponsoring and making this video happen I'll continue to show off some of their stuff here to help you decide and don't forget to use my code to save some money getting into some of the LTE and non cellular features you can take phone calls with this and if you don't have the LTE version the wash pairs with your phone any functionality still works now if you haven't tried it it might look weird in theory but don't knock it it's very convenient I love using this people on the other end are able to hear me very clear I don't need to yell it does pick up some background noise though but surprisingly it does a good job of blocking out most of my environment testing the LTE function turning off my iPhone 8 plus all together and sitting inside my commercial office building on the first floor there's of course tons of wires overhead air ducts metal and brick i'm Shaklee surprised my Apple watch series 3 retains a clear signal while talking to people now others have mentioned spotty LTE performance but since the Apple watch update that was recently released connection has been working perfectly fun without a hitch but like any reasonable review nothing's perfect right the speakerphone is indeed small so for times folks are speaking into the phone loud and like my Asian relatives hear their voice can get slightly raspy hey Jenny what time is taco night tonight all right sounds good do you need me to bring anything for you all right sounds good I'll see you tonight the speaker can be slightly difficult to hear in busy areas or sometimes when you're driving on the highway requiring you to place your wrist closer to your ears to have a listen no overall although there are issues I believe they're minor and I still find myself in frequent use of the speakerphone feature especially while driving or whenever my hands are not free the other addition on why you might go with the LTE model get yourself some Bluetooth wireless earphones or headphones as Apple music is available right on your wrist no need for your cell phone and all 40 million plus songs are at your disposal sounds great but per their website Apple music was unavailable at the time this video for the testing now listening some services that you might use and is available on the Apple watch are pandora iheartradio and tune in now service is not available at the time this video or Spotify Amazon music and SoundCloud now for those who don't have LTE you're perfectly fun you're able to store music right on the Apple watch use some Bluetooth earphones and you have music on the go this is perfect for those who run or jog and do not want to carry their phones on them notifications comes through perfectly with options to respond back to text message either by quick responses provided at the boundary screen voice recognition works very well and it's possibly the fastest for full-on sentences and scribbling which has improved over the Apple watch series - it seems finger recognition of letters are much more accurate and I found barely ever needing to go back and fix my characters take a look at the home screen thankfully you can do most of the screen and setting changes right on the watch if you need a new watch face you simply swipe from left to right now these can be customized and adjusted within the app but for quick access like I'm doing here it's simple and intuitive pressing the crown dial on the side brings up all your apps and something I mentioned last year it would have been nice to see a feature like this on their iPhones or iPads now it may look cluttered for those who are unfamiliar but you'll develop muscle memory in about a day or two also you can customize the placement of each app within the Apple watch app now a long press on that same doubt brings up Siri which works great when you want to use voice commands and from my experience I tell Siri to play music it's so Syria to call someone tell her to give me turn-by-turn directions for navigation all through my wrist is a handy feature here when you don't have your phone or your hands or it's simply tied up now as a side note you don't have to press that button you can still call her up here as you would with your iPhone moving on the button below the crown allows you to close apps and select which ones to bring up and bring forth here that are already opened holding down this button has the ability to auto call your emergency services I love this for peace of mind if I'm ever getting robbed or so or say my car flips over my phone hasn't flown out the cupholder I hold this down and the SOS function shows up now I do wish like my samsung gear s3 I reviewed some time ago that activated SOS would have also sent a text message to a person of contact and provide them with my coordinates I didn't see that option here touching based on health features I reviewed tons of fitness bands over the years from fitbit's and Garmin job on when they used to be relevant to a polar @vo although the Apple watch falls more into these SmartWatch category it's still a very capable Fitness watch on the daily it keeps track of your steps total distance mentioned earlier in the video this has an altimeter being added to count how many flights of stairs that you climbed and with apples famous colored wheel this measures activeness moments of exercise and how much time you spent standing versus sitting you can swipe down and see a timeline of your day of when these activities occurred and you have the ability to start a recorded workout from running cycling walking in elliptical workouts they are stepping high-intensity interval training which many of you ask about down to swimming there's a lot but showing off running and see how after this thing is when you initiate a run you of course have your timer average pace although I do wish real-time pace was showing beats per minute from your heart rate tracker and your elevation swiping right gives you options and control your music and remember there's onboard storage or Apple music via LTE when available no swiping all the way left here reveals your start and stop options and when you're finished with your run calories burn and other generic health data are revealed now with GPS and keeping my glonass which should help with finding a signal faster and provide better accuracy and ran at a location which I'm familiar with and the distance was identical to my phone's GPS I also tested the heart rate tracking against my chest strap and I don't believe it samples your heart rate every second as shown on your screen as proof you see these Jackie lines now it could be wrong here but here's my chest strap as comparison much more fluid dynamic and it shows up-to-the-minute response now although it might not be as dynamic it is indeed accurate in overall readings now here's another chart for reference this time doing random interval runs where I go and then stop the Apple watch is reasonably close for a wrist heart rate tracker now performing as good as some of the best ones out there now like every risk-based heart rate tracker I've tested there's usually some deviation and with the Apple watch most of the time it's just one or two off which is very reasonable here rarely it's off by three or four when your heart rate fluctuates as shown in the interval run either or for a risk heart rate tracker again very good results now four times that you're not working out the heart rate sensor does take a reading throughout the day and Franz you with a resting heart rate essentially a measurement of your heart health moving on although the Apple activity and Apple health apps measures a pretty good amount of data I don't say more than what the average consumer will be aware of for those who want something more serious or something they currently are using Strava RunKeeper map my run and endomondo to name a few are dedicated apps that are available for the Apple watch so last but not least here at touching based on battery life Apple claimed up to 18 hours of use which sounds like crap but with these series too I was able to achieve one and a half to two full days with these series three and this is why my review was a bit delayed I tested this with LTE off and it did phenomenal I put this on at 7 a.m. we're at the entire day until 11:00 at night and on average I usually have about 67 to 73 percent of better life remaining now over night the watch drained 7% leave me about 40% better drainage in a 24 hour cycle now on the other hand with LTE on and not carrying my iphone around I'm getting about a day worth of life LTE drains a I'm out more but I can't knock Apple this since it's still within that 18 hour battery window therefore those who are running I did a quick 30 minute run which turns on continuous heart rate tracking and GPS plus I left LTE on and in those 30 minutes the Apple watch series 3 drained by 10 to 15 percent each time you could estimate the math and see how much it would drain for you and your personal workouts regarding recharging I timed this and it takes 2 hours and 15 minutes from 1% better in life for remaining so with everything being discussed so far if you have the Apple watch series - it's still a stellar watch keep it do not get the series 3 unless you want the LTE version for those who don't own a SmartWatch with your iPhone definitely buy this it has all the bells and whistles it performs great the features are robust practical yet informative its intuitive and with apples lineup of apps and the Apple experience the SmartWatch isn't gimmicky anymore it's a serious extension of your smartphone if I were you I highly recommend this if you're in the Apple ecosystem I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room and the work that we do here is here to help you make that purchase decision you guys take care hopefully this video was helpful bye