From the moment I unboxed the first one Apple Watch, three years have passed. Not much has changed in that time. Of course, we got twice a better processor, a few extra functions and, last but not least, water resistance. Not until this autumn, however Apple presented a novelty that I was really looking forward to from the first moment when I had the opportunity to see it for the first time together with you. This year, for the first time, not only the design has changed significantly, but new functions have also been added that basically no one expected and from my point of view we can definitely consider them revolutionary.
Apple For the first time since its launch, the company has changed the size of its watches, not just the size of the watch itself, but also the display. You can now choose between 44mm and 40mm. varianto, of which even the smaller one offers a larger display area than the previous generation's larger variaSpecifically, you have the choice between a display with an area of 977 mm² in the case of the larger model and an area of 759 mm² in the case of the smaller one. varianty. Both models do not differ in any way and in the Czech Republic/Slovakia you only have the option to choose their color and strap, or to choose variaNike+. We chose the watch for the review in variaIt's 44 mm in gold with a pink sports strap, which is not rubber, but nylon. So, the introductory sauce is over, and let's get to the most interesting things we found out about this year's new product.
New, better design
This generation Apple Watch se It has undergone its first design change since the launch of the first model. Apple increased not only the display itself, but also the body of the watch, but as for the thickness, it is 0,7 mm smaller than the previous generation. Thanks to the larger size and smaller thickness, the watch actually looks optically thinner than its predecessors, despite the fact that the two models are not separated by a single millimeter. They are much more glued to the hands and give a more elegant impression. The larger display reaches almost to the edges of the watch, but I believe that next year we won't even see the few millimeters of metal that we see now when looking directly at it. At the same time, we also got a redesigned crown and the watch button itself, which this time is completely embedded in the body of the watch. The back is then completely redesigned, thanks to the second generation optical heart rate sensor and electronic ECG measurement (not currently available in any country in the world). The body of the watch feels like real jewelry and is more elegant than the previous generation.
Unfortunately, he did this time too Apple two types of watches, the second of which we don't have in the Czech Republic at allanci buy. The watches that are sold here have an aluminum body and ion-x glass on the display. The second varianta, which offers a steel body and a sapphire-protected display, is only available in countries where you can buy the LTE version of the watch or the Hermés version. In short, in the Czech Republic/Slovakia you will only find the lower range on sale Apple Watch, as far as materials are concerned. The back with the sensors is actually ceramic with sapphire crystal, the same for all models. Despite the lack of a steel variaWith its stainless steel case and sapphire crystal, the aluminum version sold here looks great and, in my opinion, its workmanship is even higher than in previous generations.
Although there is speculation as to whether all watch models use the new LTPO OLED display Retina or did only the more expensive steel version get this new feature? varianta, I will base my work on the information on Apple.cz. As a user, you basically don't have much choice.ancYou can tell the difference between a display with LTPO technology and a classic OLED display. Apple.cz states that the models sold in our country also have an LTPO display. It has a higher resolution, but also a larger size. The resolution density thus remains almost unchanged, and even though Apple indicates the display as Retina, I find individual pixels more visible than on the iPhone. Overall, I find the iPhone display to be of better quality and the brightness could be a little higher on the watch than it is currently. maximum. Personally, I would welcome a better quality display in the future, one that is truly the same as the one in the iPhone. Don't get me wrong, the display is definitely not outrageous, but it just seems to me that iPhone it has a much better and nicer display and I would like to see it in Apple Watch.
New size, new dimension!
When you first start up Apple Watch Series 4, the first thing that comes to mind when you look at their display is, right after the word wow, how developers will use it. Apple together with the larger display, it not only changed the design of the watch itself, but also how you perceive it. You suddenly feel that they are much more useful than before. Personally, I still perceived Apple Watch primarily as a notification device that can also collect physiognomic data. However, that has changed with the arrival of the new product on the market. Forget about the navigation that only told you whether to turn right or left. There is now a full-fledged map, the same as in your iPhoneu. You can search, navigate, plan routes on it. The only difference is that Apple na Apple Watch Series 4 does not support satellite images, but otherwise you have a full-fledged map.
Look at messages, calls, calendar, everything just seems much more useful and full-featured than before. Apple he was able to make perfect use of the larger display in his applications and make z Apple Watch a productive device on which you can actually do things that you couldn't even imagine with previous generations. You may think that a few extra pixels won't change the perception of the whole device, but this time it really is, and thanks to those few pixels, I dare say that this is one of the biggest revolutions ever Apple did for his product. He was able to change its usability. Third-party applications, which, however, already today use the entire display and are on at all Apple Watch SeThere are really only a handful of apps available for the ries 4. Developers are just starting to update their apps, and you may find that after upgrading to the new model, your watch won't have nearly as many apps as the previous generation.
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Even browsing websites is relatively easy and clear thanks to the use of the entire display and the reader function. Without optimizing yet LsA pro watchOS, the website looks great on the watch display and reading articles is easy and clear. Apple he was simply able to use maxdisplay and arrange the web so that you can comfortably read even the small font on the display and at the same time perceive only the text after selecting an article. So if you are falling asleep at night and a notification beeps about an interesting article, you don't have to take iPhone in your hand, but you can also read everything conveniently directly on your watch.
Speed that won't limit you
The title of this paragraph might seem excessive at first glance, but when we consider what applications are on Apple Watch available, their speed is very similar to what you know from iPhones. Of course, these are not the same powerful devices, but they feel similar.oneYou don't really wait for anything and everything loads almost instantly. Apple used a completely new processor Apple S4, which is twice as fast as the S3 processor in the previous generation of watches. It can thus handle not only more complex animations, but also the running of the applications themselves with a speed that will not limit you in any way during use.
In addition, not only the processor itself has been improved, but also the sensors. In addition to the second generation of optical heart rate measurement, it improved Apple also an accelerometer and a gyroscope. All the sensors are significantly more accurate this time, but perhaps more importantly, they are also much faster. You can notice the faster sensors even when doing something as simple as raising your wrist to automatically turn on the watch. Turning on the display is truly instant. Overall, I found it to be very fast during use. nestI'm not sure I could complain about the speed of use. The only thing that takes longer is rendering web pages, but this is a completely new feature and it's possible that it will be fixed. Apple still fine tune. I even had a few times where the page wouldn't load at all and I had to wait a few seconds before it even started loading.
The speed is also related to the battery life. In my opinion, it is exactly the same as the previous generation. Honestly, I haven't measured the exact time of the third and fourth generation watches to the nearest tens of seconds, but with really intensive use you get a whole day's battery life again, and if you use them in a classic way and don't push them too hard, maximum, then you will only charge the next day evening.
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Digital crown - all that glitters is not gold
One of this year's main novelties Apple Watch is a digital crown with haptic feedback. While the Trackpadu, Touch ID or the iPhone itself, they got used to the haptic response immediately, Apple Watch I'm not that excited about her. However, I would like to emphasize that the following lines describe only my subjective opinion, and you may have a completely opposite feeling. The watch crown itself is too much of a "real" thing for its behavior to be regulated using a haptic motor. In practice, it bothers me that the crown behaves differently in each menu, and while you are scrolling through individual items on one occasion, the other time you are moving smoothly through the entire menu. The same applies to inertia, which is always different and too artificial for my taste. Moreover, frankly, I don't know of a classic watch with a crown where you can spin the crown so that it continues to move by its own inertia.
Apple wanted to get as close as possible to a classic watch thanks to the haptic motor, but they really behave differently just from the essence of things, when you only set the date, time or wind them via their crown. Personally, I don't like the new crown very much and I'm glad that the haptic response can be turned off, and only for the crown, which then behaves the same as the previous generation Apple Watch. The crown looks too artificial, and its different behavior across individual items in the menu is useful when scrolling through, for example, individual emails, but it is certainly not natural. On the other hand, I believe that this is a thing that can Apple easy to debug just by updating the software. So it is a question whether hundreds of thousands of other users will have the same feeling as me and we will see a change or the behavior of the crown will not change.
Hours of music right on your wrist
Another great benefit of the new Apple Watch Series 4 is an increase in their storage from the current 8 GB to 16 GB in all versions of the watch. Although they already offered this size last year Apple Watch Series 3, but only on LTE-enabled models. But larger storage is available this yearoneWe will also use it on watches sold in the Czech and Slovak Republics. In practice, the watch offers 12,6GB of memory for users, the rest is taken up by the operating system itself.
The larger storage space will be appreciated especially by those users who are used to recording their music to their watch and then listening to it.chat over AirPods or other wireless headphones, which will free you from dependence on the iPhone. The huge storage will be especially useful for athletes who are used to exercising without having to carry their phones with them. On the other hand, however, we again encounter a certain limitation in the form of the absence of LTE support, which many users of new Apple Watch in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, they force people to have their phone with them all the time, even though they don't need it for music, but still want to be connected to the world.
But he chose a large storage for all models Apple In my opinion, there is another reason as well. A larger display gives developers far more options for creating applications that could be much more sophisticated than before. ProHowever, more complex applications will take up more memory, which is why it could Apple reach for 16 GB of storage for all models. In the following years, we could theoretically expect a further increase.
Call via Apple Watch more comfortable than ever before
Hand on heart. Handling calls via Apple Watch without AirPods or other headphones are more of an emergency for most of us variawhich we will only use if we don't have it at hand iPhone or just AirPods. But that's also changing with the arrival of Series 4. We've seen a significant increase in the quality of the speakers, which you'll notice almost immediately when you hear the voice of the person "on the other end of the wire" for the first time. The sound of the speakers is truly breathtaking, and most importantly, it's significantly louder. Apple He already stated during the performance that he had succeeded maxThe maximum volume can be increased by 50% thanks to the redesign of the speakers, but from my own experience I can say that compared to Apple Watch Series 3 I find the increase even more significant.
But it's not just the sound that Applu has managed to bring the watch to perfection. The high-quality microphone also deserves great praise, which captures your voice better than ever before, even if you leave your wrist down. The microphone simply picks up your every word perfectly, regardless of the position of the watch. Moving it from the left side to the right between the crown and the physical button is thus Applu in this case paid off handsomely.
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Discrimination Applem will seriously freeze this time
You know, honestly I would Siri I probably haven't used it in my life. I'm probably old, but I'd rather talk to a woman or even a dog than to a watch. Paying with Apple Pay is a feature I really miss because I pay for smaller items using it anyway NFC on my card and I always have to take it out of my wallet, which also has a company card, worried that the company card won't be loaded. No more absence Apple Pay so she annoyed me quite a bit, but when Apple introduced a new Apple Watch SeI was excited when I saw the ECG-equipped iPhone 4. My excitement waned about three minutes later when the whole world learned that only users in the US would get this feature and the rest would have to wait. Unfortunately, I know a little bit about Apple and when I realized that on Siri we have been waiting 7 years for Apple Pay 4 years so far, somehow it occurred to me that I might have a heart attack before we even get an EKG on a watch in the Czech Republic/SR.
In short, I feel deprived of three functions at the moment Apple Watch, of which miniAt least two are quite essential for me. When I add that I will have to travel to Germany for my Hermés edition, because it is Apple they don't even offer it in Austria, which is about ten minutes from my house, I'm sad to say the least. I have to buy a product for the same price as the American one, which has three more functions. In addition, the watch has not been improved by three little things, but by three very essential functions. I'm just a regular user and I don't want to argue about how much of a bug this is Apple and to which authorities, banks or users in our country. In short, I want to have the same features for the same product, for which I pay the same money as an American, and if I like it Apple can't provide for any reason, then I consider it discrimination.
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You will have a smile on your face again!
You might think that sounds excessive, but Apple he did not present a new generation this year Apple Watch, but introduced a completely new product that offers completely new possibilities. This year we are not only meeting a practically perfect piece of hardware that offers perfect performance and design, but also an operating system watchOS, which has managed to mature from a notification center into a full-fledged system over the past few years. This year, these two things simply met and together created the perfect product that will once again put a smile on your face and you will be satisfied that you have it. Apple Watch Series 4 brings a whole new dimension to the use of smartwatches and it is up to developers to take full advantage of it.
However, in order not only to praise, I will allow myself, in addition to the reproach for the functions that I am deprived of, one more small dig at the end. Already this year, from the point of view of the like, you can imagine what they will look like next year Apple Watch Series 5. ProThere's still no edge-to-edge display this year, why? Apple didn't use the entire front area and won't use it in a year or two? We simply approached the game Applu, which has been gradually giving us innovations since the first iPhone, so that we have a reason to pay for a new product every year.
I hope you like the review Apple Watch Series 4 has brought answers to everything you were wondering about. I can say with a clear conscience that it doesn't matter if it's your first Apple Watch or you're upgrading to them from the third generation, either way you'll be thrilled!
If a person goes, for example, to DE for the LTE version, how is the road, one can probably say goodbye to it. And what if a person has the opportunity to watch directly from the USA?
You normally set the Czech language there.
If you buy LTE apple watch in the EU and it doesn't matter if in D or A. And then LTE will be in our country. It will work for you without a problem. If you buy it in the US. So say goodbye to LTE. It won't work here because of a different LTE. Or a different version. Apple They probably produce a 3.watch with LTE and it's different in every country. And Czech will work even if you buy it in D. I'll go there for it too. And that's because of the steel version of the watch. But as Mr. Zavrel writes, it's sad that the ECG doesn't work with us. But with a US account it would probably work. When the update comes out. But this function is more of an orientation. Than the professional ECG at Dr. But for some people it's a good thing. Siri in Czech? Well, I personally tried it in English but it didn't impress me. It makes me feel sad and desperate to talk to a cell phone or iPad. Yes, I would take a paid cell phone. So the editor is missing 3 things and I'm missing 2. Siri I would be green. But ECG does. Like payments with iphone or watch. But otherwise a great review of watch 4.
Czech is part of WatchOS 5 worldwide so this shouldn't be a problem.
I have an AW 3. I will consider upgrading when the LTE model is available. I use AWs a lot, but I have to say that they are unfinished in many ways. Before that, I had a Polar V800 and it was a bomb in terms of training options. Professional watch. Training, regeneration, accurate calorie counting. Apart from that, AW is like a child's toy. Zero regeneration. One Monday I had 5000kcal per day. 3000 active (3 hours of spinning + 8km walk) and 2000kcal passive. The next morning AW wrote to me: "Congratulations Jan, you set a record yesterday. Will you beat it today?” It's clear that if I put one day into my body like this, the next day I have to have regeneration. Sometimes even two days. AW can't do this. It can't work with heart rate zones, that's also a mega fail. They also pull the calculation of calories burned out of their fingers. If you walk 5km with a heart rate of 100 and then the same section with, say, 20kg weights with a heart rate of 130, AW still calculates the same. They don't take heart rate into account much. Unusable. That's probably for training.
Then more inconsistencies or rather sloppiness. I was at the cinema today. I switched the AW to cinema mode so that my watch doesn't light up whenever I move my hand. Still, at 13:50 p.m., my watch called me to stand up. After all, if I'm in the cinema and my watch is in cinema mode, I won't get up every hour. I have them in cinema mode even at night when I sleep, because when I turned around and raised my hand, they lit up, right in front of my girlfriend's face. However, at night they don't bother me to get up, because I usually have already completed the circle of standing, so AW ignores it.
Yes, and since the transition to iOS 12 and Watch OS 5 I don't get mail notifications from the AW app. It works fine from all other apps, but not emails. 5.0.1 didn't help. So that's about it. But otherwise I'm quite satisfied with AW. They're just not perfect. But what about Apple is, that is. AirPods don't have volume control, iPhones don't have a notification LED, etc.
A bezel-less display next year? Alena, what news would the next years bring? ProThey definitely have that type, but I will release it gradually, the same too iphone x advice without a frame until later 😉 Calmly go to Series 4.
Apple pay is fully within the competence Applu. Neither the authorities nor the Czech National Bank nor individual banks can do anything about it. If you want to pay with your mobile/watch, get an Android with Google pay which is supported by several banks in the Czech Republic.
Making a life mistake (getting a Droid) just because I'm impatient? Really not :))))
He… iOSok... That says it all :D
Well, only non-Russians, and for those you have to drive. Isn't someone coming for them? You don't have a way to DE or UK etc.
I have an AW from 2015; and I waited three years for a more marked improvement; 2 series was nice; 3 offered LTE and better speakers and 4 an EKG display and appearance
However, it also bothers me that we don't have a Slovak in Slovakia siri; LTE and EKG in the watch are the best things only for the USA, where they pay the same as we do for the watch; Apple should make a cheaper model when the market no longer provides all the functions for us; so how siri and apple pay which I have been waiting for for a very long time
As long as the cellular version with ECG support does not work here, it is not such a problem.
I want that gucci shirt😄👌
and instead of a watch he should have bought a ring 💍
Yesterday, I was amazed at the AW4 and that I would sit on my ass with them, so it was no accident at all! I have an AW1 and there is no difference in them, and besides, what can it do? Just waterproof, nothing else and what I declare that I can do in CR is of no use anyway, then EKG doesn't work, LTE doesn't work, APPLE pay it doesn't work, so now ask yourself what the watch is actually for?
To charge them every day?
I'm so disappointed! That's exactly the same as saying you have an AUDI, but you could drive it. maxAt least 100km/h, but you can show everyone that you drive an Audi
If you own an AW1 and you don't see the difference between the AW 4, you were probably looking at a different watch.
The biggest difference can be seen between Chinese shits and Applem, those Chinese shits last a lot longer on the battery. :D
Can anyone confirm the information that LTE AW from America will not work if it happens to start here?
The LTE version from the US won't work in Europe even if the operators launch it here... different frequencies... if you want AW with LTE, you have to buy it in Germany and that's 99% of the timeancand that you will use it in the Czech Republic sometime in the future :)
Thanks, and how is it with iPhones?
Very nicely written review :), I would just add more next time screenshotwith than photos of girlfriend ;).
Nice review (and quite useful for a new Watch4 user). My observation: the haptic response seems weaker to me than the Watch3... :-(
Can you notchat Can I send AW from DE? I read somewhere that it is possible.
Yes it does. There's even an article about it. :)
but then don't be surprised that you only have a 1-year warranty :D
Will the AW4 with LTE also be sold in Austria?
How is it with Audiobooks and watch OS 5?
Do I still have to convert it to music and then make a playlist and sync it? I know about Audible, but I don't use it. audioI have the books in the books app.
The bun in the T-shirt was supposed to be an attempt at a joke?
Can't you see how to turn off the brightness reducer?? I want them to be on max but sometimes I can't find it anywhere
I didn't see the back bun, all the photos are wrong!