The Apple Watch comes with two different sized straps – a smaller one and a larger one, so it’ll fit most wrists. This allows you to buy other Apple Watch straps and simply slide them in easily. Switching to my main watch, here’s the removable straps. In my case, an EU plug because I’m in the Netherlands, but it’ll vary based on what country you’re in.Īfter that, we can slide the watch out, and attach it to the straps. Here’s a closer look at the pod in its small fabric home:Īnd then the standard USB wall charger plug. Those also remained unchanged since the original Apple Watch. The pod sits next to the Apple Watch charger and wall plug. Inside you’ve got the strap on one layer, and the small watch pod on another. No double-unboxing cheating on this post! In this case, I did the photographic unboxing of my wife’s watch, since I did my watch via video instead. It opens up like a flower in front of you, showing all the goodness that’s inside. Which isn’t a bad thing, because that’s an awesomely designed box. The Apple Watch Series 5 unboxing ‘experience’ is virtually the same as the Series 4. I’ll continue to keep this unit for various tests over time, though, my wife also bought one which we returned after she decided it didn’t meet her fitness/sport requirements (more on that later too). Which in my case was simply me pedaling down to the Apple Store and buying it myself. But, we’ll get into all of that a bit later.įinally, as always – I note the source of my device. And they specifically fill in some serious gaps that Apple has had in competing at the end-user level against the Fitbit and Garmin apps (things like better reports/trending). Still, some of those app bits are actually fairly notable. Of course – only a handful of those actually related to sport and fitness (the title of this review). – Better Apple Health summary information ![]() – Ability to add elevation as a data field for a workout – Hearing health (monitoring loud noises/sounds) – Standalone WatchOS app store (on the watch itself) – still requires an iOS device though – New medical research enrollment app/functionality – New ‘Trends’ tab on Activity app in watch ![]() ![]() Still, the stand-out ones are as follows: But virtually every previous Apple Watch also got those same features. Now, in some ways that might be slightly misleading – because as part of iOS13 and WatchOS6, the Apple Watch (as a platform) got a bunch of new features. – Emergency international calling for LTE/Cellular editions – Always-on screen added (and battery life reduced accordingly) Now – before we get into the full review, let me just simplify what’s actually changed at the watch level from the Series 4 to the Series 5, since it’ll only take a second: But with a pile of updates later, I kept on using it hoping that future firmware upgrades would resolve the issues I saw. ![]() Did things get better? And is it actually a better watch than Series 4 for sport and fitness? Back in September, the answer was a definite no. You may remember my initial thoughts on it back in September after the first few days worth of workouts. It’s been two months since the Apple Watch Series 5 came out, and the watch has been on my right wrist every one of those days.
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