Apple has just unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 4, the first product presented in its keynote of 2018. As expected, seen the success of previous models, has opted for continuity.
The features of the Apple Watch Series 4 are very similar to those of the Series 3, with a few small changes in the design, which mimics the appearance of the phones announced in 2018 by squeezing the body to the maximum to take the screen to the extremes. It is an improvement that imitates the iPhone X and the new iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max.
With this new feature, the screen has increased by 32% in the 40mm model and 35% in the 44mm model. It is the only really palpable novelty of this year's model, although there is much more inside it.
It is not a minor detail, since having more space available it is possible to reorganize the icons in a different way, round. This is what the leaks pointed to and it has been fulfilled: in the corners of the screen there will be additional information, and that is a novelty.
Of course, it will be updated to watchOS 5 when available, with new masks and integrated applications.
Health, in the spotlight of the Apple Watch of 2018
Apple has long been landing in the health sector, and the Apple Watch is the battering ram. There are several functionalities that it incorporates in this sense, although little by little it is being completed thanks to the collaboration with various health authorities and specialized developers in this sector.
One of the novelties of the Apple Watch Series 4 to which the brand has given more relevance has to do with the heart, or rather with the heart rate, and is that the Series 4 incorporates an electrical sensor capable of measuring frequency with much more accuracy, to the point of being able to take an electrocardiogram, although this benefit will arrive in the US as an independent Health app at the end of the year and to the rest of the world "soon".
Also, if it detects an abnormal heart rate, it will automatically send a notification, something that can potentially save hundreds of lives.
Apple Watch Series 4
Same autonomy, better connectivity
One of the plots in which the Apple Watch is really similar to its predecessor is in autonomy, which is maintained in 18 hours.
On the other hand, this must have been an effort on the part of the company, since the connectivity of the Apple Watch improves, including the LTE version that will also be available in Spain with Orange and Vodafone.
The trick is in the back area, made of black ceramic and sapphire crystal. Its usefulness is to improve the reception and emission of waves that make the signal more stable and try at all times.
In the design, beyond the increase of the screen, there are two modifications that can be overlooked but it is worth commenting, and it is the change of location of the microphone, which happens to be on the opposite side. This reduces the noise interference between the microphone and the loudspeaker, a loudspeaker that sounds 50% stronger in this generation.
Apple Watch Series 4
Price and availability of the Apple Watch Series 4 in Spain
As expected, the Apple Watch price of 2018 has also been revealed in the presentation keynote, as well as the operators that will serve the LTE model in different countries.
Watch Series 4 without LTE from 429 euros
Watch Series 4 LTE from 499 dollars (price not confirmed in Spain)
Watch Series 3 costs 299 euros
The colors are: silver, gold, space gray and metallic gold. This last color is new, since it was not available in the previous models.
Finally, if you wonder when is the official release date of the Apple Watch Series 4, we also know: it will go on sale next September 21.