![]() The speed of third-party apps was a pretty major pain point with previous generations of Apple Watch (particularly the original model, which most people will be upgrading from), and the new internals make a huge difference. Navigation and animations are much smoother now, but most importantly, apps open much quicker. It only takes a second or two for apps to refresh with Apple Watch Series 3. I never really noticed the color of the Digital Crown before, but the red circle was hard to miss against my test model’s silver aluminum body and seashell sport loop band. There doesn’t appear to be any technical reason for it, so it’s safe to assume it’s strictly there to distinguish itself from the non-cellular models. Some people are likely to fixate on is the red dot on the Digital Crown. I’ve tested several LTE-enabled Android Wear watches that make the 42mm Apple Watch look small, so putting such capabilities in the 38mm model is nothing less than a remarkable feat of engineering. But that’s with more storage (16GB versus 8GB), a bigger battery, GPS, 50-meter water resistance, a barometric altimeter, and, of course, cellular. If you want to pick nits, it’s about a millimeter thicker than the Series 1 model Apple is still selling. ![]() Good news band collectors: You can still mix and match old bands with Apple Watch Series 3. ![]() That means all old bands, stands, and chargers will work fine. It’s the same dimensions as Series 2 (38.6 x 33.3x 11.4 or 42.5 x 36.4 x 11.4 millimeters, depending on which size you choose), and there’s just one new color, gray, in the $1,299 ceramic Edition model, as well as a tweaked gold aluminum to match the iPhone 8. Reviews of Apple products generally devote many words to design, but there’s not a whole lot to say about Apple Watch Series 3.
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