The Asian Age

Apple Watch 4: A massive upgrade

- AARON ALMEIDA

At the 2018 keynote, Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 4 and it is a wearable with advanced health sensors found in no other smartwatch till date. As with every product upgrade, Apple improved on its cosmetics as well as giving it a larger display and a slimmer case, while also bumping up the internal specs — faster processor power and advanced sensors.

At first glance at the new Apple Watch Series 4, you can tell instantly that the design has been altered — and massively while keeping the same design language in place. The Digital Crown has been updated and now comes with a haptic feedback and by default, this feature is turned on. The display is by far the most noticeable difference from the previous Watches. Apple has eliminated the huge bezels surroundin­g the display and has made it almost edge- to- edge.

The new Series 4 now comes with an ECG feature ( available in certain countries only) where you can quickly take a reading on your own if you feel you need one and this informatio­n can be exported ( remotely) via a PDF to your doctor. The watch also features heart rate notificati­ons which also includes atrial fibrillati­on ( AF) — a notificati­on appears when the watch notices something out of the ordinary with your heart. The next major health feature introduced with the Series 4 is fall detection. ◗ The Apple Watch Series 4 comes with a starting price of 40,900, and goes up to 80,900 ◗ The new watch is a wearable with advanced health sensors found in no other smartwatch till date

The accelerome­ter and the gyroscope detect if you have accidental­ly fallen and then tries to measure the impact if it is unintentio­nal.

The Apple Watch Series 4 comes with an all- new dual- core S4 built on a 64bit architectu­re which is 50 per cent faster than the Series 3. It has less reliance on the iPhone and loading of apps are blazing fast. This Watch benefits from the buttersmoo­th experience of the WatchOS 5. Apps open instantly and toggling through the various notificati­ons feels similar to the experience on an iPhone — instantane­ous. Apple has upgraded the watch to include the new W3 chip with Bluetooth 5.0. The Apple Watch Series 4 is said to deliver 18 hours of battery on a single topup; the same that’s found on the Series 3.

The Apple Watch Series 4’ s price ranges from ` 40,900 to ` 80,900 and if the price is not a concern, the larger display and a multitude of healthfocu­sed features make it an alluring option for those interested in having a state- of- the- art smartwatch on their wrist.

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