When you’re looking to invest in a smartwatch, you’ll notice the same brand names keep popping up—and for good reasons. Front and center you’ll find Apple, whose watches absolutely dominate the smartwatch market globally.
Apple’s Watch products accounted for 51.4% of the worldwide smartwatch market revenue. And, it achieved that number by a landslide. The other smartwatches didn’t even come close.
At 9.4% sits Garmin, while Huawei devices come in at 8.3%. Those are respectable numbers—but you get the picture.
Today we’re going to discuss what’s arguably the number-one product out there today: the Apple Watch 6. If you’re shopping for some new wrist candy, keep reading for an in-depth and honest review of the famed watch.
A Brief Overview of the Perks, Deets, and More
The Apple Watch 6 is Apple’s latest version of the Apple Watch series. Its design is the most flexible to date, allowing you to have any case, band, and style you want, and it also has the most features of any release so far.
Apple’s Watch 6 boasts four main categories of activity:
- Health
- Fitness
- Safety
- Connection
With their Health feature, users can do anything from measuring blood oxygen to taking an ECG (electrocardiogram).
The Fitness feature does as you might suspect—count steps, track daily activity, and keep you motivated—and it delivers precise measurements on your activities. Safety refers to perks like fall detection or even a quick hack to call emergency services, and the Connection promise is that you won’t even need your phone if you’re wearing this watch.
These features prove to be truly innovative. If there’s some perk you can think of, Apple has thought of it first. They’ve considered hand-washing (the watch detects when you’re doing so and encourages 20 seconds), female health and wellness (it can track your menstrual cycle), and loud noises (the watch detects noise levels and produces warnings if needed)—and that’s not even all!
Finally, the watch is water-resistant up to 50 meters for those that enjoy a little swim or surf.
With GPS capabilities, the Series 6 will run you $399. With GPS and cellular, expect to pay $499. Apple does offer a series of payment plans that allow you to pay off the smartwatch in monthly installments.
Do You Need the Series 6? What About the SE or Series 3?
It’s tempting to want the brand-new gadget on the smartwatch line—after all, the Series 6 boasts so many capabilities!—but would you be just as fine with the Series 3 or SE edition?
The answer is you might.
The Series 3 and SE edition both have their advantages, including a lower price tag. If you don’t need the fanciest new thing, you might be perfectly content with the foundational functions of the Series 3 or the fun add-ons of the SE (like the compass). The Series 6 began as the 3 and grew to include more health and wellness features, truly becoming your workout sidekick.
Still, some people don’t need all the bells and whistles the 6 provides. If you’re into working out but not much into tracking or monitoring it, the appeal might not be enough to justify the cost. You might even want the smartwatch for looks alone—plus, you’ve already got an iPhone, so why not add to your Apple collection?
The reasons for getting a smartwatch will influence which Series you go for. If you’re more than intrigued by the advanced nature of the Series 6, then there’s no substitution. Otherwise, you’ll always wish you’d gone with the newest model.
A few things all three models do have in common include:
- A built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery that lasts up to 18 hours
- GPS capabilities
- 50-meter water-resistance
- Emergency SOS
- Apple Pay capabilities
The decision is yours!
What Do Apple Watch Series 6 Owners Have to Say?
The answer mostly resounds to a “Yes, we love this watch!” As we’ve outlined thus far, the smartwatch is surely intelligent. Overall, users seem to be happy with it, giving the product high ratings and reviews online.
The primary conversation about its value comes down to its improvements from the previous models.
Yes, the Series 6 is different and has upgrades—but is it different enough from the Series 3 or SE to justify the hype? Its cost? If you have a Series 3 already, will you be so glad you swapped it out, never once looking back?
No one thinks Apple took any steps back, but some do admit the steps forward are minimal and minute, to say the least. Baby steps, if you will. Most of the updates are esoteric ones (have you ever concerned yourself with blood oxygen monitoring before now?), and other minor updates will be lost to the majority of buyers.
As far as charging goes, the Series 6 is only slightly faster than its predecessors. The hardware itself is nearly the same, save for the look of the sensors on the back, which now include a blood oxygen monitor. Finally, the newest edition still doesn’t support Android users—but we expected that, didn’t we?
Should You Get the Apple Watch 6? That Depends
It’s clear—the Series 6 is a tech gadget to behold.
Its features seem endless as if the designers considered every little detail of our lives. Its convenience, sleek design, and never-ending capabilities are unmatchable. From innovative safety features to accurate, precise workout tracking, the Apple Watch 6 does it all, and then some.
Would you be better off with a Series 3? The SE? A different brand altogether?
The answer is up to you. We hope this article helped you decide!
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