Apple took the stage at its “by innovation only” event to show off not only the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, but also the Apple Watch Series 5.
And while the changes in the latest iteration of the Apple Watch are not huge compared to the previous model, they are still important. We’ve put together a look at the technical specifications of the Apple Watch Series 5, which you can take a gander at below if you want to dig into the gritty details of Apple’s newest smartwatch.
First and foremost, Apple is launching something called Apple Watch Studio. This will make it possible for any potential Apple Watch Series 5 buyer to actually customize their watch based on case preference and desired band.
However, as far as specs are concerned, the Apple Watch Series 5 features the same hardware, so let’s dig in:
Dimensions
- Apple Watch Series 5 40mm
- Height: 40mm
- Width: 34mm
- Case Weight (GPS): 30.1g
- Case Weight (GPS+Cellular): 30.1g
- Apple Watch Series 5 44mm
- Height: 44mm
- Width: 38mm
- Case Weight (GPS): 36.7g
- Case Weight (GPS+Cellular): 36.7g
Series 5 (GPS)
- Always-On Retina display with Force Touch
- LTPO OLED display (1000 nits)
- GPS/GNSS
- Built-in Compass
- S5 with 64-bit dual-core processor
- W3 Apple wireless chip
- Barometric altimeter
- Optical heart sensor
- Electrical heart sensor
- Accelerometer up to 32 g-forces
- Gyroscope
- Improved ambient light sensor
- Capacity 32GB
- Digital Crown with haptic feedback
- Speaker
- Ion-X strengthened glass
- Sapphire crystal and ceramic back
- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz)
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Up to 18 hours of battery life
- Water resistant 50 meters
- watchOS 6
Series 5 (GPS+Cellular)
- LTE and UMTS
- Always-On Retina display with Force Touch
- LTPO OLED display (1000 nits)
- GPS/GNSS
- Built-in Compass
- S5 with 64-bit dual-core processor
- W3 Apple wireless chip
- Barometric altimeter
- Optical heart sensor
- Electrical heart sensor
- Accelerometer up to 32 g-forces
- Gyroscope
- Improved ambient light sensor
- Capacity 32GB
- Digital Crown with haptic feedback
- Speaker
- Ion-X strengthened glass
- Sapphire crystal and ceramic back
- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz)
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Up to 18 hours of battery life
- Water resistant 50 meters
- watchOS 6
So which model are you planning on picking up?