The new Apple Watch reviews are in — and the steep price tag is raising as many eyebrows as the features by Kif Leswing on Sep 19, 2018, 12:47 PM Advertisement
 The new Apple Watch models go on sale on Friday. It's the first major redesign of the product since Apple first released it in 2015. It's got a bigger screen, new health sensors, and it's thinner, too. But specs don't really matter in day-to-day usage. What matters is how it worked — especially considering these watches start at $400, a steep price for a watch or an iPhone accessory. Apple loaned out Apple Watch units to a bunch of bloggers and publications ahead of Friday's launch, including TechRadar, CNBC, Hodinkee, New York Times, USA Today, Sydney Morning Herald, Women's Health, Buzzfeed, TechCrunch, and The Verge. In conclusion: It's a great gadget for fitness fans, but people with older models may not need to upgrade. Here's what they had to say: SEE ALSO: iOS 12's most fun feature is hiding in your iPhone keyboard — here's how to create your own 'Memoji' Design  TechRadar: "If you’re going to notice something about this watch though, it’s that it looks bloomin’ different ... While it’s nowhere near edge-to-edge as some are suggesting it is, it’s certainly a lot larger and more rounded, giving the impression of a rounder timepiece without losing the benefit of a square display." Hodinkee: "At first glance, the Series 4 looks like...an Apple Watch. Any rumors that Apple was going to massively change the form factor were dispelled the moment the first image of this watch appeared on screen, and I think it's highly unlikely that Apple abandons this general form any time soon."
Speed  New York Times: "A less obvious, though still useful, change is the watch’s speed. Apple emphasized that the device was two times faster than the third-generation model, which was already zippy. The speed difference was most noticeable when using Siri, Apple’s voice assistant." Women's Health: "The speaker is louder, the design is sleeker. Everything runs zippier, and the crown now includes a cool haptic (vibrating) feature. The watch is also thinner, so despite the increase in screen size, the watch feels more subtle (in a good way) on my wrist."
Display  Hodinkee: "The display isn't actually any brighter or more pixel dense, but the size of it plays tricks on your eyes and make everything look at little, well, more." USA Today: "Aside from the new health features, one reason I'm seriously thinking about an upgrade comes with an edge-to-edge display that provides more than 30 percent extra screen real estate, whether you opt for the bigger 44mm case or the 40mm version. On a modest size screen, 30 percent is a lot, and the payoff for consumers comes with larger text and bigger buttons (again, a potential boon for older people)."
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