As soon as once more, I went down the rabbit gap. This time detailing all of the variations between Apple’s two newest fashions – the Apple Watch Extremely 2 Black and Apple Watch Collection 10. In whole, I’ve gathered roughly 40 variations between them. A few of these are huge ticket (or apparent) ones like battery capability variations and further buttons. Whereas others are extra delicate, such because the variations within the audio system and microphones. Or, how the interior chipsets differ.
In whole, the above video walks you thru every of these issues, together with bits like evaluating audio system side-by-side, in addition to displaying real-world footage of the show variations and whether or not or not the upgraded Collection 10 show is all of the significant in comparison with the present (however smaller) Extremely 2 show.
In fact, I do know a lot of you like a textual content based mostly record. And given I needed to write-up the record first to shoot the video, I truly wrote this submit, after which constructed the video atop it. Within the video I do give a bit extra nuance on some issues, however a lot of the stuff is fairly self explanatory.
(Oh, you could find my Apple Watch Collection 10 In-Depth Evaluate right here, and my Apple Watch Extremely 2 In-Depth Evaluate right here, with an up to date Apple Watch Extremely 2 Black with WatchOS11 In-Depth Evaluate coming shortly, following some foolish thought lengthy journey.)
The Pricing:
Earlier than we get into the {hardware} variations, a fast word on pricing and fashions:
Apple Watch Collection 10 Aluminum (42mm): $399USD
Apple Watch Collection 10 Aluminum (46mm): $429USD
Apple Watch Extremely (Titanium): $799USD (Mobile Included)
If you would like the mobile editions, they’re:
Apple Watch Collection 10 Aluminum (42mm mobile): $499
Apple Watch Collection 10 Aluminum (46mm mobile): $529
Apple Watch Collection 10 Titanium (42mm mobile): $699
Apple Watch Collection 10 Titanium (46mm mobile): $749
Observe that for the Apple Watch Extremely editions, you possibly can select from three included inventory bands (all of that are fairly good), and within the case of the bottom Apple Watch Collection 10 editions, you additionally get fairly a bit extra flexibility than I’d realized. That features not simply the bottom silicon bands, however even cloth ones too – all for that $399 value level.
Okay, with that, let’s get into the enjoyable stuff.
The {Hardware} Variations:
For this part, I’m going to deal with the {hardware} items first. And once more, a few of these are enormous, a few of them are small, and plenty of them are simply half-way in between.
– Extremely 2 has a 49mm case dimension, Collection 10 has a 42mm and 46mm case dimension
– Extremely 2 inventory case is titanium, whereas Collection 10 base case is aluminum (and Collection 10 Titanium is $699)
– Extremely 2 has devoted ‘Motion’ button for devoted fast actions
– Extremely 2 has ‘Precision Begin’ for exercise modes, versus 3-second countdown in Collection 10
– Extremely 2 has mobile built-in all fashions, whereas Collection 10 solely in sure fashions
– Extremely 2 will get ~2 days battery life, Collection 10 will get ~1 day (or 36hrs vs 72hrs in low energy mode)
– Extremely 2 has GPS battery lifetime of 12+ hours, Collection 10 is 7 hours
– Extremely 2 has depth gauge to 40m/131ft, Collection 10 to solely 6m/20ft
– Extremely 2 hs depth gauge licensed for scuba diving (and meets EN13319 normal), Collection 10 doesn’t
– Extremely 2 has water resistance to 100m, versus 50m for Collection 10
– Extremely 2 has 86db emergency siren, Collection 10 doesn’t
– Extremely 2 has multiband/dual-frequency GPS/GNSS, Collection 10 has common GPS/GNSS
– Extremely 2 has the S9 SIP (chipset), whereas Collection 10 has the S10 SIP
– Extremely 2 has three microphones, versus Collection 10 has one microphone
– Extremely 2 has twin audio system, Collection 10 has a single speaker (however there’s no audible distinction in my assessments)
– Extremely 2 has sapphire crystal show, and Collection 10 base has Ion-X glass, although Collection 10 Titanium has sapphire crystal
– Extremely 2 show max brightness is 3,000 nits, Collection 10 max brightness is 2,000 nits
– Extremely 2 has a LTPO2 OLED show, Collection 10 has LTPO3 OLED show
– Extremely 2 has a completely flat display show prime, whereas Collection 10 has glass curves on edges
– Extremely 2 case weight is 61.4g/61.8g (pure/black), versus 36.4-41g (46mm), and 29.3-344g (42mm)
– Extremely 2 case thickness is 14.4mm, versus 9.7mm for Collection 10
– Extremely 2 case has button guard round Digital Crown & Button, Collection 10 doesn’t
– Extremely 2 has been validated to MIL-STD 810H requirements, Collection 10 has not
– Extremely 2 has a ceramic & sapphire crystal again case, Collection 10 has a steel and sapphire crystal again case
– Extremely 2 Black has protecting DLC coating on the titanium, whereas neither Extremely 2 (authentic) or Collection 10 has DLC
– Extremely 2 quick fees to 80% in 1 hour, however Collection 10 does 80% in half-hour
Most of those are self-explanatory, however just a few may want some further clarification/growth:
– Chipset: S9 SIP vs S10 SIP: Immediately, virtually talking, this has completely zero distinction in performance between the 2 items. Pace is similar, and even Apple will say these act the identical. Nonetheless, it wouldn’t take a lot to think about a case the place in 2025, Apple rolls out some new Apple AI characteristic to watches which may solely work on the S10 or future S11 chipset. However as at all times, don’t purchase a look ahead to future guarantees, and on this case, don’t purchase a look ahead to one thing Apple hasn’t even talked about.
– 1 Mic vs 3 Mics: Apparently, this ties into the one above it. Within the case of the Collection 10 it makes use of that S10 SIP to do audio voice isolation throughout calls from the watch with one microphone. Whereas within the Extremely version, it does that at a {hardware} stage with the three microphones. Finish consequence is similar, simply other ways of doing it.
– 1 Speaker vs 2 Audio system: The Collection 10 bought an upgraded speaker setup this 12 months, together with the power to playback music. Nonetheless, regardless of solely having 1 speaker, it’s simply as loud because the Extremely 2 in my side-by-side assessments. I observed no distinction in high quality both.
– Multiband/Twin-Frequency GPS vs Common GPS: There’s no person that may dive into GPS accuracy testing as deeply (or stupidly) as I. But up to now, I’m not seeing any significant distinction between the 2 fashions in real-world assessments. Undoubtedly, there might/will likely be some conditions that multiband handles higher, however even in some tall constructing assessments and cliff assessments, I haven’t had any points with the Collection 10 accuracy. As we’ve seen over the previous few years, antenna design and firmware/algorithms can and can usually beat much less refined multiband setups. Each Apple & Garmin have confirmed this time and time once more.
– LTPO OLED Show variations: The brand new LTPO3 OLED on the Collection 10 has a greater off-angle viewing angle than older/previous items (particularly Collection 4/5/6 items), however you’d be very arduous pressed to see any real-world distinction between Extremely 2 and Collection 10. You possibly can see this beneath. Moreover, whereas the Extremely 2 has a 3,000 nit show versus the two,000 nit show on the Collection 10, each are properly past overkill for even the brightness of sunny days.
Wanting on the display, that is the place you get into the nitty gritty detailed variations. Apple famous of their keynote that the Collection 10 has ‘the biggest lively show space ever’ on a watch. And that’s true. However solely simply barely. It’s technically bought a 3% bigger ‘Energetic’ show space, with ‘Energetic’ being a very powerful phrase right here. That’s particularly speaking concerning the portion of the show that the watch can leverage and light-weight up. Clearly, 3% isn’t actually noticeable per se.
The official dimensions for the items are:
Collection 10 (42mm): 374 by 446 pixels (989 sq mm show space)
Collection 10 (46mm): 416 by 496 pixels (1220 sq mm show space)
Extremely 2 (49mm): 410 by 502 pixels (1185 sq mm show space)
Within the video I’ve roughly 1 million pictures of the 2 aspect by aspect from all angles. Actually, that’s all the video.
With regards to battery life, the TLDR is the Extremely 2 will get you 2 days, whereas the Collection 10 will get you sooner or later. At the least in regular smartwatch mode. It’s so simple as that. However the extra vital piece is the variations in GPS battery life. Right here’s the specs per Apple:
Apple Watch Collection 10: 7 hours outside GPS (they don’t publish low energy claims/specs)
Apple Watch Extremely 2: 12 hours outside GPS, 17 hours low energy GPS, 35 hours out of doors GPS decrease energy + fewer readings
In my testing, these specs do certainly maintain up. In truth, I’ve constantly gotten higher ends in my testing than Apple’s specs. Not by a lot, however barely. For the Collection 10, I’m getting nearer to 8hrs of GPS time, and for the Extremely 2, I used to be within the 14hr+ vary even with out turning on low-power GPS.
The Software program Variations:
There are only a few variations right here, however there are a pair:
– Extremely 2 has Modular watch face, Collection 10 doesn’t
– Extremely 2 watch face has night time mode (goes to a crimson coloring), Collection 10 doesn’t
– Extremely 2 permits as much as 7 information fields per sport mode setting, whereas Collection 10 permits 6. Observe this consists of the time within the higher proper nook.
– Extremely 2 has Precision Begin (utilizing the Motion button), although I’d argue that’s a software program characteristic and probably not a {hardware} characteristic, therefore why I’m together with it in each locations.
And…that’s it. Nearly all the things else is similar.
Issues That Are the Similar:
One might principally surmise that all the things else is teh identical, and that’s basically true. Nonetheless, I wish to name many of those out, simply as an example that they’re certainly, the identical:
– Each run WatchOS 11
– Each have options like DoubleTap
– Each have offline Siri launched with the S9 chipset
– Each have the identical optical HR sensor
– Each have Blood Oxygen functionality enabled if purchased outdoors US
– Each have Blood Oxygen functionality disabled if purchased contained in the US
– Each have ECG, Sleep Apnea options, wrist temperature, and all different well being metrics
– Each have all the identical sport modes (as listed within the Exercise app)
– Each can do snorkeling through the Depth gauge (and Oceanic+ app), however solely Extremely does diving
– Each have the Compass app, Backtrack, Offline Maps, And so on (these are all WatchOS options)
– Each can playback music on their audio system (at seemingly similar DB ranges in testing
– Each have a minimal show brightness of 1 nit
– Each have 64GB of inside storage
– Each have a 4-core Neural engine (S9 for Extremely 2, S10 for Collection 10)
– Each have a water temperature sensor
– Each items include all kinds of inventory/base bands, even cloth ones as default choices
Acquired all that? Good.
For these asking my choice between the 2, the reply is comparatively easy: The Apple Watch Extremely 2 (Black). The reasoning can be easy: I simply need the battery to last more, and carrying the Extremely 2 means it lasts principally two days for me, versus barely making it a single day on the common Apple Watch Editions. The whole lot else is simply minor variations to my private wants.
With that, thanks for studying!
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