**Apple Watch Series 7 Review: A Upgrade Worth Considering**

When it comes to upgrading from an older Apple Watch model, the question on everyone's mind is whether the new features and improvements are worth the cost. In this review, we'll delve into the details of the Apple Watch Series 7 and explore whether it's a worthwhile upgrade.

**A Look at the New Watch Faces**

One of the most exciting features of the Apple Watch Series 7 is its new watch faces. Unfortunately, they seem to be simply scaled-up versions of those found on previous models, rather than entirely new designs. However, two exclusive watch faces are available: "Contour" and "Modular Duo." Contour takes full advantage of the curved glass display, allowing users to highlight different areas of it using the dial. This feature supports two complications, making it a great option for those who want to stay organized. Modular Duo allows for two large complications alongside a smaller one in the top left corner, providing even more flexibility.

**The Keyboard: A Mixed Bag**

The Apple Watch Series 7 features a full-screen keyboard, which was touted as a major improvement over previous models. However, our experience with this feature has been mixed. While it's true that the predictive text worked well when writing in English, we found that it didn't work at all when switching to other languages. This is a significant drawback, especially for those who want to use their watch for international communication.

**Sound Quality: A Slight Upgrade**

One of the features we were excited to see was an improvement in sound quality. We put both the Apple Watch Series 7 and our trusty old Apple Watch Series Five through a speaker test to compare them. While it's difficult to say which one sounds clearer, we did notice that the Series 7 had a slight edge in terms of volume.

**Charging Speeds: Faster, But Not Always**

One of the biggest selling points of the Apple Watch Series 7 is its faster charging speeds. In our testing, we found that it charged to 11% in just 15 minutes, compared to 10% for the Series Five. However, when we got to 30 minutes, the Series 7 was only at 39%, while the Series Five was still at 21%. It wasn't until we reached an hour that the Series 7 caught up, charging to 74% while the Series Five was stuck at 48%.

**Should You Upgrade?**

So, is the Apple Watch Series 7 worth upgrading to? If you have a Series Six, our answer is no unless you're really set on having that larger display and those two new exclusive watch faces. However, if you have a Series Five like we do, we think it's definitely worth considering. The biggest upgrade for us was the battery life – we were able to get up to 30 hours of use without needing to charge, thanks to the faster charging speeds.

**Additional Features**

In addition to the new watch faces and improved battery life, the Apple Watch Series 7 also features an always-on display, which is a major improvement over previous models. This feature allows users to glance at their watch even when it's not actively tracking their activity or receiving notifications. Another notable feature is the blood oxygen level meter, which provides users with valuable insights into their overall health.

**Conclusion**

Overall, we think the Apple Watch Series 7 is a solid upgrade worth considering, especially for those who want improved battery life and faster charging speeds. While it's not a revolutionary new device, it does offer some welcome improvements over previous models. As always, whether or not you should upgrade will depend on your individual needs and preferences.

**What's Next?**

In the coming weeks, we'll be doing more in-depth coverage of the Apple Watch Series 7, including a full review after a few more weeks of use. We'll also be covering the upcoming Apple event, where we're expecting to see some big announcements about new MacBooks. Make sure to subscribe to our channel for all the latest news and reviews from the tech world.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the apple watch series 7 and i had 10 burning questions about it which i can now finally answer to decide if the series 7 is indeed the small upgrade that everyone is saying that it is so at number one i was wondering how does the actual display look like in person well it actually looks much bigger than i was expecting i had the 44 millimeter series 5 before and the 45 millimeter series 7 honestly looks like a max model but that's not necessarily a bad thing as all text is now larger and easier to read and all the buttons are now easier to press the watch faces look far more immersive now especially the full screen ones where you can see how much thinner the new bezels really are and probably my favorite part about the steam display are the curved edges you see the display itself isn't curved but the glass above it is and if you look at it from the side it looks as if the screen is flowing into the edges i absolutely love this and it reminds me a lot of the galaxy s7 edge actually really my only complaint in terms of the display is the thicker glass which does result in the pixels being further away from the screen i don't think it's a massive deal and it's also very difficult to show on camera by the way i think the main downside of this is that the screen is more reflective than it used to be my next question was in terms of the screen brightness i was wondering how does it actually compare to my series 5 well with the brightness manually maxed out on both i could immediately tell that the series 7 was indeed brighter watch faces were easier to read and everything just popped a bit more than on my series 5. fun fact both are rated up to 1000 hits of brightness and i have actually noticed the same level of high brightness when i shined a light at both of these displays so outdoors they would both be just as visible but indoors the series 7 does tend to set its other brightness level to something that's a bit higher than on the series 5. now apple did mention that the always-on display is now 70 brighter indoors and that was definitely the case with the series 7's always on display being significantly more visible and we then shined a light to simulate how bright the always-on displays would get in direct sunlight and once again it seems like the series 7 was much brighter question 8. i was wondering how does the graphite model compare to my space black series 5 and what about that new midnight color well unfortunately the graphite isn't quite black but rather a dark gray which means that we don't get that perfect blend between the body of the watch and the screen like we did with a space black model which honestly looked as if it was carved from the same single piece of metal it looked amazing the graphite doesn't look as good in my opinion there's also the new midnight which is a darker space gray with a hint of blue in it and although i don't actually think it looks bad it just doesn't compare to the far more premium look of the stainless steel models so if i were to rate my favorite apple watch finishes those would be number one space black number two graphite and number three this new midnight which is quite nice to be honest at number seven i was wondering if there are any other body differences and the first thing that i immediately noticed was just how massive the series 7 looked and felt compared to my series 5. i honestly think that it is actually too big for my wrist now but then again the 41 millimeter model is way too small so i think that if they had just made the bezels thinner without increasing the body size that would have been perfect fun fact the smallest apple watch now the 41 millimeter is almost as big as the biggest original apple watch the 42 millimeter the speaker grille has been redesigned and we'll be doing a speaker test shortly and then the back has remained the same as on the series 6. my series 5 does look a bit different as it does not have that oxygen level meter question number six can you use older bands with a series 7 and what about using series 7 bands with the older apple watches the answer is yes i was actually able to use new bands on my series 5 and old bands on my series 7. the only thing that i noticed was that the older bands were a bit more difficult to slide into the series 7. also remember how apple was saying on their website that you cannot use the new solo and braided solo bands with watches older than the series 4 well we tested this and it is not true the newest series 7 bands seems to work perfectly even with the very first apple watch okay now if you have an apple watch or you're simply looking to buy one then definitely check out badberg our sponsor for this video bandwerk makes high-end apple watch bands with a variety of unique designs to suit everyone's taste they even have these super rare editions where they craft the bands from the interior letter of popular vintage cars all designs are handcrafted in germany using premium natural leather so you can expect some truly high quality bands from bandwork they come in multiple finishes with the ability to customize the clasp and the brackets to perfectly match your apple watch i find it pretty incredible that they offer clasps and the exact same finishes that apple offers the apple watch in including stainless steel and titanium but the best part about bandwork is that they don't just do apple watch bands they also do iphone cases max a faults airpods cases and even air attack key rings they all come in multiple designs with different finishes engraving options and of course the same handcrafted quality that you can already expect from bandwork check out bandwork by using the link below and now back to the video with question number five do we get any changes in how the old watch faces are displayed and also how do the new watch faces look like well i've had a look at a couple of old watch faces and it seems like they are simply scaled up versions of those rather than anything new and updated with support for more complications for example what this means is that if you've had trouble reading some of them then the series 7 might make it easier for you although i was hoping for something a bit more here we do get two exclusive series 7 watch faces the first one is called contour and this is the one that takes full advantage of that curved glass you can actually use the dial to highlight different areas of it and it supports two complications and then the second one is modular duo which allows you to have two large complications alongside a smaller one in the top left so we essentially get one analog and one new digital watch face question four the series seven now features a full screen keyboard but isn't any useful and to be honest it actually is it was really good at predicting my input especially when i was using the swipe gestures but that only worked when i was writing in english as soon as i switched to another language none of the predictive text actually worked still it is a massive improvement over the old scribble inputs where you had to draw one letter at a time okay now remember when i said that the speaker girl was bigger so i was wondering is the sound quality any better or any louder okay so this is a speaker test on the apple watch series seven and now let's see how the old series five sounds like okay and now this is a speaker test on my old apple x series five so let me know which one sounds clearer and louder then question two we know that the charging speeds are now faster but how much faster are they well in the first 15 minutes the series 7 charged to 11 while my series 5 charged to 10 so not a massive difference i was expecting to see more here but when we got to 30 minutes the series 7 was at 39 while the series 5 was still at 21 after one hour the series 7 was at 74 while the series 5 was at 48 and then at the 1 hour and 26 minute mark the series 7 was all done while the series 5 was still at 68 so that's a pretty big difference but in order to get those speeds you need to be using the included usb type-c puck which by the way seems to now be made out of aluminium regardless of the apple watch model that you buy previously they used to be made out of plastic if you went for the aluminium apple watch and stainless steel if you went for the stainless steel models or the addition models but that is no longer the case and at number one i have the biggest question of them all which is should you actually upgrade to the series seven well if you have a series six my answer is no unless you really care about that larger display and those two new exclusive watch faces now if you have a series 5 like i do i do honestly think that it's worth it for me at least the biggest upgrade is the battery life so yesterday i did a quick sleep tracking test they were both at 20 battery and then i went to bed with both on my wrist and in the morning the series 5 was completely dead while the series 7 was at five percent and it was able to fully track my sleep entirely and then i put both on the charger and by the time i left for work my series 7 was fully charged while my series 5 was like i said at 68 so that's a massive improvement for me which means that i can now finally use sleep tracking at night and have enough time in the morning to fully charge my watch to last me through my entire day and on top of that i also get the blood oxygen level meter the faster s6 processor or in this case the s7 but they're the same uh five gigahertz wi-fi and the larger display so i'm really happy to upgrade even though i will still miss that space black color and then from the series four downwards my answer is 100 yes not only do you get the improvements that i mentioned from the 5 to the 7 but you also get the always on display which i think is the biggest new feature to ever be added to the apple watch oh and as a side note there is a new apple event next week and we'll be doing loads of coverage on the brand new macbook pros so make sure that you're subscribed to the channel and let us know if you want to see any other videos on the apple watch series 7. maybe a full review after a few more weeks of use let us know down below i'm daniel this is means enough tech and i'll see you guys in the next video it's an arthek signing out cheersthis is the apple watch series 7 and i had 10 burning questions about it which i can now finally answer to decide if the series 7 is indeed the small upgrade that everyone is saying that it is so at number one i was wondering how does the actual display look like in person well it actually looks much bigger than i was expecting i had the 44 millimeter series 5 before and the 45 millimeter series 7 honestly looks like a max model but that's not necessarily a bad thing as all text is now larger and easier to read and all the buttons are now easier to press the watch faces look far more immersive now especially the full screen ones where you can see how much thinner the new bezels really are and probably my favorite part about the steam display are the curved edges you see the display itself isn't curved but the glass above it is and if you look at it from the side it looks as if the screen is flowing into the edges i absolutely love this and it reminds me a lot of the galaxy s7 edge actually really my only complaint in terms of the display is the thicker glass which does result in the pixels being further away from the screen i don't think it's a massive deal and it's also very difficult to show on camera by the way i think the main downside of this is that the screen is more reflective than it used to be my next question was in terms of the screen brightness i was wondering how does it actually compare to my series 5 well with the brightness manually maxed out on both i could immediately tell that the series 7 was indeed brighter watch faces were easier to read and everything just popped a bit more than on my series 5. fun fact both are rated up to 1000 hits of brightness and i have actually noticed the same level of high brightness when i shined a light at both of these displays so outdoors they would both be just as visible but indoors the series 7 does tend to set its other brightness level to something that's a bit higher than on the series 5. now apple did mention that the always-on display is now 70 brighter indoors and that was definitely the case with the series 7's always on display being significantly more visible and we then shined a light to simulate how bright the always-on displays would get in direct sunlight and once again it seems like the series 7 was much brighter question 8. i was wondering how does the graphite model compare to my space black series 5 and what about that new midnight color well unfortunately the graphite isn't quite black but rather a dark gray which means that we don't get that perfect blend between the body of the watch and the screen like we did with a space black model which honestly looked as if it was carved from the same single piece of metal it looked amazing the graphite doesn't look as good in my opinion there's also the new midnight which is a darker space gray with a hint of blue in it and although i don't actually think it looks bad it just doesn't compare to the far more premium look of the stainless steel models so if i were to rate my favorite apple watch finishes those would be number one space black number two graphite and number three this new midnight which is quite nice to be honest at number seven i was wondering if there are any other body differences and the first thing that i immediately noticed was just how massive the series 7 looked and felt compared to my series 5. i honestly think that it is actually too big for my wrist now but then again the 41 millimeter model is way too small so i think that if they had just made the bezels thinner without increasing the body size that would have been perfect fun fact the smallest apple watch now the 41 millimeter is almost as big as the biggest original apple watch the 42 millimeter the speaker grille has been redesigned and we'll be doing a speaker test shortly and then the back has remained the same as on the series 6. my series 5 does look a bit different as it does not have that oxygen level meter question number six can you use older bands with a series 7 and what about using series 7 bands with the older apple watches the answer is yes i was actually able to use new bands on my series 5 and old bands on my series 7. the only thing that i noticed was that the older bands were a bit more difficult to slide into the series 7. also remember how apple was saying on their website that you cannot use the new solo and braided solo bands with watches older than the series 4 well we tested this and it is not true the newest series 7 bands seems to work perfectly even with the very first apple watch okay now if you have an apple watch or you're simply looking to buy one then definitely check out badberg our sponsor for this video bandwerk makes high-end apple watch bands with a variety of unique designs to suit everyone's taste they even have these super rare editions where they craft the bands from the interior letter of popular vintage cars all designs are handcrafted in germany using premium natural leather so you can expect some truly high quality bands from bandwork they come in multiple finishes with the ability to customize the clasp and the brackets to perfectly match your apple watch i find it pretty incredible that they offer clasps and the exact same finishes that apple offers the apple watch in including stainless steel and titanium but the best part about bandwork is that they don't just do apple watch bands they also do iphone cases max a faults airpods cases and even air attack key rings they all come in multiple designs with different finishes engraving options and of course the same handcrafted quality that you can already expect from bandwork check out bandwork by using the link below and now back to the video with question number five do we get any changes in how the old watch faces are displayed and also how do the new watch faces look like well i've had a look at a couple of old watch faces and it seems like they are simply scaled up versions of those rather than anything new and updated with support for more complications for example what this means is that if you've had trouble reading some of them then the series 7 might make it easier for you although i was hoping for something a bit more here we do get two exclusive series 7 watch faces the first one is called contour and this is the one that takes full advantage of that curved glass you can actually use the dial to highlight different areas of it and it supports two complications and then the second one is modular duo which allows you to have two large complications alongside a smaller one in the top left so we essentially get one analog and one new digital watch face question four the series seven now features a full screen keyboard but isn't any useful and to be honest it actually is it was really good at predicting my input especially when i was using the swipe gestures but that only worked when i was writing in english as soon as i switched to another language none of the predictive text actually worked still it is a massive improvement over the old scribble inputs where you had to draw one letter at a time okay now remember when i said that the speaker girl was bigger so i was wondering is the sound quality any better or any louder okay so this is a speaker test on the apple watch series seven and now let's see how the old series five sounds like okay and now this is a speaker test on my old apple x series five so let me know which one sounds clearer and louder then question two we know that the charging speeds are now faster but how much faster are they well in the first 15 minutes the series 7 charged to 11 while my series 5 charged to 10 so not a massive difference i was expecting to see more here but when we got to 30 minutes the series 7 was at 39 while the series 5 was still at 21 after one hour the series 7 was at 74 while the series 5 was at 48 and then at the 1 hour and 26 minute mark the series 7 was all done while the series 5 was still at 68 so that's a pretty big difference but in order to get those speeds you need to be using the included usb type-c puck which by the way seems to now be made out of aluminium regardless of the apple watch model that you buy previously they used to be made out of plastic if you went for the aluminium apple watch and stainless steel if you went for the stainless steel models or the addition models but that is no longer the case and at number one i have the biggest question of them all which is should you actually upgrade to the series seven well if you have a series six my answer is no unless you really care about that larger display and those two new exclusive watch faces now if you have a series 5 like i do i do honestly think that it's worth it for me at least the biggest upgrade is the battery life so yesterday i did a quick sleep tracking test they were both at 20 battery and then i went to bed with both on my wrist and in the morning the series 5 was completely dead while the series 7 was at five percent and it was able to fully track my sleep entirely and then i put both on the charger and by the time i left for work my series 7 was fully charged while my series 5 was like i said at 68 so that's a massive improvement for me which means that i can now finally use sleep tracking at night and have enough time in the morning to fully charge my watch to last me through my entire day and on top of that i also get the blood oxygen level meter the faster s6 processor or in this case the s7 but they're the same uh five gigahertz wi-fi and the larger display so i'm really happy to upgrade even though i will still miss that space black color and then from the series four downwards my answer is 100 yes not only do you get the improvements that i mentioned from the 5 to the 7 but you also get the always on display which i think is the biggest new feature to ever be added to the apple watch oh and as a side note there is a new apple event next week and we'll be doing loads of coverage on the brand new macbook pros so make sure that you're subscribed to the channel and let us know if you want to see any other videos on the apple watch series 7. maybe a full review after a few more weeks of use let us know down below i'm daniel this is means enough tech and i'll see you guys in the next video it's an arthek signing out cheers\n"