Here’s how the new Apple Watch Series 10 stacks up to other models

The caller Series 10 is some bigger and slimmer than its predecessor, and some the Ultra 2 and Series 10 present travel successful a slick achromatic color. This is the archetypal clip Apple is offering the Ultra successful a 2nd shade, but it’s not the lone alteration Apple announced for the watch. Both watches volition connection caller capabilities, including notifications for slumber apnea (pending FDA approval), a upset that makes radical halt breathing portion sleeping. You’ll besides beryllium capable to usage their built-in speakers to play euphony and podcasts, arsenic opposed to conscionable utilizing them arsenic a speakerphone for calls.

We’ve yet to people our reappraisal of the Series 10, but we tin confirm that the larger show does marque a difference. But is it capable to warrant an upgrade oregon the other currency implicit the Series 9? To assistance you decide, we’ve highlighted the cardinal differences betwixt the Series 10, Ultra 2, and different Apple Watch models — including the second-gen Apple Watch SE and last-gen Series 9. We’ve besides rounded up each the earthy specs successful a illustration astatine the end, truthful you tin dive deeper if you privation to.

Price and size

Understandably, each wearable differs importantly successful price. The budget-friendly Apple Watch Series SE starts astatine $249 for the 40mm exemplary with GPS oregon $299 with cellular connectivity. In comparison, the Apple Watch Series 10 starts astatine $399 with GPS, and you’ll person to wage $100 much for cellular connectivity. At $799, the Apple Watch Ultra 2 is the astir costly successful the lineup and does not see an entry-level GPS configuration.

Except for the Ultra 2, which is the largest wearable successful the lineup astatine 49mm, each of the wearables besides travel successful 2 sizes. The Series 10 is disposable successful 42mm and 46mm configurations, which are somewhat larger than the Series 9’s (41mm, 45mm) and the SE’s (40mm, 44m). The larger sizes besides outgo somewhat much than their smaller counterparts; the 46mm Series 10 costs $50 more, portion the 44m SE runs $30 extra.

That being said, you tin astir ever find the Apple Watch SE, Ultra 2, and Series 9 for acold little than their archetypal MSRP. Right now, for example, the Series 9 is connected merchantability for $299 ($100 off) astatine Amazon, portion the archetypal Ultra 2 is down to conscionable $689 ($110 off). We’ll astir apt not spot immoderate important deals connected the Series 10 anytime soon, though, fixed it’s a caller model.

Design

All of the wearables are water-resistant up to 50 meters and IP6X-rated for particulate resistance. However, the Ultra 2 offers enhanced durability, with h2o absorption up to 100 meters. It’s besides certified to the MIL-STD-810H US subject standards for durability, which means it’s built to withstand utmost heat, cold, moisture, and falls from arsenic precocious arsenic 4 feet.

Given it’s designed for athletes, the Ultra 2 besides comes with a fewer other hardware features — including an Action Button you tin customize for assorted activities. The wearable sports 3 mics and a brace of speakers, arsenic well, on with an 86dB siren with a scope of up to 600 feet should you get successful trouble. And, conscionable similar the Apple Watch Series 10, the watch’s built-in speakers volition soon beryllium susceptible of playing euphony and podcasts.

Display tech

All of the smartwatches connection OLED screens, with the show connected the Apple Watch Series 10 being the astir spacious, followed by the surface connected the Ultra 2. Each wearable besides features an always-on display, but for the Apple Watch SE. In presumption of brightness, the Apple Watch Ultra 2 tin scope a highest brightness of 3,000 nits, making it brighter than the Series 10 (2,000 nits), Series 9 (2,000 nits), and SE (1,000 nits.) Only the Apple Watch Series 10 offers a wide-angle display, however. Apple says this allows pixels to emit much airy astatine a wider angle, frankincense improving brightness erstwhile viewed from the side.

Features

No substance which wearable you choose, you’ll get features similar bosom complaint monitoring, ECG, and autumn detection. You besides get different non-health-related features, including clang detection, exigency calling, Fitness Plus, Apple Pay, and Family Setup. Plus, each of the wearables volition enactment watchOS 11 upon its release, truthful you’ll beryllium capable to instrumentality vantage of features similar Training Load measurement and the quality to pause your Activity Rings.

However, the astir important quality betwixt the models is that the SE lacks somesthesia and EGG sensors. The SE besides won’t enactment the slumber apnea diagnostic should it get FDA approval. Available lone successful the Series 10, Series 9, and Ultra 2, the wearables usage an accelerometer to show your slumber and nonstop alerts if it detects the condition. They tin besides nutrient elaborate reports for your doc to springiness you an authoritative diagnosis.

Lastly, compared to the Series 9 and SE, the Apple Watch Series 10 and Ultra 2 connection much features for swimmers. Both athletics built-in h2o somesthesia and extent sensors that fto snorkelers and divers cognize however heavy they are, for example. That being said, the Ultra 2 tin measurement astatine a extent of 40 meters compared to the Series 10, which is constricted to six meters.

Processing Power

The forthcoming Series 10 runs connected Apple’s caller S10 SiP (System successful Package), portion the Ultra 2 runs connected the last-gen S9 chip, some of which let for features not imaginable connected the Apple Watch SE. These see enactment for Apple’s newer treble pat gesture, arsenic good arsenic on-device Siri processing. The SE is besides the lone wearable that lacks Apple’s second-gen ultrawide set chip, too, meaning you can’t usage Apple’s Precision Finding diagnostic to find newer iPhone models.

By the numbers

That’s conscionable an overview of however each exemplary compares to the other, but determination are different differences. If you’d similar to research however the wearables disagree successful greater detail, cheque retired the earthy specs successful the array below.