Since Apple hasn’t put together a comprehensive list of specs for the Apple Watch, I thought I’d throw them together based on the information collected from Apple.com and other sources.
Price
Starting at $349
Availability
Early 2015
Dimensions
42mm (1.7in) height or 38mm (1.5in) height
Storage
Built-in storage
Battery Life
One day
Display
Flexible Retina
Sapphire Crystal or Strengthened Ion-X (Sport)
Tap and press sensitivity
Activates on raise of wrist
Chips
S1 all-in-one processor
Wireless
- Bluetooth 4.0
- NFC
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Audio
Integrated speaker and microphone
Interface
- Digital Crown
- Side Button
- Taptic Engine haptic actuator
Sensors
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Infrared
- Heart rate
- Photo sensor
- GPS and Wifi from iPhone
Case
Water-resistant
Apple Watch: Stainless steel or space black stainless steel
Sport: Anodized Aluminum
Edition: 18-karat gold in yellow or rose
Zirconia back
Connector
Inductive charging Magsafe
Supported Phones
(required for use)
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5c
- iPhone 5s
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
Built-in Apps
- Maps
- Remote Camera
- Photos
- Calendar
- Messages with Sketch, Digital Touch and Walkie-Talkie and Heartbeat
- Weather
- Passbook
- Phone
- Siri
- Apple TV and iTunes
- Activity
- Workout
- Watch with 50ms accuracy
- Calculator
- Apple Pay
- Music
- Flights
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Alarm
- World Clock
- Solitaire
- Stocks
- Settings
- Converter
Watch Faces
- Chronograph
- Color
- Modular
- Timelapse
- Solar
- Astronomy
- Motion
- Utility
- Mickey Mouse
- Simple
- Photo
Available Apps
- Nike+
- MLB
- Yahoo! News
- BMW
- Citymapper
- American Airlines
- Starwood Hotels
I loved just listening to Jony Ive’s voice selling the watch.. so deep, so sexy.. but no sale 🙂
The battery life will be the achilles heel of this device.
12 – 14 hour battery life should be a minimum. Not sure Apple revealed everything. I think they revealed enough to highlight differentiation:
1) Highly customizable with jewelry class materials
2) Payments with biometric enforcement
3) Interface mechanisms (crown and force touch)
4) Quick communications that should also appeal to younger generations that dont wear watches
The unknowns to me (that are exciting)
– modular S1 package and its potential for other wearable devices (+ potential modular upgrades)
– internet-of-things integration
– gradual move towards independence but component of ecosystem (e.g. Hand-off etc.)