The whole lot concerning the Apple Watch Extremely is greater. It has a much bigger and brighter show than the Apple Watch 8, a much bigger battery, larger (and extra) buttons, and it has a much bigger capability to deal with the tough and tumble world of outside actions.
It may additionally take a punch, or a minimum of a sequence of whacks, from a small sledgehammer. In a latest video noticed by MacRumors, YouTuber TechRax (opens in new tab) joyfully smashes the brand new $799 / £849 / AU$1229 Apple Watch Extremely to bits. It is a fairly unrealistic sturdiness check of the beefy 49mm wearable, however in the event you watch from starting to finish, you’ll glean some laborious (in a great way) Extremely truths.
It could be unfair to name the Apple Watch Extremely a ruggedized model of the Apple Watch 8 (or actually any era). It is not merely a toughened exterior. It is a utterly redesigned Apple Watch. At 49mm, it is 5mm bigger than the most important Apple Watch 8. Naturally, it is also heavier. The titanium case helps it placed on an extra 23 grams over the aluminum 45mm Apple Watch 8. The Extremely even outweighs the stainless-steel Apple Watch 8 by virtually 10 grams.
In contrast to the Apple Watch 8’s curved glass face that blends easily with the aluminum case, Apple gave the Extremely a no-nonsense, utterly flat sapphire crystal show surrounded by a stable lip of titanium.
The watch seems to be and feels sturdy and, apparently, it’s.
TechRax begins his check by dropping the watch from a four-foot top onto concrete, which, unsurprisingly, the Apple Watch Extremely handles nicely. Certain, there have been some small scratches on the titanium physique however I’ve but to see a scratchproof Apple product.
The exams proceed in a equally less-than-scientific vogue with TechRax dropping the Apple Watch (by now, it should’ve suspected one thing was amiss) right into a jar of screws and nails. TechRax then shook the jar, after which the watch emerged largely unscathed, although the orange band was getting soiled.
Maybe annoyed that he was getting nowhere, TechRax took out a small sledgehammer, put the watch on a pristine white desk, and gave it three sharp whacks.
Nothing occurred. No scratches. No cracks. No malfunctions.
It is value pausing right here to consider what this may increasingly imply in the actual world of Apple Watch Extremely use.
Extremely sturdy
Some time again, I used to be carrying my Apple Watch 7 whereas clearing out crawl house. I used to be lifting heavy timber and different particles out of what was basically a pit full of coarse sand and filth. At one level, my watch acquired caught between a wooden help beam, some grit, and a heavy beam in my hand. The Ion-X glass display ended up with an enormous, disfiguring gouge.
Primarily based on what I’ve seen right here on this video, I feel the Apple Watch Extremely would possibly maintain up significantly higher below comparable circumstances or, as an illustration, whenever you’re climbing a mountain and your wrist slams into the rock face.
TechRax, nonetheless, wasn’t happy. He then hammered the watch 12 extra occasions. The desk beneath the watch cracked, however the watch remained unscathed. Principally. Sadly, even with no seen injury on the surface, the Apple Watch Extremely stopped working.
That is when TechRax went to city, repeatedly hitting the watch face till it shattered. He then flipped the watch over and hit the sensor-filled again till it, too, cracked.
With every hit, I winced slightly, as TechRax useless ruined a superbly good and, usually, extremely rugged Apple Watch Extremely.
Maybe TechRax walked away happy, however I used to be slightly unhappy for the Watch Extremely, which survived what ought to have been the worst of a beating, solely to have the sadist come again at it and beat the watch into submission.
Potential Apple Watch Extremely customers ought to take from this an undeniable fact: that is one very powerful smartwatch.
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