In-Depth Report: Apple Watch - Features, Design, Hardware, and Models

This report provides an overview of the Apple Watch, highlighting its health-oriented capabilities, fitness tracking, and integration with iOS and other Apple products. It discusses the watch's goal of freeing users from their smartphones and details the four available variants: Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch Hermes, and Apple Watch Edition. The report also covers the design aspects, including the two case sizes and the digital crown, as well as the Force Touch technology in the touchscreen. Furthermore, it delves into the hardware, mentioning the S1 system-on-chip and the Taptic Engine, along with the built-in heart rate sensor. The software section explains the watchOS operating system and its navigation, compatibility with iPhone 5 or later, and the ability to receive messages, notifications, and phone calls. Finally, the report differentiates the models based on materials, such as stainless steel, aluminum, and 18-karat gold, and mentions the various band and color options available for each model.

Apple watches

Apple watches
Apple watch incorporates health oriented
capabilities, fitness tracking.
Have integration with iOS (originally iPhone
operating system) and other products of Apple.
Apple watch goal was to free the people from their
smart phones.
Available in four variants such as Apple Watch,
Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch Hermes and Apple
Watch Edition.

Design
Apple Watch comes in two case sizes such as 42 mm
(1.7 in) and 38 mm (1.5 in).
Includes “digital crown” for input which can be
turned to zoom or scroll and to return on home
screen it is pressed.
The touch screen of watch contains technology of
Force Touch which makes the screen pressure
sensitive and also differentiate between a press and a
tap.

Hardware

Hardware
The S1 system-on-chip is used in Apple Watch and
it also uses a "Taptic Engine" which is linear
actuator.
With the help of Taptic engine when a notification or
an alert is received it provides a haptic feedback.
Includes a built-in heart rate sensor in which photo-
diodes, infrared and visible-light LEDs are used.

Software
Operating system of Apple Watch is watchOS.
The operating system can be navigated using digital
crown or touchscreen of watch.
In present time Apple Watch is only paired with an
iPhone 5 or later running originally iPhone
operating system 8.2 or later.
This watch is capable to receive messages,
notifications and phone calls via it is paired with
iPhone.

Models

Models
Apple Watch models are differentiated by their
materials such as Apple Watch Hermes and Apple
Watch uses stainless steel, Sport features aluminium
and Apple Watch Edition uses 18-karat gold.
Each model has 38 and 42 mm bodies and 42 mm
models have a slightly larger battery and screen.
Each model of watch has various band and color
options.

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