Apple just got done dropping all its new mobile hardware at its annual launch event, held in San Francisco. Apple started with the new Apple Watch Series 2. The two big additions to the watch are a so-called “swim-proof” casing, and a built-in GPS chip. The Apple Watch is now waterproof down to 50 meters, or about 164 feet, which is good enough for a shallow dive, but Apple’s real aim is to put it on the arms of swimmers.
And for those runners, bikers, and hikers out there, the watch no longer relies on an iPhone to track distance, route, and speed traveled. With built-in GPS, the watch should be able to integrate with any number of forthcoming fitness tracking apps.
The battery life is no better, topping out at about one day per charge, but it did get a faster CPU, better graphics chip, and it’s a lot brighter, now able to crank out up to 1000 nits, a brightness metric Apple summed up as “a whole lot of nits.” Yeah, it’s a lot of nits – think as bright as some of the best 4K TVs out today.
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