Launched in September 2017, the Apple Watch Series 3 keeps the classic design of earlier models but packs in quite a few new features. Alongside improvements, including the faster S3 processor and W2 wireless chip, was a cellular variant for the first time. Today, Apple sells it only in a GPS variant.
Apple launched the Apple Watch Series 6 at its September "Time Flies" event in 2020.
The Apple Watch Series 3 was released in September 2017, making it almost five years old. It is the oldest device to support the latest version of watchOS 8, but its S3 chip significantly lags behind the Apple Watch SE's S5 chip and Apple Watch Series 7's S7 chip in terms of performance.
The Apple Watch Series 3 is a 3rd generation smartwatch of the Apple Watch lineup that was designed and produced by Apple. It was launched on Septemer 12, 2017 alongside the iPhone 8/8 Plus and iPhone X at Apple's annual September event in the Steve Jobs Theater.
Cons. The Beats Studio 3 Wireless are Beats', and therefore Apple's, premier full-size wireless headphones, enduring as the brand's flagship over-ear headphones since their release in 2017.
The watch that triggered the Quartz Revolution. The Astron 35SQ was the world's first quartz wristwatch in the world and it changed the watch industry for ever. The unique design was by Kazunari Sasaki of Suwa Seikosha. The Quartz Astron went on sale December 25, 1969.
Apple Watch Series 3 models are supplied with a Magnetic Charging Cable, a USB Power Adapter and an included band. Apple Watch Hermès models also include a sport band in addition to the leather band. Apple Watch Edition models also include an Magnetic Charging Dock and a Lightning to USB Cable.
In September 2015, Apple launched a new subset of Apple Watch, with a stainless steel body and leather band, in collaboration with Hermès. The following year, Apple launched another subset of Apple Watches in collaboration with Nike dubbed "Apple Watch Nike+".
April 1977Apple II / IntroducedIn 1976, computer pioneers Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs began selling their Apple I computer in kit form to computer stores. By August of that year, Wozniak started designing an improved version, the Apple II. Wozniak and Jobs demonstrated a prototype in December, and then introduced it to the public in April 1977.
April 1977Apple II / IntroducedIn 1976, computer pioneers Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs began selling their Apple I computer in kit form to computer stores. By August of that year, Wozniak started designing an improved version, the Apple II. Wozniak and Jobs demonstrated a prototype in December, and then introduced it to the public in April 1977.
April 11, 1976Apple I / IntroducedThe first Apple-1 computers were sold for $666.66 in 1976. Forty-five years later, a still-functioning one has sold for $400,000.
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The Apple Watch Series 1 was a second generation of Apple Watch that was released on September 16, 2016, alongside the Apple Watch Series 2 and iPhone 7 at Apple's annual September event in the Steve Jobs Theater.
The exact Apple Watch 8 release date won't be announced until a future Apple event, though we believe this event will take place in the fall. Going by previous Apple Watch launches, we're expecting to see the next Apple Watch in September or October 2022.
September 21, 2018Apple Watch Series 4 / Introduced
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Launch | Announced | 2019, September |
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Status | Available. Released 2019, September |