{"id":25692,"date":"2019-09-11T11:58:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T09:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/blog\/?p=25692"},"modified":"2019-09-11T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T09:58:59","slug":"apple-watch-series-5-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/apple-watch-series-5-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch Series 5: Everything You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the reveal of\u00a0 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/blog\/iphone-11-price-features-pre-order-details-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone 11<\/a> models, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 5 at its Apple Special Event on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has placed a greater emphasis on fitness, health-tracking, and biometrics with the Apple Watch 5. Featuring an always-on display, the watch won&#8217;t sacrifice any battery-life though, and will last the same 18-hour cycle as previous versions thanks to a low-temperature polysilicone and oxide display (LTPO).<\/p>\n<p>The new health and fitness apps include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cycle Tracking<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Allowing women to log and track their menstrual cycles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Noise App<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Helping users to understand the ambient sound levels around them and warning them if noise levels could negatively impact their hearing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity Trends<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Providing a long-term view of your activity and helping you to understand how you are progressing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are two new case designs, ceramic and titanium options, with the titanium carrying a far more notable price-tag.<\/p>\n<p>Other features include a native compass and emergency calling for international countries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25694 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple-Watch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple-Watch.jpg 816w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple-Watch-289x300.jpg 289w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple-Watch-768x798.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How much does it cost?<\/h3>\n<p>The Apple Watch Series 5 will start at $399 (<strong>around R5,870<\/strong>) for the GPS-only model, and $499 (<strong>around R7,340<\/strong>) for both GPS and cellular. You can pre-order the Apple Watch Series 5 now\u00a0and it will be available in stores on 20 September.<\/p>\n<p>Apple also announced that its dropping the price of the Apple Watch Series 3 to an RRP of $199 (<strong>around R2,930<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/campaigns\/view-campaign\/185\/apple?utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=blog_Apple_Watch_Series_5_Everything_You_Need_to_Know&amp;utm_content=Apple_Watch_Series_5_Everything_You_Need_to_Know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shop from a wide range of iPhone devices<\/a><span style=\"color: #0d0d0d;\"> on PriceCheck!<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/campaigns\/view-campaign\/185\/apple?utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=blog_Apple_Watch_Series_5_Everything_You_Need_to_Know&amp;utm_content=Apple_Watch_Series_5_Everything_You_Need_to_Know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png\" alt=\"view offers\" width=\"325\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png 550w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple introduces a more fitness-focused Apple Watch this time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2850,3046],"tags":[166,1844,5123,5238,5217,1379,5239,801],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple_watch-TA.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25692"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25696,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25692\/revisions\/25696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}