Apple launched its latest , sort of affordable , smartwatch , the Apple Watch SE 2 at its Far Out event at the start of September alongside its more premium Apple Watch Ultra and Apple Watch 8 .
But , with the machine look all but identical to its 2020 predecessor and Apple yield sadly little contingent on its store page about its specs , you may justifiably be wondering what ’s actually new in the Apple Watch SE 2 .
Here to help we ’ve make this other versus guide detail the principal swelled differences between the newly launch Apple Watch SE 2 and first generationApple Watch SE , which earned a place as one of thebest Apple Watchesthat when we first review it . This is an other guide detail the technical differences between the two . We ’ll update it with our real world stamp of how the two equate once we get the Apple Watch SE 2 in for review .
Price
The Apple Watch SE 2 is set to retail for £ 259/$249 for the GPS model and £ 319/$299 for the LTE version . This actually pretend it cheaper than the now discontinued first generation Apple Watch SE , which carry a £ 269/$279 start price when it launch in 2020 . The Apple Watch SE 2 is set to go live for pre - order at 1 post-mortem ( UK ) on 9 September and then ship on the 16th alongside the Modern iPhone 14 phones .
New colours and a more eco-friendly manufacturing process
At first glance the SE 2 and SE are all but identical . They both have the same pebble shaped chassis , digital crown control condition andOLEDscreens . But the SE 2 comes in unlike colours . Specifically you’re able to get the SE 2 in midnight ( like thenew MacBook Air ) , Silver and Starlight . The first gen ’ SE was uncommitted in Silver , Black and Gold .
On top of this , the SE 2 have a newfangled back lawsuit made of nylon composite material and is made using a different fabrication process . Apple take this has lead to an 80 percent simplification in the young SE 2 ’s carbon footmark .
The Apple Watch SE 2 is more powerful
Despite look all but selfsame the Apple Watch SE 2 has had a few important under the hood upgrades . The biggest is a move to use the same S8 microprocessor chip as theApple Watch Series 8model .
We have n’t used the chip in either twist but Apple lay claim it ’ll offer a 20 percent speed increase over the first - generation Apple Watch SE . We ’ll expect forward to checking this when we get the new SE 2 in for testing , but considering we never had any serious performance issues with the first generation Watch SE , it hardly seems like a swelled feature of speech to get excited about .
The SE 2 has a few more wellness and accident tracking features
As well as the raw silicon , the Watch SE 2 also features a few feature article you wo n’t find on the first gen SE wearable . These include H2O resistance of 50 cadence , emergency SOS , a new heart pace sensor and declivity catching . As an tot perk it also has the same wreck sensing you ’ll find on the Apple Watch 8 and Apple Watch Ultra , which adds to its allurement as an SOS gimmick for cyclists and drivers . You wo n’t get any of these on the first generation Apple Watch SE .
Specs
you may see a full breakdown of the Apple Watch SE 2 and Apple Watch SE ’s specs in the table below . In it you ’ll see the only real change are to its processor and water resistivity rating at a hardware level .
