

And that's something I've come to depend on as my daily dashboard while at work, for example. In other cases, like with the infographs, the loss is more meaningful: You don't get all the richer, super-complications that provide higher information density. Several of them are just special effects faces, like fire and water, designed entirely to show off the bigger watch faces. For example, the Series 3 doesn't get all the new, fancy watch faces of the Series 4 and 5. That gives the new small watch a display pretty much the size of the old big watch, the new big watch… well, even bigger.Īlso, because the Series 3 display is square and not rounded, and smaller, it seems a bit cramped now compared to the 5. It's not the same as the Apple Watch Series 4 and 5, which hit 324 by 394 pixels at 40mm and 368 and 448 pixels at 44mm. And RGB stripe, not PenTile like phones, which makes them look even sharper. The Series 3 displays are also OLED, which means deep, inky blacks that almost melt away into the big bezels, and rich, vibrant colors that pop right out. The smaller is 242 by 360 resolution at 38mm and the large, 312 by 390 resolution at 42mm.

It still comes in two sizes, which is great for people with both smaller and bigger wrists… and display needs.
