Apple Watch LTE vs GPS - Is The Cellular WORTH IT!? By HotshotTek

In this video we're going to go ahead and compare two Apple watches and finally answer a frequently asked question. I've been seen asked a lot all over the internet is. Should you go with the standard, GPS Apple Watch, or are you really better off spending a little more and get the cellular version of the Apple Watch? Well, that's exactly what I'm going to go ahead and answer in today's video, as I actually recently went ahead and actually picked up into cellular version of the series. Five Apple Watch and we're going to go ahead and compare that to my series. Five standard was the GPS I'm going to go ahead and share with you my experience on things to really consider covering all the pros and cons why one might be better than the other and why it may better suit you. So here is my regular series: five Apple Watch, it's the Nike Edition and then recently I picked up the solid version of that series.

Five non Nike Editions, but I got it for the same cost that this was brand new. How did I manage to do that? You can find out more in this video if you want to go and watch that or watch it later on at the end of this video, if you're curious on how I got that deal because that same deal is still available, probably will be for a long time. So before we start off, I want to actually talk about the series three Apple Watch, because that Apple Watch is still currently available in today's market, which means you can purchase it in the regular GPS version, or you could let me race to see get to sell their version brand-new on shelf retool, our stores, but something I want to quickly highlight in case you're, buying to series 3 is that both of those Apple watches are not the same. The series 3 non-cellular as an example only has a gigabyte of internal storage. If you get the LTE version, the cellular that actually has double the storage capacity, 16 gigabytes- it's just something I want to quickly cover in case you want to get that version instead, but the series 4 in the series 5 doesn't matter.

If you get the non-cellular version or to sell their version, internal specs are exactly the same from that generation. So the series 4 will still have 16 gigs cellular non-solar doesn't matter. The series 5 will still have 32, gigs, cellular or non-cellular just wanted to quickly clarify that. Now things to look out for I bought my series 5 cellular bird paid in full and depending on where you get yours, you may have to pay an activation fee. If you go into like a cellular store as an example, you might have to agree to a two-year contract and I.

Don't recommend doing it that way, because cellular company says we all know they always have a way to put hidden fees somewhere, and you can end up paying more than what a brand-new series 5 cellular Apple Watch may cost you at the Apple Store now I do understand. Everybody has different financial situations, I'm just pointing this out, so everybody could be cautious because you might find a better deal without having a two-year contract like what I did was my series 5, but the only important thing you've got to really think about. Is the additional $10 fee that you're going to have to add on your cellphone provider? If you want to have LTE activated on your cellular Apple Watch, but if you actually go with the routed, I did pay your Apple Watch in full. You could deactivate the cellular connection as many months as you want and reactivate it later. So that's a fine example.

It's let's say. For example, if you are going to go to Hawaii next month, you might as well activate it just in case you forget your phone somewhere, but then once you're back from your trip, you can just easily log into your cellphone provider, account deactivate it, and you're good to go. You can't do that if you're under a two-year contract so cost-saving, you might be better off just paying it out in full or search all over the internet. So you find a reasonable deal. At least that's how it is with my AT&T account.

So since I'm, an existing AT&T member I did not have to call customer service to activate or deactivate my series 5 Apple Watch. The process, to be honest, was really easy. All I had to do was just log into my AT&T account when I was pairing up. My Apple Watch using the Apple Watch app on my iPhone. So that's a quick background summary and how the service works with the silver version.

Apple Watch now pricing wise, it's obvious. If you sell their version more expensive than the regular non-solar version Apple Watch. These two are 244 millimeters, but if you're getting the entry level 1 to 40, it's 399 dollars for the standard, GPS series, 5 Apple Watch, and then it's about $100 more. If you want to sell their version besides, having that cool red ring around the digital crown, when activated really all you really get, it's the ability to receive incoming or outgoing calls anywhere, where you have a good cellular connection, the series 5 just a standard GPS version along the terrain, the latest version of watch OS, 6 or newer. It could still receive messages via iMessage without having your phone nearby as long as you receive or send a message to another iOS device, so your phone doesn't have to be nearby I've done that before, because I accidentally have forgotten my phone a couple of times when I was at the gym, but I was able to connect my series 5 to the Wi-Fi network at my gym.

So most of my notifications and messages was still coming in to my wrist and in that same situation, some music apps will actually allow you to stream your playlist, even though you don't have it stored on your Apple Watch. It's still able to wirelessly connect to your iPhone, even though the two devices are super far apart, so you don't always have to have music stored on your device. Now, obviously, the same can be said about the cellular version. Apple Watch, but this time, if I ever find myself running outdoors and I, don't have my phone on me. I am still technically connected to the Internet.

I can still ask Siri to do stuff, I'm able to stream my playlists etc. GPS will still load fine, so if I have to ensure last-minute directions with just a series, 5 cellular, Apple Watch I'll be perfectly fine. Now the non-cellular version Apple Watch the standard GPS, even though I say it has built-in GPS, which that is true. But if there's no internet connectivity, if you launch the map app everything else, it's not going to load you'll be able to see your dot, so it can still track your coordinates, the altitude and all that good stuff and record all that data in case you're running. But if you're actually trying to use your watch for directions, you can't do it without Wi-Fi or some kind of network connectivity.

The series 5 since I connect to LTE the map will be able to load. You can still get your directions to go to whatever destination you have to go to during that time. Now, when it comes to battery concern between these two day today, they both can achieve the same all-day battery life. Honestly I haven't noticed a difference when it comes to switching between his two. However, the way the cellular version Apple Watch works when your phone is connected, the LTE is disabled, so it's turned off because it doesn't need it, but once he watched notice that your phone is far away from you, it's going to switch to LTE.

That's how it's able to preserve as much battery life as possible, like the standard non cell there Apple Watch, but whenever I'm answering a call, or I'm actually relying on the LTE reception I have noticed they dip in battery life at the end of the day. But that being said to no surprise, this is the exact same result that you get when you're on a cell phone, and you're on a phone call for a long time. Your battery life is going to drain. A little faster same can be said about the cellular, Apple Watch, but the reception on the series 5 cellular, it's actually surprisingly good. It doesn't perform as bad as you may think.

Compared to your modern-day iPhone, the reception between the watch and the iPhone was almost identical for being a smaller device. Was a smaller antenna? I, really don't have much to complain about its reception limits. Just I do think that the signal is slightly less powerful when it comes to speed performance, but there's really no way to confirm that, because Apple doesn't really allow you to browse Safari on the Apple Watch to run like a speed test, but for my day to day experience I have no complaints when it comes to connecting to LTE and speed performance, but I know. This may also vary depending on everybody's location, so I lived nearby at cities, so cellular reception around my area is pretty good. So if you to also have cell phone towers nearby, you're going to be perfectly fine with to sell their Apple Watch.

What's that said, really the only exclusive thing that you get when choosing the cellular version over a non-solar Apple Watch is that all the cellular Apple watches get this additional watch face to explore, which all it does it just displays. The reception bars right here in the center part of the watch face then there's also an exclusive complication that you can put on any other watch face which will do the exact same thing just show you reception, the material isn't available between these two are exactly the same. The same can also be said about the other models also available like the Nike, except for the Airman's, that's only available in LT. So really the only thing you got to keep in mind when choosing between the non-cellular Apple Watch and the regular GP S Apple Watch is that do you want to be connected to the Internet at all times, or maybe you constantly find yourself forgetting your iPhone when you're out in a belt, or do you like the freedom of literally leaving your phone behind like nothing in your pocket, just your wrist with your Apple Watch. So you can still stay connected to friends and family and have quick connectivity right there on your wrist, or you might work at a workplace where day band smartphones, I used to work in one of those, and your last resort is to invest in a Smartwatch that actually has a cellular connection like this.

If you said yes to any of those and yeah the cellular version, Apple Watch is probably the best choice for you. If Nut knows however applied, then you're going to get away. Just fine was just a simple GPS series or any other series. Apple Watch, because you're gonna always have your phone nearby. Now, if you want to know what my personal take about, these two Apple watches is I'm, probably going to end up selling my naked ITIN series, 5 Apple Watch because I actually do like having this cell phone connectivity now I'm, not gonna, have it activated throughout the entire year, so next month, I actually plan on deactivating.

It and let's say, for example, this fall I go somewhere like maybe I go to Hawaii I'm going to go ahead and log into my AT&T account pay that $10 just to have it activated. So in case I do forget my phone I'm not left stranded, especially when I'm on vacation and the last thing I want to do, is spent another grand and buy a smartphone and a SIM card. Because again the cellular service isn't required to be activated. In order for you to use your serious five Apple Watch, it works perfectly fine without it there are no messages saying that you need to have cellular or whatever it doesn't do that it works just like the series 5 when there's no LTE service. Now again, if you're curious on how I was able to score such a good deal on this cellular version, Apple Watch I explain it all in this video which you could go ahead and watch right here and then that video over here it has a video that YouTube thinks that you will like feel free to watch either/or.

But thank you so much for watching. Take care now catch you all in the next one see ya.

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