I SHOULD NOT Have Bought The Apple Watch Series 6 (Product Red) By Craig's Tech Talk

- Hey guys, it's Craig. I have here the Apple watch series six Product Red version. This is the watch I said you probably shouldn't buy if you have a series five, like I do. Let's take a look. When new Apple products come out, I get caught up in the excitement of the shiny new products and just wanna order immediately. I was good about sticking with my series five and I'll tell you why you may wanna stick with the five too, if you have it.

Then it was late at night, I went on Amazon. It was on sale. I thought about getting this for the channel and a gift card later, here we are. And I'm excited, I wanna get this thing opened up. If you are in the market for an Apple watch this holiday season, check out Amazon.

This was $50 off and Amazon is an authorized dealer for Apple. You can get Apple care and everything from Amazon. So if you want to check out any of the watches, there's links down in the description, along with the video of 10 everyday Apple watch uses. This isn't a full review, that'll be coming later. This is just opening it up and some initial impressions.

The Apple watch series six starts at 399 for a 40 millimeter size and 429 for the 44 millimeter. If you want the cellular version, that's a hundred dollars more. You could get the series six in stainless steel, gold stainless steel, a new graphite stainless steel, gold aluminum, silver aluminum, space gray aluminum, blue aluminum and Product Red aluminum. This is the cellular 44 millimeter with the sports band in Product Red. The box, smaller than what Apple has sent in the past.

There's no charging brick in here. And it's about two thirds the size, almost half the size. (plastic tears) Okay. So we've got the white box, we've got the red Apple watch on top. This version and the Nike versions are the only ones that are really packaged differently.

Like this has the red text on the top. And then you get this whole unboxing experience, all the Product Red and right on top, there's your Apple watch. Apple's so good at this unboxing experience. So there is the watch right there. And then there is the Product Red band.

This is the thing that I'm kind of curious about seeing. My wife ordered the Product Red phone and she was not happy with the red on the back of it. The aluminum looked good, but the red on the back, she wasn't thrilled with. Band looks very similar, so let's open that up. Here we go.

Instructions and the band itself. With these sports bands, you do get two different sizes. You got the medium slash large and then the small slash medium, something like that. And, initially, looking at these bands it doesn't look as pink as what I was seeing from people but, on the camera, it doesn't look pink. Now, it's pinker than probably you prefer, but let's move that out of the way and look at the watch itself.

In the box, here's our Apple watch, but first our design by Apple in California, our paperwork here. And we're Product Red. And some directions on how to use it. And they don't put Apple stickers in here? Apple, how dare you? This is the first Product Red thing I had bought. I was really hoping for a red Apple sticker.

In here, like I said before, there's no charging bricks. So you have the charging cable, same charger that you get. Unfortunately, not USB-C. We're in this weird world with Apple that no USB-C here, but the new iPhones have USB-C, but no charging bricks. I don't know, it's kind of a mess.

So now, the watch itself. Now, if you're buying a new Apple product, there's a lot more paper news. Like this feels like paper versus the almost little padded pouch it came in before. Try not to rip the thing. It's on there tight.

Okay. Here it is. Ooh, I like that red. Let's see, that's a nice red, but now we put that red next to the band and you start to see how it's almost the wrong red for this band. So here it is, the 44 millimeter size.

Looking at this, there's new sensors on the back because it has the different LED lights. It needs to shine and read. So that's the difference right there, between the sensor. Other than that, it pretty much looks like my previous Apple watch. It's a cellular version.

It has the red around there, but you can't tell cause it's Product Red. Screen size is the same. You know, nothing's really changed. Just that sensor on the back. It really is kind of an S year, but I love this kind of stuff.

I love the tech and I'm glad I get to play with this sort of stuff. Let's stick the band on it first. Get a little look to see how this is. Yeah, see that's where it's looking really pink next to it. See that right there, that's a pink band.

The black sports loop I think would look good, but yeah, that looks so pink next to it. But we'll let it fly for a bit. We'll check it out, see how I feel about it. I'm gonna get this charged and set up and we'll take a look at it next to the series five. I'll be back right now.

Okay, I've used this for about 24 hours now. Even had time to get a haircut. If this watch wasn't red, I don't think I'd really notice the difference between them. They're so similar. They're similar, some minor updates.

You look at the displays, they look the same. It says 2.5 times brighter outside, always on display. So there's an always on display. And this one looks a lot dimmer. It's supposed to be 2.5 times brighter out in the sunlight. We're not in sunlight, but it's on camera, looks dim.

A big update other than the colors was the added oxygen sensor, which is easy to use. This is the oxygen sensor app. That's one of the big changes, we'll take a look at that in a minute. I ran them one time. I don't know how much I'm, realistically, going to use that app again.

The way this works is there's a new sensor, it uses infrared and red light to see the oxygen in your blood. And then it runs it through algorithms and you get a reading. It will do periodic readings on its own that'll be captured in the health app, so you could always check in on it. Next, the series six has a new Essex chip that's based on the A13 bionic chip that was found in the iPhone 11. It's up to 20% faster than the previous S5.

So doing a speed test, I'm not doing anything very scientific, except trying to hit the icons at the same time. And when I do, I'm not seeing a big speed jump. I'm trying different apps and they've all been closed out. Definitely nothing I would run out and go upgrade for. Pretty much anything that runs seems about the same.

I mean, if you're coming from a series three, this thing's gonna be so much quicker. The next change with this is it does have an altimeter that'll give you updates throughout your day of your elevation. I like to hike a lot, but this feature doesn't really interest me that much. I will have to go on a hike with both and see if I get different readings because of that altimeter. Maybe it'll change the readings of my workouts.

Another upgrade that the series six gets is the five gigahertz wifi and a U1 ultra wide band chip. Now the U1 chip is going to make some cool things possible when they start to really utilize this. Apple says that a U1 equipped device can tell its exact location relative to other U1 devices. If you have a newer phone, the HomePod Mini or Apple watch, it's gonna have a U1 chip in it. This new HomePod Mini is gonna know with high precision when you're near, because you're wearing your watch or your phone is in your pocket.

That's gonna be cool for automations and having a house that changes as you move through it. They also increased the battery size and charging speed. Now this can be great if you wear your watch to bed, to sleep in and then you charge it quickly, while you're getting ready in the morning. And apparently you can get close to two days battery life out of this, if you turn the always on display off. So who should buy or upgrade to the series six? First, these are my opinions.

So if you don't agree, well, buy what you want. It's your money (laughs), so. And for me, I'm always excited to play with and enjoy new tech. And I'm fortunate to be able to do this with the channel. If you're an early adopter or always like to upgrade, this is a great watch.

So should you buy or upgrade to the series six? After 24 hours with it, pretty much, I'm gonna say if you have a series four or five, don't upgrade unless you really want that blood oxygen or you want the altimeter or maybe need the battery life and the quick charging. There's only a handful of features. After using it though, performance wise, I wouldn't upgrade. If you're coming from a series three or older, get one, if you want. They are great, I love my series five.

This only builds on it a little bit. So if you're coming from a three to a six, huge upgrade. If you're buying one of these for the first time, an Apple watch, they're at such a good point. They're just so snappy. The response time for popping open the different apps is so much better than what it used to be.

So you're not gonna go wrong with this. Now, if you have a series four or five and don't have YouTube tech channel, I highly recommend waiting for the series seven. I would also consider the Apple watch SE. It has most of the features of the series six at a nice price. There's no always on display, S6 chip, ECG or blood oxygen sensor, but I think this is the watch for most people.

The cellular option is $50 cheaper than the series six. There are links in the description, if you wanna check out the Apple watch SE. Now let's talk about this Product Red and how I feel about it. I love the red aluminum, I think that looks awesome. That's a great color.

I don't like the straps. They're just too pink. And I don't know if we could see this on camera. I realized the color of the strap matches the bright part of the aluminum. So it's almost like that's where they got the tone, but it's just too bright and bubble gummy to me.

I feel like if they would have taken the dark heart of the red, if that makes sense, of the shine of the red and made this darker, it really would've been nice. Here it is with the sports loop and I think it looks better with the black, but if I go and I sell this one, this Nike addition right here, I have to sell the band with it. So then I now need to spend $50 getting a band because I'm not happy with the red one here. So I'm really torn on what I'm gonna do with it. I don't feel like I should keep two watches.

Performance isn't a big enough boost. That red is sweet, but-- (groans) And the sports a little bit in the red, I don't think it looks at great. We'll see what I ended up doing with it. This is kind of slick with that red there. What do you think of this? I mean, bubblegum.

At the end of the day, next to a series five, which has the same performance, basically, of a series four, I still can't recommend this watch for that reason. It is not a huge upgrade. It is no huge sweeping changes. It's great if it's the first buying an Apple watch or you own an older one. So, after using it, it is good that I got it in red so I could actually tell the difference, and, remember, I upgraded from this.

Do you plan on buying a new Apple watch during this holiday season? If so, which model would you buy? Next, make sure to check out this video over here for 10 everyday uses for the Apple watch. You're gonna need to know what to do with it if you get one. I'll see you over there, thanks for watching. Bye.

Source : Craig's Tech Talk