Testseek.co.uk have collected 307 expert reviews of the Apple Watch 3 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Watch 3.
September 2017
(81%)
307 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(94%)
52 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Ability to ditch the iPhone
WatchOS 4
Ease of making calls
Still looks the part
Greater fitness focus than before
Cellular connectivity
Faster processor and wireless chip
Altimeter
Incredibly small for a 4G smartwatch
Still the best fitness tracker around
Voice calls work surprisingly well
Battery life holds up
Even when using 4G
Huge array of bands means you can make it your own
Cellular connection works well for phone calls
Email
Siri and messages. Music now syncs more easily. Improvements in fitness tracking and added watch faces. Adds barometer to GPS and swimproofing. Same overall size as last year's watch
Snappier performance
Improved exercise tracking
Super-bright and clear display
Decent battery life (when not reliant on LTE)
WatchOS 4 improvements
Apple Pay is still super useful
Ability to leave your iPhone at home
Improved fitness features
LTE brings new freedom
Faster performance
Call quality is very good
Integrated cellular
Good smartwatch battery life
Clear
Bright screen
Leaves rivals floundering
Cellular a worthy addition
Plenty of design options
Great for general fitness
Makes calls from your wrist
Voice control is excellent
A joy to use
Masses of personalization options
Superb fitness tracking ability
Cellular service
S3 dualcore processor
Comparable battery performance
The smart watch has an electronic SIM that duplicates the data from the SIM in your mobile phone and allows you to make calls
Send messages
Surf the web
Use Siri and even stream tracks from Apple Music when you don't have your phone with you
Voice ass
The editors didn't like
Call issues if you are on captive Wi-Fi network
No international roaming
Battery life lower than Series 2 (albeit largely dependent on how much you use cellular)
Does not support roaming
Only available on one carrier in the UK
Apple Music streaming not yet available on 4G
Not all apps work on 4G without your phone
You still need an iPhone to use it
Overkill if you mainly want fitness tracking
Battery life takes a major hit when making calls or during GPS workouts. 42mm cellular model is expensive
And that's before monthly wireless service and Apple Music fees. Still requires an iPhone to set up and pair with
Apple Music streaming not here yet
LTE has a big impact on battery life
Needs more dedicated watch apps to make use of LTE
Need to wait for Apple Music streaming
Siri doesn't always work
No LTE roaming
Series 4's bigger screen sizes make it more compelling
Additional monthly cost to have LTE
Third-party apps are lacking
The curious case of the red dot
Not a lot else changed
Only iPhone compatible
Siri still patchy
We want even more battery life
Restricted network choice
Third-party app support is lacking
Expensive
Speaker is quiet
Cellular setup
Signal strength indoors
No playing nice with thirdparty services
The Apple Watch Series 3 doesn't work with Android devices
It's slow to boot up
Taking more than a minute in our tests
If you want to make and take calls from the watch without your phone
Published: 2017-10-11, Author: Victoria , review by: itpro.co.uk
Abstract: Sign up for our daily newsletter Apple Watch tends to divide opinion. People live by it, can't see the point of it or baulk at the design, not to mention the price. Yet, despite reports of falling sales, Apple announced at its recent keynote that the Ap...
Published: 2017-10-10, Author: David , review by: macworld.co.uk
In a few generations it may seem strange that smartwatches used to be little more than glorified accessories for smartphones, and the Series 3 is clearly a step towards the product's future as an independent device.In the short term, and bearing in mind t...
The Series 3 with LTE does what it set out to do, but it is a bridge product. We are not in a sci-fi world where everyone wants a watch to make calls instead of a smartphone.Apple has nailed the integration way better than any other manufacturer, but with...
Cellular setup, signal strength indoors, no playing nice with thirdparty services
This killer app of the new Watch is the cellular service, so don't scrimp on that £70 and go for that version. The Watch itself is ready for this function it seems, but perhaps that's not the case for the telecoms providers – or provider. The Series 3 doe...
Published: 2017-09-29, Author: David , review by: macworld.co.uk
Cellular connectivity, Faster processor and wireless chip, Altimeter
Battery life lower than Series 2 (albeit largely dependent on how much you use cellular), Does not support roaming
We weren't sure about cellular when it was just a rumour and we're still not sure about it now; the main concern was that it would hobble battery performance, and if the Series 3 is going to take us back to the days of one-day rather than two-day battery...
Published: 2017-09-28, Author: Stuart , review by: pocket-lint.com
Ability to ditch the iPhone, WatchOS 4, ease of making calls, still looks the part, greater fitness focus than before
Call issues if you are on captive Wi-Fi network, Apple Music streaming not here yet, no international roaming
The Apple Watch Series 3 is a strange beast. While it adds more power and capabilities over the Apple Watch Series 2, many of those features come with caveats.If you're not an EE customer you'll have to move to EE, if you like stopping at a Starbucks with...
Published: 2017-09-25, Author: Mark , review by: stuff.tv
Incredibly small for a 4G smartwatch, Still the best fitness tracker around, Voice calls work surprisingly well, Battery life holds up, even when using 4G, Huge array of bands means you can make it your own
Only available on one carrier in the UK, Apple Music streaming not yet available on 4G, Not all apps work on 4G without your phone, You still need an iPhone to use it, Overkill if you mainly want fitness tracking
It's feels strange that Apple didn't, like the iPhone X, announce its cellular Watch Series 3 as a 'coming soon' option. Right now, it can't stream Apple Music, is only available on one UK network, has quite a few apps that lack Watch-only functionality...
Makes calls from your wrist, Voice control is excellent, A joy to use, Masses of personalization options, Superb fitness tracking ability
Third-party app support is lacking, Expensive, Speaker is quiet
Yes. The Apple Watch Series 3 is, by a massive distance, the best smartwatch you can buy. WatchOS easily eclipses Android Wear, from the fitness features to the neatness with which the cellular connectivity has been integrated, and it's lightning fast in...
Abstract: Yep, that's right. The Apple Watch FINALLY has native LTE support. The early reviews are generally very good, but some are lamenting LTE's effect on battery life as well as some pretty serious connectivity issues. We'll have a full review of the Apple Wat...
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Published: 2017-09-20, Author: Scott , review by: CNET.co.uk
Cellular connection works well for phone calls, email, Siri and messages. Music now syncs more easily. Improvements in fitness tracking and added watch faces. Adds barometer to GPS and swimproofing. Same overall size as last year's watch
Battery life takes a major hit when making calls or during GPS workouts. 42mm cellular model is expensive, and that's before monthly wireless service and Apple Music fees. Still requires an iPhone to set up and pair with
The Apple Watch Series 3 is the best overall smartwatch you can buy, but battery limitations and add-on fees keep it from being a must-have upgrade...
