Overclocked: Review of Apple Watch Series 4

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Overclocked: Review of Apple Watch Series 4. Gulf News checks out the features of the newly released Apple Watch Series 4.  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00Hello, everybody, and welcome to Overclocked.

00:04All right, it's September, so that must mean one thing.

00:06We've got new Apple products.

00:08This watch is really something new and different.

00:11This is not the watch that Apple put out three, four years ago.

00:15It is quickly turning into a medical device in and of itself.

00:18Now, when it launches on Friday, it won't have everything we saw in the keynote.

00:22What they had on the keynote showed all kinds of advanced features,

00:25which will monitor your heart and can possibly tie into other things in the future,

00:29including maybe monitoring diabetes.

00:32Now, because that is a medical device type of structure,

00:35Apple is being very careful, and in the U.S., they've actually gone out and got FDA approval.

00:40So when here in the UAE, they're talking to the authorities from what we understand,

00:44but there's no approval yet, and maybe we'll see it later on this year, hopefully,

00:48but no confirmation from either the government or from Apple on when these features will launch.

00:53Of course, if you're an outdoor fanatic, there's a lot of features here.

00:57This watch no longer needs to be told when you're going to start a workout.

01:00If it notices your heart rate is up and you're starting to move around,

01:04it'll ask you, are you doing a workout and do you want to record it?

01:07A lot of new features and ability to track your workout and your activity when you're out there.

01:12And you don't have to bring your iPhone either.

01:13This will save up to three to four hours of activity

01:16before you have to get back to your watch and download and sync it with your watch.

01:20Apple is still promising that you'll get a full day's charge out of it,

01:24and they've given a new back to it.

01:26And I've asked them, they said there's no time difference in charging.

01:28So this will still be probably a 16 to 18 hour life for the day,

01:32in which you'll have to charge it overnight.

01:34So the new watch is not cheap.

01:36It starts off at $1599, Durham's, and up from there,

01:39you can get all different types of models from aluminum to steel,

01:43those with GPS and those without.

01:45And of course, you can get all kinds of various wristbands that go along with it.

01:49We'll be testing this out a lot over the next few weeks.

01:51We're going to see how well it does in the physical fitness activity sector.

01:55And we're hoping to give you some more feedback on the health apps,

01:58of course, as we test it out over the next few weeks.

02:01But right out of the box, it's looking pretty promising.

02:03So we'll let you know more when we have more to share with you.

02:06So for now, I'm Scott Shuey, and this is Overclocked.

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