One of many headline upgrades on the Apple Watch 7 is its bigger display, which is roughly 20% larger than on the Apple Watch 6. That’s achieved by means of a barely bigger physique (41mm or 45mm in comparison with 40mm or 44mm) coupled with a lot smaller bezels of simply 1.7mm.
So though the Apple Watch 7 is bigger in your wrist than the equal Apple Watch 6, we present in our Apple Watch 7 review that the distinction is negligible, whereas the display itself is quite a bit larger right here.
This makes the show on the Apple Watch 7 simpler to work together with, because it’s much less cramped. Actually, it’s sufficiently big for a full (albeit tiny) QWERTY keyboard.
To present you a greater concept of how the screens on these two wearables examine, we’ve put them facet by facet so you possibly can see for your self. You possibly can see the 45mm Apple Watch 7 on the left, and the 44mm Apple Watch 6 on the suitable.
As you possibly can see, the display on the Apple Watch 7 isn’t simply simpler to function, it’s additionally – because of the smaller bezels – extra enticing, since nobody likes bezels. With a black background they’re not at all times tremendous apparent on the Apple Watch 6, however on the Apple Watch 7 they’re barely even current.
This comparability holds true for the Apple Watch SE as properly, as that is the identical dimension because the Apple Watch 6.
The distinction is much more pronounced in comparison with the Apple Watch 3, which continues to be on sale. The Apple Watch 7 has a show that’s over 50% bigger than that watch. In equity, the Apple Watch 3 is a considerably extra compact machine, with both a 38mm or 42mm physique, however it additionally has far larger bezels, as you possibly can see within the image beneath.
With its big bezels and sq. form, the Apple Watch 3 appears enormously dated in comparison with the brand new mannequin, and its display is considerably extra cramped.
So coming from the Apple Watch 3, the Apple Watch 7 is a large improve on this entrance, and even in comparison with the Apple Watch 6 it’s fairly a considerable change, which is an efficient factor too, as a result of there aren’t all that many different important variations between these two wearables.
