If you want to leave the house without your iPhone, then it'll be the cellular you'd be looking at - it has its own internal antenna that connects up to the outside world, and will receive messages and make calls without an iPhone nearby. If you leave home without your iPhone in your pocket, you won't receive messages or calls on your watch, and it won't connect with Spotify or Apple Music. Yes, it is very cheap now, as it's listed on Amazon for $199 - but just watch it quietly disappear from its product pages.Ĥ2mm - $199 at Amazon (opens in new tab) GPS vs cellular?Ĭheck out our GPS vs cellular article to find more detailed information and comparison, but to put it briefly: A GPS Apple Watch relies on a connected iPhone for some of the more useful functions. It does have all the same fitness sensors as the SE, however, so for joggers and cyclists, it may still be a solid option - but you'll have to be ready for it to age very quickly as Apple pulls the plug on its' software come the release of WatchOS 9. It has a retina screen but is small, the largest being 42mm. It's a design that is now almost five years old, and it is starting to show - it is, for lack of a better term, the 'bare minimum Apple Watch'. It is still on sale on Amazon, and even on Apple's website, however, so it might be worth a look - depending on what you want out of your watch. With the announcement of WatchOS 9, the Apple Watch Series 3 has now become officially unsupported by Apple, and will no longer receive software updates. Apple Watch Series 3 Promo (Image credit: Apple)

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