Apple Watch Apple Watch has three versions, Sports Edition, Standard Edition and 18K Gold Deluxe Edition. The design is the same, mainly the material and weight are different. The following are the differences between the standard version and the sports version:
Apple Watch Standard Edition is the basic edition, and the main differences are as follows:
1, different materials: the standard version of the watch is made of polished seamless steel, and the material for protecting the internal retina display is sapphire, which is the same as the touch ID protective glass on the iphone 6 Home button.
Instead of using expensive sapphire protective layer, the sports version uses a kind of glass called Lon-X or "aluminosilicate", so it reduces the weight of this equipment to some extent and makes it more in line with the sports style design.
2, the surface gloss is different: the standard version of the watch sapphire is considered to be the hardest transparent substance except diamonds, with excellent scratch resistance and bright luster.
The silver-aluminum Sport is slightly darker than the standard watch.
3, the weight is different: the standard version of the watch sapphire is considered to be the hardest transparent substance except diamonds, with a heavy weight.
The sports version uses an anodized aluminum case, which is 60% harder than the standard alloy and the lightest of Apple's three smart watches. This smart watch does not use an expensive sapphire protective layer, but uses a glass called Lon-X or "aluminosilicate", thus reducing the weight of this device to some extent and making it more in line with the sporty design.
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Information about several other versions of iwatch.
Gold Edition: Of all the styles, the price of the edition is naturally the most concerned. In the end, its starting price is as high as 74,800 yuan (38 mm dial), which obviously exceeds the scope of consumer electronics and reaches the level of high-end customized luxury goods. So, how is the 18K gold dial of Apple Watch Edition made?
Earlier, Jony Ive, Apple's vice president of design, said in an interview with the Financial Times that Apple invented a new ultra-hard 18K gold material, which can effectively solve the durability problem of watches. The author of the Financial Times also speculated on its description, claiming that "Apple uses new technology to combine gold molecules more closely to achieve high hardness", but this view was later overturned by the editor of Ars Technica.
In fact, through the industrial design patent applied by Apple, we can see that Apple uses a special gold production process, which involves mixing gold powder and ceramic powder, and then heating and compressing them to form a harder and more scratch-resistant material than ordinary gold. However, "ceramics" is just a vague term. As can be seen from its patent, the description of raw materials is more than two lines, including boron carbide, diamond, titanium nitride, aluminum ferric silicate, silicon carbide, aluminum nitride and so on, which is very complicated.
In the manufacturing process, the key point is to build the prototype with this porous ceramic material and fill it with gold material. Simply put, a metallurgist constructs a multilayer ceramic, then injects gold into it for fusion, so that gold molecules are inserted between ceramic molecules, and then compresses and heats it until the metal and ceramic become solid substances. In the end, the stunning 18K gold Apple Watch body was formed, which is also a process equivalent to "hand-customized" luxury goods.
Interestingly, the patent also describes another method, that is, adding diamond particles (carbides) as "wetting agents" to build gold equipment. In other words, Apple is still brewing a new way of metal fusion, that is, combining gold and diamonds.
Although all this sounds avant-garde, in fact, Swiss luxury watch manufacturers have made "magic gold" by mixing ceramic materials into 20 1 1. Of course, for a technology company, Apple's research in materials and metallurgy has reached the level of a jewelry manufacturer, which seems to indicate that the company will focus more on luxury electronic consumption in the future.
Hermes Edition: This series is jointly created by Apple and luxury goods company Hermes. There are three strap options, namely single patrol, double patrol and cuff.
Since its debut in June, 20 15, consumers can only buy this series of watches in certain boutiques and Apple retail stores such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, new york, Toronto, Milan, London, Tokyo and Beijing.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia -APPLE WATCH