Apple unveiled its new $ 399 Watch Series 7 that lets you send text messages from a keyboard to your wrist and detect if you fall off your bike

• Apple unveiled its Watch Series 7 on Tuesday with a number of new features.

• The next-generation watch will come with drop detection, a larger screen and a full keyboard.

• The company had a Series 7 price tag at $ 399 and said it will be available “later this fall.”

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Apple unveiled its Apple Watch Series 7 during its event on the Fall iPhone, priced at $ 399 and available in late fall.

The next-generation watch includes many new features, such as the ability to detect if your user falls while riding a bicycle. In a promotional video, the 7 Series was also seen following the speed of a tennis ball and the distance of a golf swing.

Apple said the 7 Series will have a faster processor and a larger screen, with 20% more screen area than its Series 6 predecessor and 50% more screen area than the Series 3 The edges of the screen area are also 40% thinner than the Series 6.

There are larger buttons with a new keyboard built into the watch screen that allows the user to send text messages from the wrist. It is equipped with QuickPath powered by machine learning to predict what the user wants to write.

The shape of the 7 Series is also perfected with smoother, rounded corners and the battery charges 33% faster than the 6 Series.

The company announced new bracelets compatible with the 7 Series, as a line of elegant Hermes luxury bands. According to Apple, the 7 series will be made of 100% recycled metal.

The company was expected to launch the next generation of Apple Watch during Tuesday’s event without new health sensors, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported. The company is saving features such as blood pressure and blood sugar detectors for the 8 series, which is likely to debut in 2022.

Apple Watch Series 7 Price

Prices for the Apple Watch Series 7 will start at $ 399, the same cost as the Apple Watch Series 6. While Apple has not officially set all pricing options, you can expect the $ 399 model to have a diameter of 40 mm, with the largest 44 mm. model starting at $ 429. Models with mobile service options cost $ 70 more.

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Colors Apple Watch Series 7

The Apple Watch Series 7 offers five new aluminum color options: green, blue, red, starlight, and midnight. Gold, graphite and silver stainless steel options are available, as well as natural titanium and space black. The Apple Watch Series 7 is compatible with all existing Apple Watch bands and companies like Nike and Hermes will launch new band colors and design this fall alongside the Apple Watch Series 7.

Apple Watch Series 7 release date

Unlike the iPhone 13 and new iPad devices, Apple has not announced the exact release date of the Apple Watch Series 7. Gurman said of Bloomberg there have been delays in the Apple Watch production line, which has led to a later release to Apple’s other star products.

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