Our Overall Score:
9.2/10
Thanks for checking out our Apple Watch Series 3 review. We’re here to give you the best reviews of this product and hopefully leave you confident in whether Apple Watch Series 3 is the right product for you, or if there’s perhaps a better alternative out there for a product in the Electronic Gadgets category.
Latest price search at John Lewis & Partners: £199
The most important part of buying online can be to read reviews and that’s why you’re here. We’ve scanned the internet to find as many Apple Watch Series 3 reviews as we can, regardless if they’re good or bad as we want to give you the most truthful and realistic overview of just how good Apple Watch Series 3 is. In finding reviews, we discovered that the best and most informative reviews were from customers over at John Lewis & Partners, to read these review just tap on the View Reviews button now.
When it comes to buying products online, whether that’s a TV, clothes, Electronic Gadgets or even a something like a sofa, there are a general set of guidance or advice that you can follow to help you get the best product for your needs and also the best for your budget. As you can imagine there are tons of different options in the Electronic Gadgets category and even loads of options of products from Apple so it’s important to take the time to find the right one for you. The four areas that we want to delve in to a little more are the quality, the price of the product, what the reviews are saying about it and then finally we’ll look at an overall score which takes into account the other factors.
Quality of Apple Watch Series 3
Apple Watch Series 3 scored an incredible 8.5/10 for quality.
As you’d expect with a lot of products, quality is a very important factor for choosing products in the “Electronic Gadgets” category. But it’s even more important to consider and get a feel for quality when you’re buying online because you aren’t given the benefit of being able to see and try the item for yourself.
This is of course why we can’t stress enough the importance of reading lots of reviews, as it will really help you to get a good feel for how good the quality is. A top tip when reading the reviews is to use the search function on your browser and search for the word “quality” in the reviews that way you can skip straight to customers that have mentioned about the quality of Apple Watch Series 3.
Once you’ve had a good look over the reviews you’ll have a pretty good indication of how good the quality of Apple Watch Series 3 is, but we also have the following factors that you should consider to get an idea of the quality of the product you’re looking at.
- Price: It probably sounds obvious, but there are links to the price you pay and the quality of a product. Try and set your expectations for the quality based on your budget. You wouldn’t expect a Rolls-Royce for the price of a Fiesta so bear this in mind when shopping.
- Specification: It’s a really good idea to look over the product description and specification section of the website, for Apple Watch Series 3 you can read the full details on the John Lewis & Partners website where it will give you all the detail you need. It’s useful as you’ll probably already have a good idea of the sort of specs that make good Electronic Gadgets. Also compare these specs to other similar products that are in the same price bracket.
- Brand: Apple are obviously a strong and recognisable brand for making great Electronic Gadgets, so you’d expect Apple Watch Series 3 to deliver to these expectations. But always consider the brand when you’re thinking about the quality of the product you’re going to buy, and where quality is an important factor to you, look only at those well known brands (of course only if your budget allows).
- Your experience with Electronic Gadgets: You’ll no doubt have some history with buying Electronic Gadgets, and you may have even bought products from the same brand, Apple, use this information to your advantage. You’ll probably have a good idea of how good the quality of the product was and any faults or floors you remember from it.
Price analysis of Apple Watch Series 3
Apple Watch Series 3 scored highly with 9.8/10 for price in our review.
Price, a hugely important part of any purchase. Price becomes even more of a consideration when we’re shopping online because it’s so amazingly simple to compare the price of several retailers in literally just a few clicks. In fact you don’t even need to do that, we’ve run price comparisons for you in order to find the best price. The lowest price we’ve managed to find Apple Watch Series 3 for is just £199 over at John Lewis & Partners.
There’s a lot of geeky analysis to be done on price, but what we find most effective and informative is to look at 3 different figures when comparing products and that is the average price, the most expensive and the cheapest. This gives you a really good feel for what the normal product would cost but also giving you an idea of just how cheap you can find it or the opposite, just how expensive some are. It’s also useful to look at the average of the products that fit in the same category as well as products from the same brand. So we’re going to look in more detail now at the price of Apple Watch Series 3.
Prices of products in the Electronic Gadgets category
We thought it would be useful to spend a bit of time exploring the price of Apple Watch Series 3 and seeing how it compares to other similar products. And also seeing how much variance there are in prices of products in the Electronic Gadgets category. To do this we looked at all of the products over at John Lewis & Partners, there were a total of 58 products in the Electronic Gadgets, and of these 58 products the average price was £241.98, making Apple Watch Series 3 below average at £199. We also looked at the cheapest option in the same category which was just £24.99 whilst the most expensive was £649.99. So you can see there’s a huge variance in the price of products in this category, as an indication there were 434 products less expensive and 138 more expensive than Apple Watch Series 3 in this category. So we thought it would be worth going into a bit more detail and looking at the prices of products from Apple.
Prices of products from Apple
So the average price of the 153 products available from Apple was £273.24, making £199 below average against the other products from the same brand. With the most expensive product from them coming in at £4899.00 and the cheapest at £7.49. We thought a good next step would be to look more specifically at products from Apple that fit in to the category of Electronic Gadgets rather than looking at all their products.
Of the 4 products from Apple in the Electronic Gadgets category, the average price is £374.00 making Apple Watch Series 3 below average at £199. Again we looked at how much price can vary and found that the cheapest product to fit this criteria was £199.00 and the most expensive was £499.00 so there are again a lot of varying prices with the products. In fact to be precise we found 9 products from Apple that were more expensive and 42 that were cheaper.
Reviews of Apple Watch Series 3
Apple Watch Series 3 scores 9.2/10 for customer reviews.
Reviews are really the most valuable part of your online shopping, they’re giving you the next best thing to being able to actually try the product for yourself. You’re not relying on a manufacturers sales description telling you just how good their product is, you’re getting genuine feedback from actual users of the product. We can’t stress enough how important it is that you spend some time reading the reviews of Apple Watch Series 3 over at John Lewis & Partners, click on the “view reviews” button now to read them.
Below is a video we found for Apple Watch Series 3 over on YouTube.
Overall score
Apple Watch Series 3 got an amazing overall score of 9.2/10 in our review.
This figure takes into account the various criteria that we’ve covered above, the price, the quality and the customer reviews, in order to give you an overall score. This overall score of 9.2/10 then gives you a really easy figure to use for comparison purposes if you’re then going on to read any of our other reviews of Electronic Gadgets.
As you’ve already seen in the pricing section there are absolutely loads of different options from Apple so take your time to read the reviews, do your homework on setting a budget and seeing how the price of Apple Watch Series 3 stacks up against your budget and make sure you also set yourself a list of “must-haves” so you know that this product ticks all your boxes.
More info: Apple Watch Series 3
- Brand: Apple
- Model Number: Apple Watch Series 3 38mm
- EAN: 190198805973
- Description: The Apple Watch Series 3 has been created to be your health and fitness companion. This third-generation Apple Watch has great coaching features, is water resistant to 50 metres and is 70% faster than previous models, thanks to its new S3 dual core chip. You’ll be better motivated and connected than ever before. Great GPS The handy, built-in GPS measures your workout accurately, so whether you’re going for a swim, run or a ride, you can leave your iPhone at home. Distance, speed and pace are all precisely recorded for you, ready for when you get back home to review your route on your iPhone. Additionally, your Apple Watch Series 3 comes with a barometric altimeter, so your new wrist-based coach can keep count of the amount of hills you’ve climbed and descended. Healthy hearts No matter if you’re walking, resting running or swimming, Apple Watch Series 3 will measure your heart rate, thanks to its enhanced heart rate monitor. Utilising this information, your Apple Watch Series 3 will estimate just how many calories you’ve burned and will helpfully inspire you to move a little more. Keep time Apple Watch is an incredibly accurate timepiece, designed to sync with your iPhone and give you the time accurate to within 5 milliseconds. It’s also connected to your calendar, your contacts and schedule, helping it deliver timely updates that are relevant to you. Excellent assistant Apple Watch Series 3 features a new S3 dual core chip to helpfully provide you with faster app performance and smoother animations. You can connect your Apple Watch inspired workouts to compatible cardio equipment, thanks to Apple’s GymKit technology. Additionally, you can interact easily with your iPhone’s messages, phone and calendar functions, and get all the updates and notifications you need through the day. Designed for wrists The Apple Watch’s input methods and interface are ideally suited for its small form factor. The Digital Crown takes the classic watch crown and makes it an important device for navigating and input. Turn the crown to precisely zoom and scroll between apps and menus or see your schedule- future or past- with Time Travel. When you’re done, push it like a button to go back to the home screen. It ensures that your finger doesn’t have to get in the way of navigation. Funky face The face of your Apple Watch Series 3 is customisable with different styles, colours and details so you can show it off with pride. It can show extra information, such as the weather, stock updates and the time the sun rises and sets. For an even bigger change, swap out the strap for a sportier, classic or contemporary feel. What’s the difference between GPS and GPS + Cellular? GPS The Apple Watch Series 3 GPS lets you send and receive text messages, answer telephone calls and receive notifications when it’s connected to your iPhone via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The built-in GPS works independently of your iPhone for distance, pace and route mapping in workouts. GPS + Cellular The Apple Watch Series 3 GPS + Cellular has all the same great features as the above, as well as built-in cellular. It gives you the freedom to send and receive text messages, answer phone calls and even receive notifications when you don’t have your iPhone with you. Cellular Carrier Support Connecting your Apple Watch Series 3 GPS + Cellular to a cellular network requires the same carrier as your iPhone. Click here to learn more about Apple Watch Series 3. We can help you get set up Our specialist in-store Partners can help you to get set up on your new device right away. We can help with anything from transferring personal data from your old device to setting up any essential features. Visit your local shop with your new device, or simply Click & Collect from a John Lewis & Partners when purchasing and an available Technical Support Partner can set it up for you. Find out more details and pricing for our tech support services.
- Product ID: 22610717423
- Category: Electricals > Smart Watches & Wearable Tech > View All Smart Watches
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