Apple Watch Series 7 Review 

5:59 😅

"my wife... my kids" my brain: oh yeah, dave is not a 20yr guy

1:10 Dave Lee, a man of culture.

You know it's serious when the kids jump in to motivate you to sleep more

"Daddy, why don't you sleep?" "RINGS!!!"

That awkward moment when you realise, Apple Watch has a calculator but iPad don't...

The 8008135 on the calculator had me going🤣🤣

Can't get over the fact that Dave just wrote 8008135 on the calculator.

S5 chip was a repackaged S4 chip btw, they have done this before

Haven’t had one since SE, and this felt like a real upgrade, to me personally. Faster, options seem better and brighter. Had a 3 before that, and I can agree, this felt like a upgrade worthy of doing.

I’ve had the same theory you have about a lot of their products these past couple of years. It feels like the iPhone 12 and 13 were originally designed to be the same phone but got split up (remember how smaller notch and ProMotion were rumored for the 12 then “got dropped” a couple of months before launch?) The iPad mini should’ve come out with the iPad Air last year. iOS 14 and 15 were supposed to be the same update (why did iPad get Home Screen widgets an entire year later? And why did they change the Home Screen grid for iPadOS 14 only to change it again in iPadOS 15 so they can fit the widgets in?) It all just feels weird, like they looked at the pandemic, realized it would derail their plans, and decided to split their 2020 stuff into two parts so they’d have something in 2021, then use the stuff that was originally meant for 2021 in 2022 while they got back on track.

Hey Dave, two things that helped me the most for sleep that I take before bed: L-Theanine (200-400mg) & Magnesium L-Threonate (300-400mg). These are from Andrew Huberman's sleep cocktail. The other, is early morning workouts so that you feel exhausted by nights end. Great channel, have to support our Canadian folks and wish you the best.

Honestly, I'm happy with my Series 6. Though I got it a couple months before Series 7 released, I love the convenience of the Apple Watch. Making fitness more competitive, not having to rely on your iPhone for messaging, and the health features :)

The timing between the uploads make me feel like there is gonna be something epic in the comment section 😂

The moment when Dave finally describes what makes a fit bit great. Cross platform. Great battery life and challenges with friends. I don't charge my watch but once a week.

I need to sleep literally twice as much as Dave and I feel tired the whole day.

It's Dave vs marques 😂😂😂

instantly liked the vid at 1:09. this is the kind of content i come here for 😌

always so calm. love watching your videos

Love the honesty of all your reviews.

Great review! 👍 but the Series 5 also did not receive a new chip. It was the same performance as the Series 4.

Quick note about apple watch processors, Apple HAS reused them before. The series 5 process had no performance increases over the series 4, only adding the compass to the processor.

Dave is the most wholesome tech reviewing youtuber. Change my mind!

Your videos are just so clean. So clean.

Again another honest review

Chose the Series 7 over the SE after weeks of deciding. Happy I did. Love the AOD and keyboard texting my wife back

i like the way u explain everything for basically everyone, keep it up

This was a great review man awesome job

Lol bigger screen as the “major” update, what are the chances I’m still gonna press 3 buttons at the same time? From 99% to 98.5%?

Oh man I felt that sleep thing. There was an app I was using to track it previously. Even when I did sleep "enough" I slept like trash and having it be quantified in an app just felt depressing.

I had the SE before the 7 and I honestly love the AOD. It’s awesome just looking at it quickly.

Finally you added captions in this video after a long time. Thank you

yeah so the criticism you have for the sleep recommendations just giving you anxiety and not improving your sleep is also gonna valid for the gameification of workout routines for other people.

The intro never gets old man😂

great video as usual. Liked the size comparison on the displays.

I’m FINALLY upgrading my series 0, original Apple Watch to the new series 7. Can’t wait for it to get here.

Everyone else: I tried everything else in the world and I couldn't sleep until I got the Apple Watch Dave: It doesn't work! Lol!

MKBHD and DAVE 2D are my favorite reviewers because they always points out the smallest details and problems...

The charging thing sold me! I bought one used on eBay and love that fast charge thing. It’s nice to not worry about dead battery constantly during the day. Once again the best review out there. Thank you!!

One improvement I would like apple make with the  Watch is the contacts app, I would like them to add a search icon instead of having us scroll all the way down

Dave: “I gotta fill those rings!” 🔥 🔥 🔥

Hey Dave I hope this comment finds you. I don’t think you have a Sleeping Problem. I think you have an organizational Problem. I struggled for years with what you described, I always having things to do. So what i did was start to break things down from important to not important in my life. I only spend a couple hours now on RU-vid a week and im very selective in what i watch. Your kids will need you in their life’s for a long time. There are too many studies that prove good sleep leads to healthy long lifestyle. So if you need a reason to rest, do it for your kids. Take a break, start sorting out your day, and you will find the things you spend a lot of time on are not important. Get Organized with priorities and focus putting that stuff around the 8 hours of sleep. God Bless!

ty for the review! I have a 6, and I love it! I think I'll hold off until next year - hopefully there will be more of an upgrade.

I don't have an apple watch yet so this would be my first. I'm wondering if the next generation is worth holding out for, especially if they are going to have the new design style...

Still rocking the Stainless Steel Series 2 here. Bought in 2016. :)

Marques woke up and chose fitness that one day

Great review

Will new MagSafe Duo chargers charge the watch fast? I assume the current one doesn’t

Those rings really do work, I sold my Apple Watch Series 4 about a month ago before the new one was announced to get more money out of it and to use to buy the new one and man have I been lazier than ever this last month! Excited for it to arrive on Friday and be back to my regular exercise

For me the fitness tracking on the iwatch is hands down the simplest and easiest tracker on the market. I have friends with Apple watches and love them. Personally the biggest issues I have with the the watches is comfort, and design. I much rather use the thinner smaller while working out and sleeping and use a traditional smart watch during my day to day/ Event use. Side note: I thought that design going around for the Apple watch was a Amazfit Apple watch clone watch?

I have the series 3 stainless steel and it has held up really good I am going to upgrade to the 7

Still using my series0 aple watch.. still thinking to buy a new one. Nice review vid 👍

Kid: Dad, I thought you were going to get better at my video game! Dave: I gotta fill those rings!!!

Guess now we now why the rumours mentioned a flat screen design, they were just early as the ultra was years in the making

I got an 45 mm today . I wanted to take the 41 one but it looked really small in my wrist. So I guess it depends on the size of your wrist to decide on what you want

Worth waiting for the next SE?

I have this series 7 watch face on my series 3 😉

I tweaked some of the display and notification settings on my series 6 to get more battery life out of it. Getting a whole day along with sleep on one charge was a challenge. The display seems to be the biggest draw. I can get 2 days out of my watch if I put it in cinema mode, but I didn't like to have to tap the face to get the time so I compromised. I turned off "raise to wake" and let "always on" turned on. That along with turning off most of the notifications allows me to get a day and a half if I want to. I give a full charge around lunchtime when I am in the shower, then I charge it before I go to bed. We all have to find a routine that works.

Can you please do a Samsung Watch 4 review? It's one of the best android smart watches out right now and I've loved it for the last two months. I am curious how you would look at it.

I felt you Dave! When you said ‘I got to feel these rings’ 😂 This happens with me all the times 😂

Apple should make a teeny tiny apple pencil for the apple watch. 😂

Instead of fast charge, we need more battery time

Dave doing some serious calculations 1:12 😂

Out of all the Apple Watches, which one do you recommend?

Day 9 of asking Dave to make an intro of zoro getting lost and ending up in his intro…

I’m not sold by the refracted display. Most of the time you won’t be able to see clearly what’s along the perimeter because the curvature reflects light from all around you. You end up tilting the watch here and there just to shift away the white lines of light that get onto the sides. It’s inevitable that future watches will get a flat display. Till then, I continue to rock series 1.

4:50 // I have a series 6 titanium and I’ve been able to have a full day of fitness tracking and sleep tracking. I charge my watch twice a day; once before I go to bed (30min-1hr) and once in the morning when I’m getting ready for work (30min-1hr). With the faster charge time of the series 7, I would have maybe an extra hour of fitness tracking a day. But - is that worth it?

Hey Dave, just a heads up but I'm pretty sure the processor also wasn't changed between S4 and S5. Thanks for the vid.

It's wild dave looks so young on 5 hours of sleep

Coming from smartwatches that last for 7-14 days on a charge (with moderate to heavy use)... I just can't go back to charging every day. Not to mention battery degradation of charging every day. Until Apple can make a watch last longer than 2-3 days on a charge, it's not even a consideration for me anymore. That's just my 2 cents, I know some folks make due with 18 hr battery life.

say so if you hypothetically say charged the Apple Watch series 6 with the Apple Watch series 7 charger will it fast 33 percent faster as well ?

But does the new USB-C charging fry the battery? Does it degrade the battery faster over time?

Just imagine if Apple came out with a new iPhone, and they didn't update its SOC? People would lose their minds... 🤣

I’m shocked somebody managed to find 9 minutes worth of new things to talk about

Thanks for the nice video!!!!!! Question though. Can you tell us if old accessories ( and I am not talking about straps) for example pitaka air case are they compatible?

Dave I think you are 100% right on pushing back the redesign. If the rumors about the iPhone 14 are true, it just fits to release an updated watch with it that starts that new chapter. This year it has been a iPhone 12s and Series 6s kind of release (Marques said it first) and if we are being honest it makes sense. Making large changes requires extra production time and with so many shortages and production delays happening it is smart to push that back. Maybe a coincidence and in reality apple planned to release a minor update on the lineup but all the rumors being wrong just hints at it being a change of mind.

Video titles be like... MKBHD - Apple Watch Series 7 Review: Spot The Differences! Dave2D - Apple Watch Series 7 Review - Bigger Screen, Faster Charging!

Covid changed the use case for the watch, just like everything else. Discrete notifications in a meeting or even taking the stairs and walking more to meet “step goals” changed. Even WEARING a watch became unnecessary because I wasn’t going anywhere. The blood oxygen sensor was helpful though, especially as an early Covid monitor.

Where was this video when I needed it after buying my SE and giving it to my sister and I found out, for me, its a want and not a need but I want to again to that I could just wait for Series 7 instead of being in this situation 😂. Great video though! Keep up the great work!

What size of the series 7 would you recommend and also the best band.

I'm still rocking the Series 3 and don't really feel a big need to upgrade, well done apple!

Just bought a Garmin Fenix 6 Pro instead of upgrading my AW series 5. I can see using both but honestly for fitness and tracking I leave the Garmjn on. Of course the Apple Watch is worlds smarter and has a gorgeous screen, but that battery does not do it for long workouts or if your training for a triathlon event like a 70.3. Maybe the series 8 will offer a more rugged, thicc boi model for athletes?

I do not have any Apple watch. I ordered a Series 7 but thinking I should cancel and wait for the full redesign. Not sure...

I feel like nobody is talking about the brighter always on display. I own an older wear os smartwatch and while it has an AOD, it's not bright enough to just glace at the time when I'm outdoors. A readable AOD makes the smartwatch way better at being a watch, which is more important than a bigger screen imo.

Apple stole the keyboard from a developper ( it was available on older watches ) and banned his app from the store ..... :(

Why isn't he getting more subs? He's a great guy who makes great content

8:10 - As someone else pointed out, this same change was seen in Series 5. Also, I believe Series 1 was identical to Series 0 processor speed wise (Series 2 and 1 came out the same time).

I’m coming from a S2 to S7. Super excited for it to arrive in November!

Series 5 used a repackaged S4 chip, so no, this isn’t the first time it’s happened in an Apple Watch and it likely won’t be the last. Apple is probably entering a tick tock cycle of upgrading processor speed every other year. This pattern also means the unchanged processor speed isn’t evidence that the released Series 7 was a backup plan. iMO upgrades are just getting more incremental as the product matures, just like with iPhone.

They limit watchfaces to the latest model? Wow wtf will never buy this crap with a 18h battery.

I’m looking to upgrade from series 3, is the SE more bang for my buck or go for the series 7? The main thing holding me back is the always on display not on the SE. What do you guys think, or Dave?

Just a correction, S5 used same CPU as S4, but in a updated SoC, just like how S7 using same CPU as the S6 but in a updated SoC. Since S4 cpu I would say the performance got so good its not a obstacle for apps or features. Since then Apple seems to be on a tick-tock regarding CPU updates for the watch. I would guess we will se new CPU in S8 SoC when it comes out... and probable be used in S9 too.

I feel fortunate to live in a time where such cool technology is available at a reasonable price.

Plot twist.... Apple next year: *It’s rOUndEr than Series 7*

does that support apple pencil? (only apple products I owned were the ipod 4th gen and original SE)

Any health updates with this model? Might have to buy one for my mom.

To all the people saying you need to sleep more, you might actually be fine on 4-5 hours a night. There’s a rare condition that allows some people to sleep very little with no ill effects.

I bought the Apple Watch Series 27 in 2034, loving it so far. The 3D mini holographic projector is so vivid and lifelike, and you basically don't have to charge it for 5 years straight.

great review!!!!!

People say the fast charging is the charger not the device, so my series 6 with the apple usb c Apple Watch charger has the same functionality?