All the things concerning the Apple Watch Extremely is larger. It has an even bigger and brighter show than the Apple Watch 8, an even bigger battery, greater (and extra) buttons, and it has an even bigger capability to deal with the tough and tumble world of outside actions.

It could actually additionally take a punch, or at the very least a collection of whacks, from a small sledgehammer. In a latest video noticed by MacRumors, YouTuber TechRax (opens in new tab) joyfully smashes the brand new $799 / £849 / AU$1229 Apple Watch Extremely to bits. It is a moderately unrealistic sturdiness take a look at of the beefy 49mm wearable, however when you watch from starting to finish, you’ll glean some exhausting (in a great way) Extremely truths.

It will be unfair to name the Apple Watch Extremely a ruggedized model of the Apple Watch 8 (or actually any technology). It isn’t merely a toughened exterior. It is a fully redesigned Apple Watch. At 49mm, it is 5mm bigger than the largest Apple Watch 8. Naturally, it is also heavier. The titanium case helps it placed on an extra 23 grams over the aluminum 45mm Apple Watch 8. The Extremely even outweighs the stainless-steel Apple Watch Eight by virtually 10 grams.

In contrast to the Apple Watch 8’s curved glass face that blends easily with the aluminum case, Apple gave the Extremely a no-nonsense, fully flat sapphire crystal show surrounded by a strong lip of titanium.

The watch seems and feels robust and, apparently, it’s.

TechRax begins his take a look at by dropping the watch from a four-foot peak onto concrete, which, unsurprisingly, the Apple Watch Extremely handles properly. Positive, there have been some small scratches on the titanium physique however I’ve but to see a scratchproof Apple product.

The assessments proceed in a equally less-than-scientific style with TechRax dropping the Apple Watch (by now, it should’ve suspected one thing was amiss) right into a jar of screws and nails. TechRax then shook the jar, after which the watch emerged principally unscathed, although the orange band was getting soiled.

Maybe pissed off that he was getting nowhere, TechRax took out a small sledgehammer, put the watch on a pristine white desk, and gave it three sharp whacks.

Nothing occurred. No scratches. No cracks. No malfunctions.

It is value pausing right here to consider what this may occasionally imply in the actual world of Apple Watch Extremely use.

Extremely robust

Some time again, I used to be carrying my Apple Watch 7 whereas clearing out crawl area. I used to be lifting heavy timber and different particles out of what was basically a pit stuffed with coarse sand and grime. At one level, my watch acquired caught between a wooden help beam, some grit, and a heavy beam in my hand. The Ion-X glass display screen ended up with an enormous, disfiguring gouge.

Based mostly on what I’ve seen right here on this video, I feel the Apple Watch Extremely would possibly maintain up significantly higher beneath related circumstances or, for example, once you’re climbing a mountain and your wrist slams into the rock face.

TechRax, nonetheless, wasn’t happy. He then hammered the watch 12 extra instances. The desk beneath the watch cracked, however the watch remained unscathed. Principally. Sadly, even with no seen injury on the surface, the Apple Watch Extremely stopped working.

That is when TechRax went to city, repeatedly hitting the watch face till it shattered. He then flipped the watch over and hit the sensor-filled again till it, too, cracked.

With every hit, I winced a little bit, as TechRax pointless ruined a wonderfully good and, usually, extremely rugged Apple Watch Extremely.

Maybe TechRax walked away happy, however I used to be a little bit unhappy for the Watch Extremely, which survived what ought to have been the worst of a beating, solely to have the sadist come again at it and beat the watch into submission.

Potential Apple Watch Extremely shoppers ought to take from this an undeniable fact: that is one very robust smartwatch.

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