Speed ​​test: starting Apple Watch Series 6 vs Series 5

The Apple Watch Series 6 is equipped with the chipS6, judged 20% faster than the previous generation according to its manufacturer. Some have therefore chosen to check the comparison information provided by the manufacturer whenson keynote, accurately or even better it seems. Indeed, the watch launched in 2020 would turn on much faster than its predecessor.

In any case, this is what the test of our colleagues atiClarified, with just over 51 seconds to startSeries 5compared to around 33 for Series 6. Nevertheless, theseniorityof the device does not seem to be taken into account here, and it is unlikely that such a large discrepancy is not also linked to the age of the components of the older model.

Almost the same watch?

Furthermore, the Apple Watch Series 5 looks exactly like the Series 6. We are therefore entitled to exactly the same design. The quantity ofRAM, for its part, was once again not communicated by the brand. Butaccording to the conclusions ofiFixit, no change on the horizon here either apparently.

Moreover, the Apple Watch Series 5 as well as the Apple Watch Series 6 are both entitled to the softwarewatchOS 7and offer to capture ECGs or even heart rate.