Apple has been more than ambitious with their Apple Watch, with them crossing into essentially unknown territory in the way of wearable tech.
While we have seen plenty about the watch already, there hasn’t been much details about the screen besides that it’s using a ‘Flexible Retina Display’ . The team behind DisplayMate decided to put the watch’s screen to the test and they’ve found that the Apple Watch Sport actually has a better display than that of the Apple Watch Edition.
Granted the Apple Watch and the Edition are harder to scratch than the Sport due to their sapphire crystal displays which a tougher than normal glass.Unfortunately they reflect about twice as much light as well. Based on their tests, the Apple Watch with sapphire crystal has a reflectance of 8.2 percent which is almost double of that of Ion-X glass. Compared to an iPhone 6 which has a reflectance of 4.6 percent, an Apple Watch essentially reflects 178 perfect of the light reflected by the iPhone 6.
DisplayMate hasn’t tested an Apple Watch Sport that has Ion-X glass but they feel that they would have similar results to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
Using sapphire could end up being an issue for smartwatches because the reflected light could impact the display visibility to the point the screen’s own brightness would be compromised and ultimately become difficult to see clearly.
Check out our own impressions about the Apple Watch here.
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