Apple Watch Sport 42mm Price

Apple announced the Apple Watch in the year 2015 and it marked the foray of the Cupertino based company in to the world of wearables. At the launch, the Apple Watch Sport was the most inexpensive Apple Watch one could pick up, even though it was priced higher up than its Android Wear competitors like the Motorola Moto 360. As the name suggests, the Apple Watch Sport is made for those who like to sport a casual look. The watch dial in itself is made from a 7000 series Aluminium with a composite back and comes in 38 mm and 42 mm casing. The following is what you should know about it:

• The 38 mm casing is the smaller of the two Apple Watch Sport that are available.
• The watch comes in multiple colours of silicon strap (or as Apple calls them Fluoroelastomer Strap) options. You can pick the Sport model in strap colours like black, grey, blue, white, lavender, yellow etc.
• The customization do not end here. These watch bands are hot swappable, so if you have picked an Apple Watch Sport with black bands, you can always replace them with a different colour.
• The Apple Watch Sport is also available in several dial (casing) colours. The standard ones are space grey and silver aluminium, but you can also pick the watch in gold aluminium and rose gold casing.
• Over a period of time, Apple has launched several straps for the Apple Watch Sport including the new Woven Nylon ones, that are really trendy.
• Coming to the specifications, the smaller 38 mm version has a 1.5 inch display with a screen resolution of 340x272 giving it a pixel density of 290PPI. The larger 42 mm comes with a 1.64 inch display with a resolution of 302PPI. The dial shape is squarish.
• The display features an Ion-X glass, which makes sure your watch stays protected front scratches.
• Talking about protection, the Apple Watch Sport is IPX7 certified, which makes it water and dust resistant.
• Apple has included Force Touch on the Apple Watch alongside a jog dial and an external button as ways to interact with the device. 
• Powering the Apple Watch sport is the Apple S1 chipset with 512MB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. Needless to say, this is not expandable. 
• The Apple WatchOS is powering the software and you need an iPhone to be able to activate and use your Apple Watch Sport. 
• There is a Microphone and speaker inbuilt and you can answer and dial calls directly from the Apple Watch Sport. A heart rate monitor is built in too.
• The battery on the watch is 250 mAh, so requires to be charged at least once a day.
• Apple bundles a wireless charging dock with the watch, which doubles up as a nightstand on the watch. Additionally, you also get an extra strap in the packaging, in order to compensate for if you have thicker wrists.

Alternatives:

Huawei Watch

Motorola Moto 360 2nd Gen

Samsung Gear S2