Love love love my apple watch. So good and handy. Stylish and sporty in one. Worth waiting for. Highly recommended watch

There’s no question that the Apple Watch Series 5 is the absolute best smartwatch money can buy. It has an incredible screen, excellent app support, and the strongest set of sensors and features you’ll find anywhere.

Always-on display is transcendent; Design is as classic and timeless as ever; App Store and app support is stellar

Battery life is just OK; No native sleep tracking; It's still very expensive

The Apple Watch 5 is a premium smartwatch, but one that doesn't offer a huge upgrade over the Watch 4, apart from the very welcome always-on display. It hasn't risen in price, and there's more storage on offer – but many will find the cheaper Apple Watch 3 a more attractive device.

Always-on display; More storage; WatchOS 6 brings decent upgrades;

Too similar to Apple Watch 4; Battery life poorer; Always-on display too bright at night

Apple's subtly improved watch adds a key overdue feature and improved software with this update, but it remains largely the same great smartwatch as last year.

The Apple Watch Series 5 adds an always-on display, so it can show the time all the time; An added compass aids navigation and improves elevation readings; Cellular models gain an international SOS mode.

Battery life remains a day and a half at best; No new health features, and the watch lacks native sleep tracking; Needs an iPhone to set up and work; Offers only Apple's growing but limited selection of watch faces.

An always-on display makes the best smartwatch even better.

From the outside, and on paper, there's not a huge difference between last year's Apple Watch Series 4, and the recently released Series 5. The aluminum and stainless steel models look identical, but the Series 5 has bragging rights, thanks to new titanium and ceramic housings.

All-day battery life; Always-on display; Tight integration with the iPhone

WatchOS 6 is buggy; Still no sleep tracking

The Apple Watch is still the best smartwatch. Though the Series 5 feels like a minor update to last year’s Series 4, it will fit the bill for the vast majority of people buying Apple Watches for the first time.

Bright screen; Always-on display is useful and power efficient; Compass is handy for hiking and walking directions; International emergency calling on cellular models; Generally fast performance

No battery life improvements; No third-party watchfaces; No new fitness features

From the outside, and on paper, there's not a huge difference between last year's Apple Watch Series 4, and the recently released Series 5. The aluminum and stainless steel models look identical, but the Series 5 has bragging rights, thanks to new titanium and ceramic housings.

All-day battery life; Always-on display; Tight integration with the iPhone

WatchOS 6 is buggy; Still no sleep tracking

It's still the best smartwatch

When it comes to smartwatches, there's the Apple Watch and then there's everything else. Five generations of wearable have seen Cupertino's timepiece lose most of its rough edges; now, the Apple Watch Series 5 is taking one of the last big usability issues to task.

Always-on display doesn't impact battery life; watchOS 6 brings App Store and more to the wrist; Display looks great; Still the smartwatch to beat

Still no third-party watch faces; Standalone features still aren't quite divorced from iPhone; Battery life has stayed the same