After testing the aluminum stainless steel and ceramic version of the apple watch series 2 for 3 months here are the results.
Ceramic vs stainless steel apple watch.
It is heavier than the ceramic apple watch.
It also uses the sapphire display.
The ceramic apple watch edition is lighter than the 316 l stainless and is highly scratch resistant.
Great for an office setting.
It uses a sapphire display just like the stainless model does.
Ceramic is known for its hardness especially when compared to steel or gold.
The aluminum apple watch is a softer material and the anodization could scratch or chip as could its ion x strengthened glass.
The apple watch stainless 316 l model comes in regular stainless and black stainless.
Still stainless steel does have a drawback scratches are more noticable than the aluminum.
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It s greater price gap in fact than the one between the starting prices of the aluminum and stainless steel watches.
The apple watch 6 is available in three flavors aluminum stainless steel and titanium no ceramic option sadly we ll leave the titanium option for now and focus on the more obvious riddle here aluminum versus stainless steel.
What are the differences.
If you are looking for the difference in features and working of apple watch series 2 aluminum stainless steel and ceramic then all of them are just the same nike and the hermes models has their own pre installed apps.
Stainless steel space black.
Ceramic watch band for apple watch image.
Integrating gold in the first apple watch after all was purely a pr move.
Loved the way this looked with the band in the picture pine green and the two bands i wear most nike platinum and the anthracite one.
This material is usually three or four times harder than stainless steel.
Easiest to match with bands and looks classy.
Apple watch 2 aluminium vs stainless steel vs ceramic.
The aluminum models come in silver gold and space gray plus.
When it comes to the internal components and screen material the titanium and ceramic apple watches are no different from one another.
Pricing at the time of writing you can pick up the three apple watch models for the following prices here in the uk.
Just boring for me.
Apple watch series 6 materials include aluminum stainless steel and titanium which was introduced last year but no ceramic.