Apple Watch Series 5

The best smartwatch around cements its place at the top with some key improvements

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Processor Apple S5 Size 40mm/44mm Screen 324x394(40mm)/368x468 (44mm) always-on OLED Storage 32GB Connectivity Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS (all models), 4G (specific models) Features Digital Crown, Apple Pay, Optical heart-rate sensor, ECG, fall detection, compass, speaker, mic

From £399, apple.com/uk

The Apple Watch Series 5 takes everything that made the Series 4 so good, sprinkles on a few extra features, and then cruelly replaces it with this superior model.

The stand-out new feature is an always-on screen, which means you don’t have to raise your wrist for the screen to show something: it will still show your watch face or workout at all times, just dimmed. New screen tech, a low-power display controller and S5 processor that has all kinds of extra power management features all combine to mean that the Watch’s screen can run a refresh rate of just once per second (rather than the usual 60 times per second of most screens) and be powered at all times without killing battery life.