Apple has announced a caller Apple Watch SE. An upgrade to the archetypal SE, the caller smartwatch is the 2nd procreation of the company’s entry-level, cellular-capable model. The caller SE volition outgo $249 for the GPS exemplary and $299 for the cellular model, a $30 terms driblet from the archetypal SE. The Apple Watch SE volition beryllium disposable starting September 16th.

The caller SE volition enactment the clang detection diagnostic announced on the Series 8 and volition beryllium up to 20 percent faster than the first-gen SE acknowledgment to a caller S8 chip, the aforesaid spot recovered successful the Series 8. It besides has the aforesaid question sensors arsenic Series 8. The caller SE volition beryllium disposable successful silver, midnight, and starlight colors and has caller color-matched backmost cases.

Color-matched backmost cases and recycled metallic housings are features of the new, cheaper Apple Watch SE. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

The SE volition besides enactment planetary roaming by pairing with an iPhone’s roaming plan. It retains each the modular features of the archetypal SE — a Retina OLED display, optical bosom complaint sensor, autumn detection, exigency SOS, and h2o absorption up to 50 meters.

The cellular mentation of the SE is fashionable with parents looking for a mode to pass with school-aged children without committing to an iPhone, and Apple announced that the caller SE volition enactment with Apple’s Family Setup feature, which debuted with the SE.

The caller Apple Watch SE works with Apple’s Family Setup diagnostic and volition enactment the Apple Home app and Home Key. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

This lets you acceptable up an Apple Watch SE utilizing a genitor oregon caregiver’s iPhone. But then, the instrumentality tin enactment independently. That diagnostic wasn’t disposable connected the little costly Apple Watch Series 3. The caller SE besides has a 30 percent larger surface than the Series 3.

Since its motorboat 2 years ago, the Apple Watch SE has been a bully enactment for those looking for a much budget-friendly wearable to brace with their iPhone. You sacrifice immoderate higher-end features recovered connected the premium models, specified arsenic the always-on show and the caller somesthesia sensor. But you prevention immoderate cash.

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