Apple recently unveiled three new Apple Watch models: The Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3 and Apple Watch Ultra 3. At the $ 799 price, Apple Watch Ultra 3 is clearly aimed at a specialized market and athletes. For most consumers, the purchase decision is probably between the Apple Watch SE 3 and the Apple Watch 11 series, starting at $ 249 and $ 399, respectively.
Despite its lower price, the Apple Watch SE 3 comes with much of the same software in order 11.
While Series 11 and Ultra 3 offer moderate improvements compared to their predecessors, SE 3 has received significant upgrades from SE 2. Smartwatch jumps from the S8 chip to S10 and now has a screen always, supports fast charging, offers better cracking resistance, introduces new health features, includes a re-exhort spawn and repetition and more.
Although not as fancy as the 11th and Ultra 3 series, they certainly stand out and package great value, especially for the first buyers. The gap between standard and budgets of smart watches never felt smaller.
Of course, if you want access to more advanced health features, better battery life and larger screen, Series 11 would be the best choice for your needs. But, it is worth comparing both models, because the SE 3 may be all you need.
We will lead you to the similarities and differences between the two smart watches to inform your decision.
Similarities between Apple Watch 11 and Apple Watch SE 3


- Chip S10: Both models come with the same chip, which means that there will be no significant differences in performance.
- Always retina screen: Watches can display the face and time of the clock, even when your wrist is down.
- Heart health characteristics: Both watches have high and low heart rate alerts, irregular rhythm alerts and low -hearted exercise alerts.
- Wrist movements and double gestures: Both models allow you to make a “wrist” gesture to reject alerts and timers and a “double tap” gesture to activate actions such as answering calls or music playback.
- Emergency SOS: Watches can quickly call local emergency services, share your location and alert emergency contacts as soon as you press and hold the side button.
- Detection of falling and conflict detection: Both watches can automatically warn emergency services and defined emergency contacts when a hard fall or severe car collision is detected.
- Water -resistant to 50 meters: Both watches can be used for swimming.
- Sleeping Monitoring: Both models have sleep monitoring, sleeping watch notifications and Apple’s new sleep score, which gives you a number on a scale of 1 to 100 for how well you slept. Both also have a temperature detection, which can provide information on your well -being, monitoring nightlife changes in your wrist temperature.
- Circle Monitoring with Retrospective Ovulation Estimates: Watches can determine when they probably ovarial your previous cycle.
- Quick charge capabilities: Both watches are rapid charge (up to 80% charge in about 30 minutes for the series 11 and up to 80% in about 45 minutes for SE 3, 15 minutes for up to eight hours of normal use for both models).
- Find iPhone: Both watches allow you to press a button to play a sound on your iPhone to help you find it. However, Series 11 has “Finding Finding”, which means that it can detect the exact position of your phone.
Differences between Apple Watch 11 and Apple Watch SE 3
- Battery life: Series 11 can take up to 24 hours (28 hours in low power mode), while SE can last up to 18 hours (32 hours in low power mode).
- Health characteristics: Series 11 features more advanced health monitoring features, including hypertension alerts (detects high blood pressure), an electric heat sensor, an ECG application and blood oxygen application.
- Screen and screen: Series 11 can reach up to 2000 nit, while SE 3 reaches 1000 nits. In addition, Series 11 has a spacious OLED, while the SE 3 has a simple OLED display.
- Size: Series 11 is available in sizes of 46mm and 44mm with aluminum or titanium cases, while SE 3 is available in sizes of 44 mm and 40mm with aluminum case. In addition, Series 11 is almost 10% thinner than SE 3.
- Color: Series 11 comes in aluminum colors: Jet Black, Silver, Rose Gold and Space Gray and titanium colors: natural, gold and slate. SE 3 comes in aluminum and aluminum star.
- Other smaller differences: Series 11 features a depth meter in six meters, water temperature sensor, minimum brightness of 1 nit (VS 2 nit minimum brightness in SE 3) and certified IP6X dust resistance.
