Apple Watch Series 11 review: I tracked my health for a week, and the battery life blew me away

• Apple's baseline smartwatch offers upgraded health features and additional battery life.
• The smartwatch's only weakness is that it's trumped by the value of its younger sibling, the SE 3.
• The Series 11 is available to preorder now and ships on Sept 19.

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People wear Apple Watches for all sorts of reasons. There are the health and sleep tracking functions, which Apple has heavily invested in over the past few years. There's the second-screen aspect - some jobs prohibit workers from using their phones on the clock. And then there are the phone-free perks of disconnecting, albeit with some safeguards for contacting friends, listening to music, or getting directions. 

Apple rolled out three new Apple Watches at its September iPhone event this year (the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the ...