Apple Watch Extremely 3 may pack no {hardware} upgrades

The Apple Watch Extremely 3, as a result of launch this 12 months, may have “nearly no” {hardware} upgrades. The declare comes from reputed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

Final 12 months’s Apple Watch Extremely 2 packed modest enhancements over its predecessor. Apple will seemingly observe the identical development with this 12 months’s mannequin.

‘Virtually no’ {hardware} enhancements deliberate for Apple Watch Extremely 3

In a be aware shared with MacRumors, Ming-Chi Kuo from TF Worldwide Securities says to not count on {hardware} upgrades on the 2024 Apple Watch Extremely. Whereas his be aware is mild on particulars, it units the tone on what to anticipate from Apple’s third-gen Extremely smartwatch.

The watch may retain the identical internals as its predecessor, with Apple counting on new software program options and advertising and marketing to make the wearable stand out.

It was an analogous story with the 2023 Apple Watch Extremely 2. Moreover a super-bright 3000-nit show, it shipped with an S9 SiP. The one different notable change was the addition of a double-tap gesture, which rolled out with watchOS 10.1 in October. In any other case, it appeared the identical and delivered the identical performance because the mannequin it changed.

Given Kuo’s correct monitor file, there’s little purpose to doubt this newest declare. With this 12 months’s Apple Watch Extremely 3 not packing any {hardware} enhancements, you shouldn’t have any purpose to improve out of your present watch.

Might the Apple Watch Collection X steal the limelight this 12 months?

As a substitute of the Extremely, Apple may give attention to the rumored Apple Watch Collection X revamp this 12 months. If earlier studies are correct, the wearable may debut with a slimmer design and a bigger show. It may additionally sport a magnetic band connector.

However the huge Apple Watch redesign has solely been detailed in studies. There haven’t been any concrete leaks that verify the lengthy overdue Apple Watch redesign will debut in 2024. If not this 12 months, the 2025 mannequin may launch with a brand new design.

Apple was apparently engaged on an Apple Watch Extremely with micro LED for 2025. However with the show venture canceled, we would not see huge enhancements in subsequent 12 months’s mannequin both.