“Apple is expected to unveil its next-generation Apple Watch in the third quarter and the wearable device will be manufactured by Quanta Computer and features better performance and longer battery life, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report citing market watchers,” Joseph Tsai reports for DigiTimes.
“Currently,” Tsai reports, “improving battery efficiency is Quanta’s main task for the new Apple Watch and its other hardware will not see much change, the paper added.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The design is already iconic. More battery life and an even faster processors than Apple Watch Series 2 would certainly be welcome, but not as much as an on-board cellular radio.
At this early date, take rumors like this with many grains of salt.
I honestly can’t understand why everyone always wants something to be a “new” exterior design. If the new design is better functionally, and looks good, why does it have to change for changes sake every generation? It doesn’t. If it’s an iconic design, and one that is almost perfect (like the iPhone 5/5s/se) then it doesn’t have to change. The engineering challenge is improving what goes in that shell. If that coincides with a new exterior then great, if not then who cares.
I don’t just want a new exterior. I want new bio sensors that can distinguish the Apple Watch as a health monitor and not just a connected fitness tracker.
I also want those things too, but if they can fit in the existing shell why bother changing it? That’s my point. If the design is good it doesn’t have to be different just to be different if the new stuff fits inside it.
I want a new design. I want nothing to do with buttons on a tiny device like a watch. Ditch the buttons, male one side of the watch touchable to scroll, make the device thinner with a larger screen and reduced bezels… etc.
To anyone saying the design is “good enough” and doesn’t need changing, then go work for Apple, because you’ll fit right in.
Don’t believe anything you hear, only half of what you see, and never, ever believe a rumor you didn’t start yourself. 🖖😀⌚️
When it comes to Apple, I don’t believe anything until Tim, Craig of Phil are standing on a stage, telling me what it can do, when I can buy it, and how much it will cost.
I still have my Series 0 from April 2015 and think I’ll wait until a 2018 model before upgrading.
Exactly! My first gen Apple Watch still does everything I need it to do.
Same here. 2015 Space Grey Sport V1 and no intention of upgrading until next year.
Mine is great, still does everything I want with aplomb.
Ok Jony…this is a device where you can knock yourself out going thinner! The iPhone and MBPro are thin enough!
It’d be cool if they could figure out a way to derive energy from light, motion and the warmth of your wrist thus reducing battery size.
Yes. As I’ve said before, the linear actuator in the Taptic Engine could be reengineered to capture acceleration resulting from the natural motion of the wearer’s arm to produce a small electric charge that could extend battery life throughout the day. Or you could use magnets in the crown to generate an electric charge when turned.
I like the magnets in the crown idea though it would probably be impractical for several reasons among those from the top of my head: infrequent use of the crown would generate very little power perhaps a few seconds between charges; in that small space the magnets may interfere with other sensors in the watch that are taking biometric data.
Hopefully the thinner-is-better obsession will take a back seat for once. It’s idiotic that they sacrificed battery life in the new Macbook Pros for a slightly smaller machine. Nearly 4 years after introducing 12-hour battery life in the Haswell Airs, none of the Retina Macbooks can yet match it.
Yep, i’m returning my 13 inch MBP with touch bar. The battery life is atrocious. Basic Internet searching and iTunes music and I’m getting 5 1/2 to 6 hours. This is gross and Apple should be ashamed of themselves
The face of my original watch bought in 2015 came loose…. a little super glue and all was well… the watch still does what I bought it for… no features announced thus far make me want to upgrade.
When it is totally independent of the iPhone, I’ll consider it, until then…meh.