“KGI is starting off the rumor cycle for the Series 4 Apple Watch today, amidst the madness of the Apple event, with a new report indicating that the company will launch redesigned Apple Watch models in the fall,” Benjamin Mayo reports for 9to5Mac. “The new models will have a larger display, enhanced health monitoring and longer battery life.”
“With a launch in the third quarter of 2018, Ming-Chi Kuo says the new watches will have a 15% larger display. All Watches to date come in 38 mm or 42 mm screen sizes,” Mayo reports. “The analyst (who has one of the better track records of accuracy when it comes to Apple rumors) does not say whether the overall chassis will grow in proportion.”
“It is possible the new form factor incorporates thinner bezels, which would see the Apple Watch Series 4 feature a larger display without making the overall product larger,” Mayo reports. “The report does mention a larger battery capacity which would suggest that is not going to be the case.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Oh, yeah! We’ll be Day One buyers for Apple Watch Series 4 for sure.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “David E.” for the heads up.]
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Still waiting for Watch Series 3 with Cellular to go on sale where I live.
I am voting for same physical size, but with smaller bezels. That makes the most sense to me. It will be interesting to see what the added health sensors are.
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“Order on September something… shipping in limited quantities sometime in early 2019”
I think the current watch is big enough. I want a watch on my wrist, not a phablet or a dinner plate.
It won’t be physically larger. Look at a photo face and you can tell how large the bezel is. I can see how display advancements will be able to all but eliminate that black bezel yielding a much larger active display without needing to increase the size of the WATCH Series 4.
My Series 3 is just about perfect. They better offer a very compelling product if they want me to upgrade.
same size, bigger screen, tad thinner
Thinner may be a problem if the battery life is supposed to go up.
Enhanced Health Monitoring would make me upgrade from Series 3 LTE because I am so old (71) that anything that may help extend my life is worth it to me.