Rumors of an affordable Apple Watch have been floating around for several months. Today, Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech has clarified the whole situation and revealed when Apple plans to announce it.
Do take everything below with a pinch of salt, though. Prosser inaccurately claimed that Apple was going to announce an Apple Watch and iPad Air this week, although he has been correct several times in the past.
Known simply as the ‘Apple Watch’ to hardware engineers within the company, this model is expected to sit between the popular Apple Watch Series 3 and the high-end Apple Watch Series 6.
It’ll feature an improved design based on the newer Apple Watch Series 4 and a chip dubbed ‘M9.’ The latter is particularly interesting, though, because the Apple M9 already exists as a discontinued co-processor embedded within the Apple A9 and A9X chipsets.
Perhaps the Apple M9 name mentioned by Prosser is simply an internal codename for another chipset, or maybe it represents the start of an entirely new line of Apple M-series chipsets.
This smartwatch is expected to act as the true successor to the existing Apple Watch Series 5. Hardware engineers within Apple refer to it as the ‘Apple Watch Pro,’ although that probably isn’t the final marketing name.
Prosser didn’t provide a list of features, yet past reports suggest the biggest hardware change will be the introduction of a pulse oximeter sensor for built-in blood oxygen monitoring.
That feature should enable much better medical alerts and improve nutrition advice. It will be combined with sleep tracking, a feature that’s also going to be available to users of older Apple Watch models as part of the watchOS 7 update.
The affordable Apple Watch SE will make its onternational debut later today at the ‘Time Flies’ event, according to several sources. The Apple Watch Series 6, or however Apple chooses to market it, will make an appearance too.
Source: Phonearena
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