Apple might be extra targeted on having to halt gross sales of the Apple Watch 9 in the intervening time, however there’s one other Apple Watch launch to consider subsequent yr – and the 2024 machine is rumored to be bringing a big change together with it.

In keeping with tipster Kosutami (through MacRumors), the Apple Watch 10 – which can be branded the Apple Watch X – goes to come back with “utterly redesigned” band connectors. In different phrases, your present straps aren’t going to suit.

What makes us extra more likely to consider this leak is that Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman made the identical prediction again in August. It appears the 2024 Apple Watch goes to be fairly the reboot when it comes to the form, dimension, and strap connections.

The identical supply goes on to say that the rationale for the change is that the present connectors take up a number of house. If Apple is ready to shrink them down, that leaves room for extra parts – and maybe for a much bigger battery, too.

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X marks the yr

Subsequent yr marks the tenth technology of the Apple Watch, with the very first mannequin introduced in 2014 (although it did not go on sale till 2015). Since then it is gained quite a few further options, most of them centered round well being and health monitoring.

Do not forget that Apple celebrated a decade of the iPhone with the iPhone X, and we would nicely see the identical form of rebranding with the subsequent version of the Apple Watch. In the interim, although, any potential change within the naming scheme stays unconfirmed.

Moreover the redesign, we’ve heard that there may be inside upgrades for the Apple Watch X as nicely: hypertension and sleep apnea detection are apparently on the roadmap for the subsequent technology of the wearable.

Dropping backwards compatibility for the bands will little question show an unpopular transfer by Apple – and it is not essentially the most environmentally pleasant possibility both – however on the similar time, 9 years of assist for a similar design is kind of a formidable feat.

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