Apple is gearing as much as host its ‘Scary Quick’ occasion on the finish of the month, the place it’s anticipated to unveil new MacBook Professional and iMac fashions. The Cupertino, California-based firm can be reportedly engaged on refreshing its iPad and AirPods lineup subsequent yr. It could be a while, nevertheless, earlier than we see the subsequent technology Apple Watch Extremely. In keeping with Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the Apple Watch Extremely 3 may not arrive in 2024.
At its ‘Wonderlust’ occasion in September, Apple introduced the Apple Watch Collection 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2, alongside its newest iPhone 15 sequence. Whereas the second-generation of Apple’s top-of the-line smartwatch is out, work on Apple Watch Extremely 3 hasn’t begun, in accordance with TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Writing in his Medium blog, Kuo claimed that Apple was but to formally begin improvement on Apple Watch Extremely 3 — an uncommon strategy, contemplating the corporate’s product improvement schedule.
Kuo stated that if Apple fails to start work on Apple Watch Extremely 3 by December, it could all however affirm that the subsequent Extremely smartwatch from the corporate wouldn’t be arriving in 2024. “I feel Apple hasn’t formally kicked off Apple Watch Extremely 3 venture as a result of it wants extra time to develop modern well being administration options, make sure the manufacturability of recent options, and handle points associated to Micro LED manufacturing,” Kuo reasoned in his put up.
The analyst additionally supplied gross sales forecasts for the Apple Watch Extremely if a brand new mannequin is not launched subsequent yr. Shipments for the high-end watch are anticipated to say no by 20–30 % year-on-year in 2024, whereas whole Apple Watch shipments might fall by 10 % to about 35 million models, Kuo estimated.
Whereas a brand new Extremely mannequin for the Apple Watch may not arrive in 2024, Apple’s palms are full will a conveyor belt of merchandise able to hit the cabinets subsequent yr. Earlier this week, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his Energy On e-newsletter that Apple plans to launch new iPad fashions round March 2024. The corporate is reportedly engaged on refreshes for iPad Air, the entry-level iPad, and iPad mini. Moreover, whereas the iPhone maker will doubtless unveil a refreshed 24-inch iMac at its upcoming occasion this month, a bigger Professional model of the iMac with a 32-inch show will arrive in late 2024 or 2025.
The corporate can be reportedly planning a top-to-bottom refresh of its extremely profitable AirPods lineup. Gurman reported that Apple was readying two new fourth-generation AirPods and new model of the top-of-the line $549 (Rs. 59,900 in India) AirPods Max headphones for subsequent yr. All the lineup of AirPods can be set to get USB Sort-C charging, new design, and vital audio high quality upgrades.
On Wednesday, Apple additionally rolled out watchOS 10.1, bringing the brand new double faucet function to its newest smartwatches. With the replace, Apple Watch Collection 9 and Apple Watch Extremely 2 customers can now faucet their index finger and thumb collectively twice to reply a name, reply to a message, and carry out a number of different actions.
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