Apple would choose the name Pro for its new Apple Watch intended for extreme sports enthusiasts. This new version, with a larger screen and a more robust case, would also push another model towards the exit.
Tick-tock, the time for novelty is slowly approaching for Apple. The company would again extend its catalog of connected watches this year with the Apple Watch Series 8 and the Cupertino company would have a new version of Apple Watch in anticipation. An arrival that would also lead to a departure.
A more robust model for the Pros
According to Mark Gurman, the journalist of Bloomberg, a more robust model of Apple Watch would be unveiled this year and it would be a watch for extreme sports enthusiasts.
This version would have a new larger screen and increased shock resistance. It would be based, among other things, on an extended autonomy, a heavier case, made of a more solid metallic material (which would therefore not be aluminum), and would offer better monitoring for certain activities, in correlation with the new Activity intensity metrics announced for watchOS 9.
According to Gurman, this Apple Watch would present itself as an alternative to the more expensive models favored by certain sportsmen:
” This watch will be designed to appeal to extreme sports athletes and anyone who might otherwise purchase a high-end Garmin sports watch for intense workouts. I also think its bigger screen, bigger battery, and metal design will make it appealing to anyone who just wants the most advanced Apple Watch. »
The Pro designation would coincide with the current portfolio of Apple’s offering, which already offers products using this name for MacBooks, iPads, iPhones and AirPods as high-end versions of the categories.
The end of the Apple Watch Edition?
It would also include the new S8 chip expected on the next Apple Watch models which would be almost the same as on the Series 7 and Series 6 under a new name and with very slightly revised performance. This Apple Watch would also be entitled to a body temperature sensor and it is also mentioned the possible presence of a new low consumption mode.
As for its price, it would naturally be placed at the very top of the Apple Watch range and it would take a price of around 900 or even 999 dollars to be entitled to all these new features.
always according to Bloomberg, this newcomer would mark the end of another model, the Apple Watch Edition. This historically offered cases made of more “noble” materials (stainless steel, ceramic or more recently titanium). But it was above all offered at much higher prices, close to those expected for the “Pro” model to come.
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