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The anticipate Apple Watch SE 3 goes on, although a brand new model of the low-cost wearable supposedly gained’t be out this 12 months.
The following mannequin remains to be anticipated to maneuver to a plastic casing, and supply higher efficiency, too.
Put Apple Watch SE 3 on the calendar for subsequent 12 months
The final replace, Apple Watch SE 2, launched in September 2022. After two years, one may suppose a brand new model is imminent however the Apple Watch Sequence 10 announcement on September 9 got here and went with no point out of a less expensive little brother.
However a journalist identified for stable sources inside Apple says the third-generation mannequin stays on the drafting board. “I’m told that the product is still moving forward — potentially for next year,” mentioned Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman within the newest version of his Energy On publication.
Plastic? Implausible!
Cupertino should stroll a positive line with Apple Watch SE 3. As with all SE product, value is the standout function. That limits what number of different options might be added. So as an alternative of placing in additional bells and whistles, the plan appears to be to decrease the associated fee.
The brand new mannequin will reportedly use a plastic casing, probably permitting it to come back an array of vivid colours. However that may have delayed the launch.
“Apple’s manufacturing teams have been running into some cost and quality challenges with the shift to plastic,” mentioned Gurman.
That gained’t be the one change. “I expect the new SE to include a processor jump. The current SE is stuck on 2020-era speeds,” mentioned the Bloomberg reporter.
The present mannequin makes use of an Apple S8 chip, which first launched in Apple Watch Sequence 8 in 2022. It doesn’t matter what the model quantity says, the processor is actually the identical as the sooner S7 and even the S6 from 2020.
Apple Watch SE 3 in early or late 2025
Gurman doesn’t get extra particular about an Apple Watch SE 3 other than “next year.”
One chance is that the gadget will launch within the spring together with one other finances mannequin, iPhone SE 4. However potential patrons may want to attend till autumn. The brand new finances wearable might come alongside Apple Watch Sequence 11 in 2025.