Apple recently unveiled its new iPhone 15 series, along with the Apple Watch Series 9. These devices bring new features and upgrades, but they also share similarities with their predecessors. Oddly enough, it seems like this feeling might extend beyond these latest releases.
Recognized analyst and Apple insider Ming Chi Kuo (via Android Authority) suggests that the “Apple Watch 2024 likely won’t have any significant innovative experiences“The upcoming 2024 watch will not integrate microLED technology for its display and will skip the blood glucose monitoring function.
Kuo speculates that the inclusion of a microLED display and blood glucose monitoring may or may not also happen on the Apple Watch Series 11 in 2025, depending on technological advancements. It should be noted that the statement is somewhat ambiguous and does not explicitly refer to the Apple Watch Series 10 or the Apple Watch generation took a bold turn in branding, marketed as the iPhone X (an approach that proved very successful).
Kuo also makes other predictions regarding the Apple Watch, predicting a roughly 15% year-over-year decline in Apple Watch shipments in 2023, to 36 to 38 million units. In contrast, Apple saw a 17% year-over-year increase in shipments in 2022, fueled by strong sales of the Apple Watch Series 8, Ultra, and SE 2022. Time will tell if Kuo’s predictions hold true.
Pending further developments, it remains uncertain how Apple Watch Series 10/Apple Watch
