Subj : The Apple Watch 10 might not work with your current bands and str
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Dec 21 2023 12:00:06

The Apple Watch 10 might not work with your current bands and straps

Date:
Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:50:21 +0000

Description:
Don't expect to be able to use your current Apple Watch bands with the model 
coming out in 2024.

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Apple is probably more focused on having to halt sales of the Apple Watch 9 
at the moment, but there's another Apple Watch launch to think about next 
year  and the 2024 device is rumored to be bringing a significant change 
along with it. 

According to tipster Kosutami (via MacRumors ), the Apple Watch 10  which may 
be branded the Apple Watch X  is going to come with "completely redesigned" 
band connectors. In other words, your existing straps aren't going to fit. 

What makes us more likely to believe this leak is that Bloomberg's Mark 
Gurman made the same prediction back in August . It seems the 2024 Apple 
Watch is going to be quite the reboot in terms of the shape, size, and strap 
connections. 

The same source goes on to say that the reason for the change is that the 
existing connectors take up a lot of space. If Apple is able to shrink them 
down, that leaves room for more components  and perhaps for a bigger battery, 
too. Connectors of next generation of Watch has completely 
redesignedLiterally if you have old bands now, just sell itIts 100% accurate 
December 20, 2023 See more X marks the year 

Next year marks the tenth generation of the Apple Watch, with the very first 
model announced in 2014 (though it didn't go on sale until 2015). Since then 
it's gained numerous additional features, most of them centered around health 
and fitness tracking. 

Remember that Apple celebrated a decade of the iPhone with the iPhone X , and 
we might well see the same kind of rebranding with the next edition of the 
Apple Watch. For the time being, though, any potential change in the naming 
scheme remains unconfirmed. 

Besides the redesign, we have heard that there might be internal upgrades for 
the Apple Watch X as well: hypertension and sleep apnea detection are 
apparently on the roadmap for the next generation of the wearable. 

Dropping backwards compatibility for the bands will no doubt prove an 
unpopular move by Apple  and it isn't the most environmentally friendly 
option either  but at the same time, nine years of support for the same 
design is quite an impressive feat. You might also like Apple tries to rescue 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/the-apple-watch-10-might
-not-work-with-your-current-bands-and-straps


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