In a tweet, the Apple leaker often known as “ShrimpApplePro” says he can affirm an Apple Watch Extremely in a black titanium is coming this 12 months, together with the present customary titanium design.
This reiterates a Sunday report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his “Energy On” e-newsletter. He provides that earlier than the discharge of final 12 months’s Extremely mannequin, Apple examined a darkish titanium colour choice. It finally canceled the choice as a result of designers didn’t like the looks, however it may nonetheless theoretically arrive this 12 months, Gurman says.
He additionally thinks that each one of this 12 months’s Apple Watch fashions will get a reasonably sizable efficiency bump due to the brand new S9 processor. “This marks the primary time because the S6 chip launched in 2020 — with the Collection 6 watch — that the lineup will get vital pace enhancements,” Gurman writes.
In different rumors in regards to the Apple Watch Extremely, this 12 months’s replace will probably be lighter than the present mannequin, in response to a rumor posted on Chinese language social media website Weibo. The present mannequin weighs 61.3 grams in comparison with the 32 grams of the 41mm aluminum Apple Watch Collection 8.
Nevertheless, a seemingly conflicting rumor claims that an excellent larger Apple Watch Extremely could arrive subsequent 12 months. The present Extremely has a 1.93-inch show, whereas the 2024 model will probably be 10% bigger with a 50mm case measurement per the report, in response to DigiTimes.
ShrimpApplePro additionally tweets that the upcoming Apple Watch Collection 9 will characteristic the identical design because the Collection 8, with 41mm and 45mm case sizes, however a brand new pink colour will probably be accessible for the aluminum mannequin.
