Next Apple Watch May Be Apple Watch Series X, Not Series 9 - Forbes

The adjacent Apple ticker whitethorn beryllium called the Apple Watch X, not the Apple Watch Series 9, according to French website iPhoneSoft.

This would beryllium the 2nd clip a cardinal Apple mobile tech bid has skipped a “9” generation. In 2017, Apple chose to telephone its pb telephone the iPhone X, not the iPhone 9.

The authoritative enactment is this was down to the handset marking 10 years of the iPhone series. “iPhone X” sounded much dynamic and, definite enough, the mobile did correspond a large displacement successful iPhone design.

The iPhone X introduced america to the show notch, utilized to location the tech required for Apple’s look recognition, which was awesome from time one.

However, determination is different explanation. The fig ”9” is considered unlucky successful Japan, due to the fact that erstwhile spoken aloud it sounds akin to the connection for suffering.

Could this beryllium the existent crushed for the diversion successful naming, peculiarly astatine a clip erstwhile the mobile tech marketplace is successful the astir profound downturn it has seen since the commencement of the modern smartphone era?

iPhoneSoft says its root for this accusation is idiosyncratic moving wrong Apple.

If the Watch 9 were to beryllium released, it would beryllium the 10th mainline watch, arsenic determination was a “first generation” exemplary earlier the Series 1 appeared successful 2016. They are similar, but the Series 1 had a antithetic processor.

Still, existent disposable accusation suggests you should not expect the benignant of dynamic changes seen successful the iPhone X series.

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A displacement to microLED show tech is 1 of the stronger rumours regarding aboriginal Apple Watch tech. That is not expected until 2024.

Apple has already made its large Watch shingle up. It happened past year, with the Apple Watch Ultra. Future surprises are welcome, but it’s tricky to spot what way Apple mightiness adjacent instrumentality with a mainline Watch bid redesign. These watches person looked beauteous akin implicit the full 7-8 years, the surface simply digging further and further into the surround.

Apple is expected to denote the iPhone X oregon iPhone 9 aboriginal this year, successful September.