While the Apple Watch Series 6 already has 50-meters of water resistance and a sapphire crystal show option to repel scratches, however hard-core users may be getting much more safety for extreme sports activities.
A new report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg says that Apple is engaged on a new Apple Watch with “a rugged casing aimed at athletes, hikers and others who use the device in more extreme environments” that would launch as early as this 12 months. Gurman says Apple is contemplating “a rubberized exterior” that will be extra immune to scratches than the present aluminum, chrome steel, and titanium choices.
The report states Apple is trying to deliver “extra impact-resistance and protection” to compete with rugged watches from Casio and Luminox. Casio’s G-Shock watches are significantly fashionable amongst army personnel and hard-core athletes, with as much as 200 meters of water resistance, a protruding bezel to absorbs shocks, and protecting cushioning of the crystal oscillator and different important elements inner elements to stop “contact failure and malfunction.”
Gurman additionally says Apple is engaged on new swim monitoring characteristic for the following iteration of the Apple Watch.
Bloomberg’s report notes that Apple beforehand thought of a rugged smartwatch after its launch in 2015 however scrapped these plans. He cautions that this mannequin might “ultimately be canceled or delayed.” There are already numerous third-party cases that claim to offer rugged shock protection with tens of 1000’s of five-star opinions on Amazon.
Also, this week, a patent was noticed by Macrumors that reveals a “flexible display panel in both the watch face area and band may be adjusted to conform to the wrist size of the user.” A versatile wraparound show would provide much more performance and customization than at present potential on the Apple Watch however is probably going a few years away from manufacturing.
Michael Simon has been protecting Apple because the iPod was the iWalk. His obsession with expertise goes again to his first PC—the IBM Thinkpad with the lift-up keyboard for swapping out the drive. He’s nonetheless ready for that to return again in type tbh.
