For the past few months, the Apple Watch Series 7 was expected to debut alongside the iPhone 13 line next Tuesday. However, recent reports on production problems throw some doubts about this timeline. Now, it looks like the smartwatch is back on track to ship it later this month.
The news comes from a new investor report from a good, reliable and reliable Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo (via MacRumors). In November, Kuo said it was Series 7 due to a major redesign, and in recent weeks, filtered images of the 7 Series seemed to show up a slightly larger screen and a flat-tipped design reminiscent of the iPhone 12. Last week, Nikkei Asia i Bloomberg They both wrote that the new design was causing problems with test production, which delayed the entry of watches into mass production as planned.
Kuo’s latest report adds a little more detail. The 7 Series supposedly has a more durable display panel that uses a new contact design that required a new production process. New vendors, including LG Display, Young Poong and Jabil, also needed to be used to help with more efficient and cost-effective OLED production. Kuo says the issues related to this panel module have been solved through adjustments through a series of design experiments. As a result, Kuo says he expects series 7 series production to begin in mid-September and shipments to begin in late September.
This makes it much more likely that we will actually hear an announcement about the 7 Series next week, even though it may not be available immediately. This was echoed by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, who scheduled last week that the watch would be announced next week but would be shipped late or in smaller quantities.
It’s not a Kuo report if we don’t hear anything about future Apple products. This time, Kuo mentioned that he was optimistic about next year’s Apple Watch, as it will include new health features, specifically, the ability to measure temperature. This coincides with a recent Wall Street Journal report that states that Apple is working on several advanced health features, including the ability to measure blood pressure and body temperature. According to reports, the body temperature sensor will help users better understand fertility planning. There are also many other features for which a body temperature sensor can be useful. Recovery trackers like Whoop and Oura Ring use them to assess sleep quality, while other researchers have studied whether skin temperature data from laptops could potentially help detect infectious diseases.
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