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Quick SummaryThe next Apple Watch SE is reported to be coming in a rigid plastic build, which could make for a more accessible smartwatch in terms of price, as well as more colours.The report of the plastic build and more colours comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has a great track record for Apple leaks.
The next Apple Watch SE is reported to be coming in a rigid plastic build, which could make for a more accessible smartwatch in terms of price, as well as more colours.The report of the plastic build and more colours comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has a great track record for Apple leaks.
The next Apple Watch SE is reported to be coming in a rigid plastic build, which could make for a more accessible smartwatch in terms of price, as well as more colours.The report of the plastic build and more colours comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has a great track record for Apple leaks.
The next Apple Watch SE is reported to be coming in a rigid plastic build, which could make for a more accessible smartwatch in terms of price, as well as more colours.
The report of the plastic build and more colours comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has a great track record for Apple leaks.
We’re mere weeks away from September and what that means – except for the end of summer – is that we’ll very likely see some newAppledevices fighting for a spot amongst thebest phonesandbest smartwatchesof 2024.
Apple hasn’t announced the date of its September event as yet, but it’s usually sometime in the first two weeks and this year is not only the 10-year anniversary of theApple Watch, but an SE year too.
TheApple Watch SEwas first introduced back in 2020, with a second generation having been announced in 2022. Based on that, the entry-level smartwatch runs on a two-year update cycle – so we can safely expect to see a new model soon.
When it first launched alongside theWatch Series 6, it offered many of the same features but it lacked the Always-On Display and the ability to take an ECG.
For the 2022 model, the ceramic back switched to nylon composite – a posh description for plastic, and offered a processor bump, but it still left the Always-On Display and ECG functionality off its spec sheet. For the 2024 model, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg has previously suggested theApple WatchSE could make a move to a rigid plastic build, swapping out the aluminium casing currently offered.
It’s not just the colours that are exciting though. With a bit of luck, we would hope that a plastic build could also make the Apple Watch SE 3 cheaper. It currently costs from £219 / $249 / A$399, but you could buy the Watch Series 3 for under £199 / $199 before it was discontinued in 2022 and it would be great to see the Watch SE slot into that price bracket.
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The nylon composite back of the 2022 model doesn’t feel cheap, so if the rest of the Watch SE 3’s casing adopts similar, whilst delivering a cheaper price point for the Apple Watch, it could make it more accessible to people, including perhaps parents looking to buy one for their kids.
It’s also likely we will see a processor jump for the Watch SE 3, and we’d love to see the Always-On Display come to this device finally. We expect features like Double Tap that launched on theWatch Series 9andWatch Ultra 2will be reserved for the more expensive models in Apple’s portfolio however, so don’t expect everything.
For now, nothing is confirmed, but we expect the next Apple Watch SE to be revealed in September, alongside theiPhone16 series.
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