TechSmartwatchesExisting Apple Watch users won’t be happy with this new Watch Pro rumourNew, bigger smartwatch is said to be incompatible with any current straps and bandsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSmartwatchesExisting Apple Watch users won’t be happy with this new Watch Pro rumourNew, bigger smartwatch is said to be incompatible with any current straps and bandsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
New, bigger smartwatch is said to be incompatible with any current straps and bands
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Apple)
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WithApple’s next product launch event now just a week away, we’re starting to learn more about what might be announced – and, more specifically, the rumouredApple Watch Pro.
Expected to sit at the top of theApple Watchtree, and to offer a larger screen, tough titanium body, longer battery life and higher price, the so-called Watch Pro might also be the first to no longer be compatible with any previous Apple Watch straps and bands.
UnclePan has provided accurate Apple news in the past, such as when they said the Watch Series 7 would have larger 41mm and 45mm screen options.
However, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has an excellent track record for Apple insight, later tweeted in a bid to clarify the situation. Gurmansaidon 29 August: “I believe the Apple Watch Pro will support older bands – though maybe they won’t fit as well or look as seamless given the size of the new watch.”
This will surely be good news for Apple fans who have already invested in a range of watch straps, but it still sounds like the Pro will have a different design to the Series 7 and new Series 8, potentially causing the straps to not fit perfectly.
Gurman later referred to the original source as “the possibly mistranslated post on Weibo with no track record,” before adding that the Weibo post may have been describing the same situation as him, where existing bands fit the Watch Pro, but with a less seamless fit and look.
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We won’t have long to find out who is right, as Apple’s next product event takes place on 7 September. CalledFar Out, the event is expected to feature theiPhone 14and new AppleWatch Series 8, plus an update to the Watch SE and the new Watch Pro, which we believe should becalled the Patagonia Edition.
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