TechSmartwatchesIt’s OK to buy the Apple Watch Ultra 2: the microLED model isn’t happeningThe rumours appear to be true: Apple’s cancelled its microLED deals and production plans for the forseeable futureWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSmartwatchesIt’s OK to buy the Apple Watch Ultra 2: the microLED model isn’t happeningThe rumours appear to be true: Apple’s cancelled its microLED deals and production plans for the forseeable futureWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The rumours appear to be true: Apple’s cancelled its microLED deals and production plans for the forseeable future
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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If you’ve been hankering after theApple Watch Ultra 2but wanted to wait for the long-rumoured microLED model, you don’t need to wait any longer:Appleappears to have cancelled its plans to use the next generation of display tech in its wearables for the foreseeable future. That means theApple Watch X, which is expected to be the next generation of Apple Watch, will have an OLED display.
ThemicroLED Apple Watchhas been the subject of leaks and rumours for what feels like an eternity. It was originally rumoured to be a 2024 product, but the leaks have moved that back several times now and the most recent prediction was a 2025 release. However there have since been reports strongly suggesting that the project was dead in the water, and a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman confirms that the microLEDApple WatchUltra is no longer in development.
What happened to the microLED Apple Watch Ultra?
According to Gurman, despite investing huge sums of money in microLED tech Apple is still encountering the same two problems with the technology: it’s very complicated, and it’s very expensive.
Research firm DSCC reported in March that the microLED watch was cancelled, and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also said earlier this month that the project was no more. Kuo said it was a “major setback” and that Apple now has no microLED plans for the forseeable future. However, trade titles DigiTimes and ETNews both reported that Apple had another microLED supplier lined up; it now seems that they were misinformed or the deal fell through.
For Apple, microLED isn’t dead; it’s just not able to do what Apple wants it to do for the price Apple wants to pay. For the time being that means the Apple Watch Ultra 2 is the state of the Apple Watch art, and likely to remain thebest Apple Watchfor power users for some time to come.
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