Apple Watch 7 rumor hints at a redesign, but does it actually need one?

Apple Watch 7 rumor hints at a redesign, but does it actually need i?

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The Apple tree Watch launched back in 2015, and in the years since the pattern hasn't gone through any dramatic changes. Simply the Apple tree Watch 7 might, according to the latest rumor. It'south plain not prepare to be a huge change, simply ane that could be significantly noticeable.

Or at least that'due south what a ready of reportedly leaked CAD renders (via 91Mobiles) show, seemingly showcasing an all apartment design and larger speaker grills. In that location'south all the same the aforementioned rectangular design as before, and the digital crown, but this still marks the Apple Watch's start major redesign. The only question is, does it actually need it?

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Apple tree users will no doubt be familiar with the proverb "it just works." It'south a phrase used to describe the effectiveness of Apple tree products, and the fact that the company isn't one to take a gamble on something that isn't completely necessary.

You could contend that the Apple Picket design has barely inverse in vi years because the original pattern does indeed just work and is totally constructive for doing what Apple tree and its customers need the smartwatch to do.

apple watch 7 leaked renders — (Image credit: 91Mobiles)

Or, in other words, it ways this rumored redesign would only happen if Apple felt it was absolutely necessary. It also explains why the Apple tree Watch 7 renders keep the same rectangular design as always, rather than something more outlandish — like Apple tree'due south start round smartwatch.

These renders also show off the same band-zipper mechanism as previous Apple Watches. Taken at face value it would hateful that the Apple tree Scout 7 would probable be uniform with older bands, regardless of the changes to the design. Incompatible designs wouldn't "just work" now, would they?

Of course, in that location is an argument for more than drastic Apple tree Lookout man redesigns. After all, a lot of the competition has switched from the rectangular "screen" design to something round and sentry-like. The Samsung Milky way Watch 4, and its predecessors, are neat examples of how you can have a smart device without making it look similar a wrist estimator.

Only Apple isn't one for doing something but because the competition is doing it besides. Especially since the Apple Watch'south rectangular design A) works and B) is popular plenty to sell in great numbers. Apparently there were 30 meg new Apple tree Watch users in 2020 alone, then clearly a blocky design isn't exactly putting people off.

In any instance it indicates Apple isn't likely to be making any sweeping changes to the Apple Sentinel's design unless it had a adept reason for it.

Unfortunately these renders are still unverified past Apple, so we can't be entirely sure that Apple tree really will be altering the blueprint of the Apple Watch 7 to this degree. But there have been rumors that the incoming smartwatch will come with a flatter display and apartment edges — both of which seem to be corroborated by 91Mobiles renders. Simply it'south not exactly proof.

Too rumored to be coming is blood glucose monitoring, swim tracking, and a meliorate display that's closer to the surface than previous watches. 91Mobiles sources too added that the Apple tree Watch 7 will exist a couple of millimeters bigger and thicker, and may come with ultra wideband support like the Apple AirTags.

Not only volition that brand it easier to integrate with Apple's 'Find My' network, it may besides offering better connectivity with other devices, like smart locks, for case.

Nosotros don't know exactly when the Apple Watch 7 will arrive, but it'due south likely to exist unveiled alongside the iPhone 13 range. Typically that happens old in mid-September, and and then far we've heard nothing to advise this year will be any dissimilar. And so nosotros don't have very long to wait and find out for sure.

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