Apple Watch Series 10 to Sport Upgraded Display That Offers Improved Battery Life
According to a report, the Apple Watch Series 10 will come with an improved display later this year that will improve battery life. According to South Korean publication The Elec, the iPhone maker is changing the way the Apple Watch Series 10’s OLED display is made, which could potentially improve the wearable’s performance. The company’s Apple Watch Series 9 successor is expected to launch in the second half of 2024 alongside the next iPhone 16 series.
Elec reports (in Korean) that the Apple Watch Series 10 will feature a low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) OLED display with thin film transistor (TFT) technology. The current-generation Watch Series 9 reportedly features Low Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon (LTPS) technology in all but two of the company’s switching transistors, which is said to reduce battery performance.
This year, the company will reportedly use LTPS technology to reduce the number of transistors. As a result, Apple will only use less efficient technology for non-pixel circuitry and the few remaining switching TFTs, the report said. This means that the Apple Watch Series 10’s battery life may have been improved compared to the previous generation.
Last month, Bloomberg reported that Apple had abandoned plans to develop its own displays using micro-LED technology. Some of the display engineering teams are said to have been restructured and other employees have been laid off by the company. The move comes shortly after Apple reportedly canceled a self-driving car project that had been in development for nearly a decade.
Future Apple smartwatches may not feature microLED displays, but the next Apple Watch Series 10 is expected to launch in late 2024 with improved display technology. This smartwatch is expected to launch alongside the iPhone 16 series of smartphones. It consists of four models: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max.
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