Dependable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has launched a brand new forecast on the subsequent technology Apple Watch. Based on Kuo, the Apple Watch 3 will ship later this yr with each LTE and non-LTE fashions supplied. Kuo additionally expects the subsequent Apple Watch will retain the identical normal design and never function an apparent new kind issue.
Kuo specifies that the Apple Watch will proceed to ship in two dimension configurations: 38mm and 42mm instances.
KGI’s newest prediction comes 10 days after Bloomberg’s current report which first talked about the brand new Apple Watch with Intel modems for LTE connectivity. John Gruber at Daring Fireball later hinted that the brand new mannequin would function a brand new kind issue, though he later backtracked on the timing of that declare.
Ed. Replace: We had been being charitable to Gruber realizing that finally the Apple Watch will change kind issue however he now corrects us noting:
I didn’t backtrack on the timing. I backtracked on the veracity of the supply I heard this from…If Apple Watch 3 doesn’t look clearly new, I might say my supply was unsuitable and doubtless lied to me.
Then this head scratcher:
It is also that each my birdie and Kuo are right: the phrase “is not going to function an apparent new kind issue” leaves numerous wiggle room with the phrase “apparent”.
There is no such thing as a wiggle room with Gruber’s phrasing: “All new kind issue”
KGI additional predicts that the third-generation Apple Watch with mobile connectivity is not going to help 3G connections, solely LTE, which is able to restrict which markets through which it may be offered and used.
Bloomberg’s report particularly mentions all 4 main U.S. carriers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Cell, and Dash) as being on board to help the mobile Apple Watch mannequin. Pricing particulars are nonetheless unknown.
Except for the addition of mobile in some fashions, rumors are mild on what to anticipate for non-LTE fashions though a pace enhance needs to be anticipated.
When it comes to numbers, KGI predictions Apple will ship 17.5-18 million Apple Watches throughout this yr with 8-9 million models being new fashions later this yr. Kuo expects fewer than half to be LTE, nevertheless, at 35-40% of these models.
If Apple follows custom, we might even see new Apple Watch {hardware} with LTE launched someday subsequent month alongside new iPhones.
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