Apple Watch Series 6 that we should be expecting to be announced this September and the reason we waited so long was that there really weren't any good rumors and leaks out there until now
Apple has already announced that the 2020 iPhones will launch a few weeks later than usual. This is very vague because it could be 3 weeks or it could be 5 weeks, but I think it would be a mistake to wait too long. And this is important because Apple always releases new Apple Watch updates alongside their iPhones. Twitter leaker Komiya initially posted that the Series 6 would be available to order on September 8th, a Wednesday, which assumes the same day as the September event, and then shipping on September 18th, which is the following Friday.
A few days later, he then said that the event might not happen on the 8th, but he’s sure that it’s in October. However, Jon Prosser, another leaker, mentioned that he thinks the iPhone 12 announcement will actually happen in October, so things seem a bit uncertain at this moment. He seems to think that they’ll go on sale in Mid-October, so this would mean that the event could take place on October 6th or 7th, with a shipping date of October 16th for the Apple Watch Series 6. I honestly wouldn’t expect it to be any later than that, because Apple is also rumored to be having a Special Event for their new Apple Silicon Macs, and that’s dated for October 27th, so Apple wouldn’t want those events too close to each other. But there’s also the chance that Apple will host their iPhone event sometime in September and simply delay the ship dates out into October, so it’s a bit of a toss-up right now.
Now getting into all of the leaks we currently have, there will be an AirPower Mini for $99 and the full version of AirPower for $249 which will be announced alongside the Apple Watch Series 6. And Jon Prosser has mentioned that Apple finally got the Apple Watch to work with AirPower, so that’s reassuring. And according to Komiya, the AirPower Mini will be available sooner, with the large AirPower shipping at the end of this year.
Now getting to Apple Watch specific leaks, some iOS 14 code leaked in March, pointing to Apple working on a new blood oxygen monitoring feature.
This is a very big deal because as you all know, a lot of businesses are requiring people to wear masks because of the current situation we’re living through, and masks obviously make it a bit harder to breathe, or else there wouldn’t be doing anything. As you guys know, Apple is adding Sleep tracking to Watch OS 7.
Now my brother Max tested the beta version and he said it’s very limited and doesn’t work that well right now. So it would make sense that the new sensors in the Series 6 will greatly improve sleep tracking. Now he also said that battery life was an issue because it obviously requires your watch to be on, so we should expect Apple to work on improving the battery life for the Series 6. Just a couple of days ago, a 303.8mAh battery was leaked, which should be destined for the new Apple Watch.
The current Series 5 has a 296mAh battery, so there definitely is an improvement there. The larger size could be due to Apple ditching Force Touch in the upcoming WatchOS 7. Komiya also tweeted showing that same battery size as we saw in that leak, but he also included two other battery sizes, presumably for the smaller 40mm size and a model with Cellular.
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