MicroLED Apple Watch Ultra May Be Delayed Due to Supply Chain Issues

[iGeneo]

There we go again.. blaming supply change

 

[Hyperchaotic]

Indeed. Instead, invest your capital in the watch with features that will actually make a real difference like blood pressure & glucose monitoring.

Apple have the capability to work on many things at the same time and indeed that's what they are doing. In fact I'm quite sure the microLED work is in an entirely different department than the "health data" R&D and that they're funded separately.

 

[IIGS User]

MicroLED seems to be always 2 years out... since 4 years already. And Macrumors is happy to give us any minute update regarding delays. this must have been the 200th article about MicroLEDs

You can charge it with Air Power!

 

[falainber]

No need to speculate. We know exactly when microLED AW will be released: two years after microLED Samsung Galaxy watch.

 

[Howard2k]

MicroLED will be worth every extra dollar apple slaps on top of the price. Considering it's being advertised as an outdoor device, the display will be able to achieve up to 5000 nits in early models and make its way to 10,000+ in the first few generations. On top of the brightness, which is very useful for intense sunlight environments, early models of microLED can achieve over 90% of the BT.2020 color gamut, which modern OLED and LED displays can only achieve between 60-80%. You get brighter, more vibrant colors, longer shelf life, no burn in, higher PPI, less energy usage, the ability to have zero bezels, and more. You should be excited since the display is what you stare at all day

Less energy usage is the only one of those that I’m interested in.

 

[svish]

May definitely take a few more years and will take many years for all the products to shift to microLED. Meanwhile interested to hear more about the 10th anniversary watch.

 

[bgillander]

Those are impressive, big-leap numbers, but 3000 nits on my Ultra is already sufficient in direct sun. Better colors, burn in, shelf life are all impressive technical achievements but in a watch with maybe a 3-4 year lifespan the end-user benefit seems marginal and not worth it at the slated price.

That said, zero bezels would be nice. And more nits would make a better flashlight. That would be handy because I use mine a lot.

I remember when the first CCD home video camera came out in the 1980s. It was more expensive and performed worse than the top tube cameras, and the first review I read questioned why anyone would buy that model, but said it was the start of something big. I don't think you could find a tube camera within 5 years after that, as the CCDs became much cheaper, smaller, and outperformed the tube cameras that quickly. Now we have cameras in phones that outperform those, but without that start, we wouldn't even have cameras in phones. I'm curious to see if the hype for MicroLED can be delivered, because it sounds like it could pretty much make everything else obsolete if they can deliver the promises and get the costs down, even if it starts somewhere small because it has to.

 

[Arran]

I remember when the first CCD home video camera came out in the 1980s. It was more expensive and performed worse than the top tube cameras, and the first review I read questioned why anyone would buy that model, but said it was the start of something big. I don't think you could find a tube camera within 5 years after that, as the CCDs became much cheaper, smaller, and outperformed the tube cameras that quickly. Now we have cameras in phones that outperform those, but without that start, we wouldn't even have cameras in phones. I'm curious to see if the hype for MicroLED can be delivered, because it sounds like it could pretty much make everything else obsolete if they can deliver the promises and get the costs down, even if it starts somewhere small because it has to.

Totally agree with you. Progress always needs someone to take a step forward.

I’m just not convinced I want to pay for the first step to MicroLED. That’s based on my current limited knowledge of the benefits.

 

[snoonw]

microled is not the problem with apple watch. however whenever i asked ppl how much weight they lost using apple watch even those with the ultra they had the same answer . they actually gained weight in most of the cases. so isnt that really a waste of time then if makes u heavier uglier and unhealthier . and i only asked ppl who r fairly athletic already

 

[bgillander]

microled is not the problem with apple watch. however whenever i asked ppl how much weight they lost using apple watch even those with the ultra they had the same answer . they actually gained weight in most of the cases. so isnt that really a waste of time then if makes u heavier uglier and unhealthier . and i only asked ppl who r fairly athletic already

Blaming your watch for weight gain is like blaming your shoes.