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Next Major Apple Watch Ultra Upgrade Rumored to Be MicroLED Display Technology

Ultra customers now are trapped in Ultra pricing bumps in the future, I don’t think many people will downgrade to a regular Apple Watch if Apple decides to increase the price by 50%
 
Wonder what will be the new feature for next year's watch. Ultra 3 could get minor update. Looking forward to seeing something special for the 10th anniversary of the watch
 
R2DHue said:
On a device like the “iWatch” (OK, OK, it’s Apple Watch — distinctive Brand, I know…distinct and original…just like…iPod…) screen size is critically important.

I’d upgrade from my Series 8 to a 9 for a larger display.

Or significantly longer battery life (alone).

Either/or — or both.
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Agree on the battery life, but I don't see any technology that will offer us "significantly" longer battery life.

As for the screen, I've been using the Series 6 since it came out and not once have I thought "man if only this thing had a bigger and better screen, I'd want to look at it longer".
 
sviato said:
Would be great if the MR article detailed differences/benefits of microLED vs OLED…
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right. it’s also interesting that the existing tech wasn’t mentioned once in the article lol. folks (who aren’t privy) want to know what they’re upgrading from.
 
R2DHue said:
The Apple Watch Ultra is just not for me. (I’ve worn one and it was too encumbering for me — but I loved the larger screen and I can certainly see outdoorsmen and mountain climbers, et al. loving it.)

But you point out that the Ultra has 36 hours of battery life.

The non-Ultra new Series 9 Apple Watches have, at 18 hours, half the battery life of the Ultra.

I highly doubt Apple has found the “sweet spot” for battery life on the regular Apple Watch because short battery life is the number one complaint I hear and read about the “iWatch.”

Like I said, 24 hours completes one full day of sleep/wake activity monitoring.

Couldn’t they have given it even one minute more battery life than the 8?

Point is, I would’ve traded in every new (and upcoming) capability of the new Series 9 and readily bought a new one that only had substantially longer battery life.

(A dead battery equals zero features and capabilities.)

Because of this — and speaking only for myself — I‘ll be sticking with my 8 and won’t be buying a series 9.

(P.S. The Apple Watch used to be thicker and I didn’t hear any complaints. Battery tech has advanced since then, so a slightly thicker Series 9 would’ve afforded longer battery life.)
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Battery tech has remained unchanged with nothing imminent on the horizon on that front, so not sure what you are talking about.

The AW's battery is fine, and will only improve with components that use less power in the future, which is not by a lot.

Turn off your "always on display" and you'll have significantly more battery life on an S9.
 
I’m confused. I see many asking for OLED (which the AW currently is) and the iPad is rumoured to be moving from MicroLED to OLED. I don’t know why or how this is exciting news but maybe I’m just ignorant around it all.
 
We will see how this rumor materializing next year. Keep calm 😊 No need to be excited then disappointed next year😊
 
R2DHue said:
OLED has perfect blacks and, yes, higher contrast, but far lower brightness.

And despite what you read from reviewers who spend a short amount of time reviewing OLED TVs and other devices, OLED still has screen burn-in issues.

And as far as the O in OLED, the organic materials do degrade over time. (I’ve seen used OLED displays where ALL the organic material has left pixels the whole screen over and these dead pixels don’t illuminate at all. Color is all screwed up. It makes the skin and the colors on The Simpsons look normal.)

Not so with micro LED.

Like OLED, micro LED offers self-illuminating pixels for each individual pixel, which can each be turned off, yielding perfect blacks. And perfectly isolated as well, so zero blooming. And much brighter.

The only place I can see micro LED improving after this, is, perhaps, separate lighting of each R, G and B sub-pixel.

(And that would only be appreciable to the eye on a GIGANTIC screen.)

OLED will be obsolete and micro LED will replace it. (But it can’t be soon enough.)

btw, manufacturers have tried displays that added a Y sub-pixel for yellow to RGB or a W for pure white, but after this brief experiment, they’ve all been discontinued and returned to RGB.

No one has yet improved upon Red, Green and Blue sub-pixels in color quality and picture quality.

(But I’m certainly open to it.)
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You’re right, I read the article as MiniLED like what my MacBook Pro has. Haha
 
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NARadyk said:
I’m confused. I see many asking for OLED (which the AW currently is) and the iPad is rumoured to be moving from MicroLED to OLED. I don’t know why or how this is exciting news but maybe I’m just ignorant around it all.
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iPad Pro is Mini LED not micro. Big difference
 
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