No New Apple Watch Chip for the First Time Ever: All Models Stick to S10

[Entilzha]

Good.

It always amused me when Apple would unveil a BRAND NEW WATCH CPU that was basically the previous cpu with an extra bit attached to handle the few new features.

At least they’re being honest with this. Same CPU, just added bits in!

 

[minik]

“This is our most powerful Apple Watches ever”

Not entirely wrong.

Hey, this saved buyers some money unless they're looking for 5G connectivity, dual-band Wi-Fi, more gestures, extra fast charging, etc.

 

[Intell]

The S4 and S5 also had the same CPU/GPU.

 

[jdavid_rp]

Is that official? The only reason I'd consider upgrading is to get the hypertension feature. Sleep score is a nice to have and the satellite connectivity is just not I'd likely benefit from.

It’s on the RC change log

 

[Runaway Train]

Nothing to see here - move on.

 

[TechRemarker]

This further supports my thought that the big battery increase isn't a bigger battery (at least not much at all), since power saver mode only gets 2 extra hours, so the normal mode doesn't have a more efficient chip, so instead normal mode probably just disables more things so its more like power save mode.

 

[TechRemarker]

If the chip is the same as last year’s watch, how did they improve battery life? Did they fit a larger battery?

If you look closely, while it's 6 hours longer, that's just in normal mode. Power save mode only goes from 36 to 38 hours. Meaning normal mode is most likely just tweaked do less so its more like power save mode. So looks like this upgrade maybe more just sleight of hand than material improvements.

 

[mpavilion]

With the hypertension notifications being series 9+ and sleep score series 6+, there's not much point to this new watch.

Better scratch resistance…

 

[Will Co]

It’s on the RC change log

Yeah, I also see it in the store model comparison tool. Good news.

 

[Rychiar]

Wrist flick doesn't come to Ultra 2, as it needs S10.

wrist flick was s9

 

[Siggo]

I'd rather they stick to S10 and call it S10 than stick to S10 and call it S11.

They did the same until S8 iirc. S4, 5, 6 and 7 are same chip.

 

[BeatCrazy]

wrist flick was s9

Not according to Apple.

 

[t0rqx]

Reality is the S6 is inside this watch not S10.

 

[t0rqx]

Apple is really scrambling for those pennies. I know that recalibrating the lasers that laser the S11 imprint cost 0.01 ct initially for the first million devices before break even.

 

[mpavilion]

I'm ready to upgrade my Series 4; I see the price of a refurbished Series 10 went up by $10 overnight (perhaps bc the 11 is perceived as underwhelming). That said, is it worth saving ~$120 if I'll keep the watch for at least 5-6 years, and the scratch resistance has real value to me? I am considering the 11 for these reasons.

 

[Rychiar]

Not according to Apple.
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That’s def a misprint

 

[applyr]

That’s def a misprint

I remember they showed this as a WatchOS 26 feature back in June, so it sounds really odd to only be a feature of the new devices.