{"id":384912,"date":"2017-08-17T23:33:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/08\/17\/apple-watch-series-3-final-testing\/"},"modified":"2017-08-17T23:33:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:33:34","slug":"apple-watch-series-3-enters-final-testing-phase-ahead-of-rumored-september-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-watch-series-3-enters-final-testing-phase-ahead-of-rumored-september-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch Series 3 Enters ‘Final Testing Phase’ Ahead of Rumored September Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple Watch Series 3 models have entered the “final testing phase” in the manufacturing process, with mass production set to begin soon, according to a new Chinese-language Economic Daily News<\/em> report [Google Translate<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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The report, citing unnamed supply chain sources, said Taiwan-based manufacturer Quanta Computer will begin shipping Apple Watch Series 3 models to Apple in the fourth quarter, lining up with the smartwatch’s widely rumored September launch, alongside new iPhones and possibly a 4K-capable Apple TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apple Watch Series 2 models and slightly upgraded Series 1 models launched last September alongside the iPhone 7, so it’s reasonable to assume that Series 3 models could launch this September as well. The original Apple Watch, now unofficially dubbed Series 0, launched in April 2015.<\/p>\n

The rest of the report cites KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who recently claimed Apple Watch Series 3 will be available in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + LTE models<\/a> in 38mm and 42mm sizes. Kuo said the cellular-enabled model will have an embedded SIM, but it might support VoIP calling only<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apple Watch Series 3 models will also reportedly have improved performance and longer battery life<\/a>, at least for the Wi-Fi-only version.<\/p>\n

What’s less certain is whether the Apple Watch will be significantly redesigned for the first time since being unveiled in September 2014.<\/p>\n

Apple blogger John Gruber recently said he heard Apple Watch Series 3 models could have an all-new form factor<\/a>, but he stressed that the tidbit came from an unconfirmed source who could be wrong. Kuo, meanwhile, said Apple Watch Series 3 models won’t have any “obvious” form factor changes.<\/p>\n

“It could also be that both my birdie and Kuo are correct,” said Gruber, in a follow-up post<\/a> yesterday. “The phrase ‘will not feature an obvious new form factor’ leaves a lot of wiggle room with the word ‘obvious’,” he added.<\/p>\n

Few other details are known about the next Apple Watch at this point, and no components have leaked from the supply chain yet.<\/p>\n

Apple has filed patents for a number of ideas that could eventually be included in an Apple Watch, such as a heart rate identification system<\/a>, modular bands<\/a>, haptic feedback band<\/a>, and a band with a built-in charger<\/a>. More significant health and fitness features could be added pending further FDA approvals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple Watch Series 3 models have entered the “final testing phase” in the manufacturing process, with mass production set to begin soon, according to a new Chinese-language Economic Daily News report [Google Translate]. The report, citing unnamed supply chain sources, said Taiwan-based manufacturer Quanta Computer will begin shipping Apple Watch Series 3 models to Apple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":384913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-384912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}