Everything We Know About the Upcoming Apple Watch Ultra 3
Why the new watch could represent a generational change
When the Apple Watch Ultra 2 was unveiled last year, a host of quiet upgrades added up making it a significant change over the previous generation. From the 50% brighter display, faster S9 chip, and double tap functionality. The Ultra 2 stood as a meaningful upgrade. This year’s top-line watch is not expected to change as much but will still deliver some much-wanted innovations and updates.
Display
Apple’s Ultra Watch 2 already carries an industry-leading always-on 3000-nit retina display. It’s the largest display found on any Apple Watch and can reduce its screen refresh rate to 1 hz to conserve battery life. While rumors have floated around for some time about Apple bringing a micro-led display to the watch that would supersede the current OLED panels.
“Micro-led promise to be much more efficient and bright, more durable (higher lifetime) and with a higher color gamut” — MicroLED-info
Apple has recently been rumored to be stepping away from work on Micro-LED despite its benefits and shift towards expanding capabilities on current OLED technology. The Ultra Watch 3 will most likely retain the OLED panel while improving on power efficiency to…
