Apple Watch 7 upgrade could finally give us the battery life we want

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There may be some actress room within of the Apple Watch seven, according to the latest rumor. And that's all thanks to the rumored inclusion of a smaller doubled-sided 'S7' chip.

That's according to a report from DigiTimes, which claims the next Apple tree Picket will feature a double-sided System in Package from Taiwan's ASE Engineering science.

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ASE Technology's website confirms that its double-sided engineering allows for 'module miniaturization', which could free up some space inside the Apple Picket Serial 7. The question at that place is, what would that hypothetical space be used for?

The obvious suggestion would be a larger bombardment. The Apple Watch Serial half dozen features the same xviii-hour battery life as the previous 3 models, and it'southward about time Apple tree made some changes to better that effigy.

In terms of battery size, the Apple Picket 4 had a 292 mAh battery, the Apple Watch 5 a 296 mAh battery and the Apple Watch six a 265.ix mAh bombardment. Then a bump in battery size could be a huge deal for the Apple Sentinel seven.

Having enough ability to get through the day is not bad, but having to recharge your Apple Picket every single night ways users could be missing out on the Apple Watch's sleep tracking capabilities. Even if the bombardment life is only increased by a few hours, that could be enough to help people go even more out of their wearable.

The is double-sided S7 chip might also gratis upwardly infinite for brand new features that Apple may want to include in the next Apple Watch. Blood glucose monitoring has been rumored before, though a recent Bloomberg report claims the Apple tree Watch 7 will skip this feature.

That being said, there are other wellness and fitness features that could be added. Swim-tracking has been rumored, though it's unclear whether that will crave any boosted components.

In any instance, there are plenty of possible features that are reliant on brand new hardware, and having the actress space inside the watch ways Apple doesn't have to increase its size too much.

This doesn't mean that Apple is working on decreasing the size of the Apple Sentry 7. According to Bloomberg the next Apple tree smartwatch will really be slightly thicker — though not in a manner that'south really noticeable.

The Apple Watch 7 is likewise rumored to come up with thinner bezels, and mayhap fifty-fifty a flat-edged design. Apple tree is expected to launch the new watch one-time in September, and given rumors challenge the iPhone 13 will go far that same month we wouldn't be surprised if it all happened at the same consequence.

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