After all, the Apple Watch Series 10 may not get a radical redesign

Over the past year, rumors have suggested that Apple is working on a new design for the Apple Watch, referred to as the “Apple Watch X.” Since the Apple Watch turns 10 years old in 2024, it was believed that the Series 10 would introduce the new design. However, recent reports about the future of the Apple Watch have thrown cold water on those hoping for more significant changes in this year’s models.

The Apple Watch Series 10 may look very familiar

According to one Bloomberg Last year’s report Apple Watch X will be the “biggest overhaul yet” of the Apple Watch. Rumors suggest that the new design will make the product thinner and also introduce a new magnetic band system that could end up breaking compatibility with current watch bands.

The redesign of the Apple Watch has also been confirmed by other sources, although some analysts and even Bloomberg have mentioned the possibility of the new design being pushed back to 2025 due to its complexity.

Last week, alleged Apple Watch Series 10 schematics published by 91 cell phones revealed that the new design may not be as radical as first rumors suggested. That’s because the leaked design looks pretty much identical to the current Apple Watch models, except for the bigger size.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the sizes of the Series 10 will increase from 41mm and 44mm to 45mm and 49mm, respectively. This is confirmed by leaked schematics… but again, nothing about a radical new design. Only larger Apple Watches. To add fuel to the fire, that’s what of Bloomberg Mark Gurman said on Sunday:

This year’s third-generation Apple Watch Ultra will have roughly the same look as the original, and other watch models still resemble the Series 4 launched in 2018.

While the Apple Watch Ultra 3 carrying the same design won’t come as a surprise, it looks like the Series 10 models will look similar to the current Series models.

Will Apple postpone the Apple Watch X project?

It’s hard to say what happened at this point. Perhaps the rumors about the radical new design of the Apple Watch were wrong from the beginning, or Apple may have given up on it for now due to problems in its production. Or the company’s designers simply decided that the Apple Watch is already good enough as it is, and there is no reason to change it drastically.

Interestingly, this isn’t the first time that rumors have been wrong about a redesigned Apple Watch. In 2021, there were many leaks about a “flat-edge” Apple Watch Series 7. However, the Series 7 looks the same as previous Apple Watch models, but larger and with thinner bezels around the display.

While seeing a new design for the Apple Watch would certainly be interesting, I’m happy to know that there’s still a chance that my current watch bands will fit the new Series 10.

Apple Watch X Concept by Lukas Gehrer from Wordsmattr.