After being late delivering their new Apple watch stock to stores in Australia, Apple is tipped to soon make their current model watch yesterday’s technology, with the big tech Company tipped to launch by Xmas a brand new watch 2 complete with camera and new wireless system.
Several publications are reporting that Apple is set to include a video camera in Apple Watch 2 which is tipped to be available by Xmas the device will also get a new wireless system for greater iPhone independence, a new premium-priced model is also in the offing.
The new wireless system would allow owners to do more without their iPhone, for instance when they are exercising.
Currently, the Apple Watch’s activity tracking, mobile payment, and music playback functionality work without a connected iPhone, but many other features don’t.
It is believe that the new model Apple Watch will also allow for text messaging, emailing, and receiving updated weather data.
It is also possible that Apple could introduce Apple Watch 2 variations made with titanium, tungsten, palladium, or as has been previously suggested, platinum insiders have said.
According to Reuters, nearly 20 percent of Apple Watch buyers are not only shelling out hundreds of dollars for the timepiece but are buying a spare band too, giving the tech giant a profitable second dip into customers’ wallets.
Apple who likes to brag about how many iPhones they have sold is yet to release how many units of the watch it has sold, let alone how profitable it is.
Some analysts reckon the company has sold 2.79 million as of mid-June.