Apple could finally stop selling the Apple Watch Series 3 this year. Why finally? Because this model launched in 2017 has been struggling for a while. It is for this reason that it should disappear from the catalog.
According to the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the Series 3 will be retired in the third quarter because it is not powerful enough for the next major version of watchOS. This disappearance is all the more believable as the journalist Mark Gurman has it too recently announced.
The Series 3 is seriously marking time compared to the following generations: it is the last model to have a 32-bit chip and 8 GB of storage. 8GB might sound like a lot for a watch, except it caused a big complication ; it was necessary for a time to carry out the updates by completely emptying his watch beforehand, a long and painful operation. watchOS 8 improved the process then, but that is to say the burden that the Series 3 represents today. It’s also the latest model to have a 38mm or 42mm screen surrounded by wide bezels.
In short, even if at 219 € it is the cheapest new Apple Watch, it is really better to spend a little more for the much more efficient Apple Watch SE. It is also expected that the Apple Watch SE will become the new entry-level copy at the end of the year, as is the iPhone SE for smartphones.
According to Mark Gurman’s sources, there will be three new Apple Watches in 2022: a new generation SE, the Series 8 and a model specially intended for sportsmen who could therefore introduce a new range – unless it replaces the Apple Watch Nike?