iFixit has done an Apple Watch Ultra 2 teardown, before doing the same thing with the Series 9 – and the internals don’t reveal any significant changes.
In apparent confirmation that the new Double Tap feature is just a software update to the existing accessibility feature, neither teardown revealed any new hardware relating to this …
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With all the talk and speculating that next year's watch will be a big design change, I didn't expect any revelations in technology in the current form factor. Sure, turn up the brightness and bring an Accessibility function to the forefront, slap on a couple of new faces and bands and call it a day. Save the R&D for the eleventy-two new prototypes they're sorting through to get a 'phenomenal product' next year. Hopefully, along with the new design, there will be some cool health monitoring advancements too. I enjoy my AW5, but it's worn out. I hope I can make it one more cycle.
The teardown video is, in truth, just a little entertainment, mostly illustrating just how tricky it is to disassemble either model, even for iFixit. This is thanks to incredibly tiny screws, and lots of very sticky glue that simply doesn’t want to let go.
These screws are tiny compared to this basmati rice. Plus this bracket hole is much too small for even our precision long-necked bits to fit […] This glue is stubborn, it really feels like I’m gonna break something.
The company searched for signs of any new hardware relating to Double Tap, and didn’t find anything.
But this year’s big feature is Double Tap, something that duplicates existing accessibility features, isn’t available at launch, and doesn’t require any fancy new hardware … Maybe we don’t need yearly watch upgrades.
You can watch the teardown below.
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