Apple announced last week an all-new generation ofApple Watch “Series 5”with an always-on display, built-in compass, and new case finishes. Despite showing all these new features during the keynote, Apple didn’t mention anything specific about Series 5 achieving better performance than last year’s Series 4, not even on its website. We now know that’s because there are no improvements over the CPU included in Apple Watch Series 5.
As outlined by developerSteve Troughton-SmithonTwitter, Apple Watch Series 5 has the same generation processor and GPU as the Apple Watch Series 4. The information was found on the latest version of Xcode. With that said, both Apple Watch Series 4 and Series 5 have the same performance for running apps and other watchOS features.
According to Xcode, Apple Watch Series 5 has the same generation CPU / GPU as the Apple Watch Series 4; I guess the only changes are a gyro and 32 GB of NAND? The plus side of that is that we won’t have to worry about watchOS being slower on the Series 4 than on a brand new model
– Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith)September 18, 2019
This is not exactly a surprise, as some reports had previously suggested that Apple wouldn’t announce a new generation of Apple Watch this year besides the titanium and ceramic models. Apple might have chosen to focus on other areas, targeting even more new customers to its smartwatch rather than increasing performance or making design changes a year after its completely redesigned Apple Watch Series 4. Areport fromCNBCtodayclaimed that 70% of Apple Watch customers are buying it for the very first time.
At least this also means that Series 4 owners can use their Apple Watch without any constraints by next year.
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Filipe Espósito
Filipe Espósito is a Brazilian tech Journalist who started covering Apple news on iHelp BR with some exclusive scoops – including the reveal of the new Apple Watch Series 5 models in titanium and ceramic. He joined 9to5Mac to share even more tech news around the world.
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