The first Apple Watch with a microLED display is on schedule for a late 2025 launch, says Jeff Pu, a tech analyst at Hong Kong investment firm Haitong International Securities.
In a note to investors shared by MacRumors, Pu said that the first Apple Watch with a microLED display will launch in late 2025. The microLED display technology has several advantages over OLED displays, including higher brightness, decreased power consumption, improved contrast ratio, and other benefits. There is also much less risk of screen burn-in, and microLEDs have a longer potential lifetime.
In April, display industry analyst Ross Young indicated that the launch of an Apple Watch Ultra with microLED display would be delayed until the second half of 2025 at the earliest, rather than late 2024 as was originally rumored.
In July, Market research firm Trendforce said Apple’s plans to update the Apple Watch Ultra with a next-generation microLED display have been delayed, due to manufacturing issues.
The microLED display is expected to be 2.12 inches in size, a 10% increase over the size of the display of the current Apple Watch Ultra.
