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Battery Likely for Upcoming Apple Watch Series 6 Filed in Certification Listings

A battery likely for the upcoming Apple Watch (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-watch/) Series 6 has been filed at the Korea Testing and Research Institute (http://safetykorea.kr/release/certDetail?certNum=YU10448-20011) and discovered by a Twitter user @yabhishekhd (https://twitter.com/yabhishekhd/status/1289513268571119616?s=20).





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Certification for a 1.17Wh battery with a capacity of 303.8mAh was issued on June 23 by the KTR, a Korean regulatory body that approves and tests new hardware ahead of public sale.





The battery seems to be destined for a future ‌Apple Watch‌, given the shape, capacity, and model number of A2327. The current ‌Apple Watch‌ Series 5 has a 296mAh battery, a similar model number of A2181, and is visually identical. The battery is also listed in the filing as for "fitness," which would be an appropriate categorization for ‌Apple Watch‌.





A larger 303.8mAh in a new ‌Apple Watch‌ would offer a larger capacity than in previous generations. This could be facilitated by the removal of the Force Touch (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/23/apple-drops-force-touch-gesture-in-watchos-7/) technology layer, which was made defunct in WatchOS 7. Without this component in future Apple Watches, internal space could be made available for a slightly larger battery.





Apple claims that ‌Apple Watch‌ Series 5 offers an 18 hour battery life, but since this new battery is only slightly larger, it would be unlikely for the Series 6 battery life to be considerably better. Any significant battery life improvements would be more likely to come from improved power efficiency rather than a larger battery.





Earlier this week, it was rumored that ‌Apple Watch‌ Series 6 could feature blood oxygen monitoring (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/07/31/apple-watch-series-6-blood-oxygen-monitoring/), which could consume more power and account for the need for a larger battery.





‌&zwnj;Apple Watch&zwnj;‌ Series 6 models are expected for a fall launch, and are rumored to feature faster performance, better water resistance, and improved wireless transmission for faster Wi-Fi and cellular speeds.<div class="linkback">Tag: Apple Watch (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-watch/)</div>
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