Imodeli yokuqala ye-Apple Watch yethulwe ngokusemthethweni ngoSepthemba 2014, kepha ayizange ifinyelele emakethe kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2015, okungenani kwamanye amazwe. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili yethulwe ngokusemthethweni, abafana baseCupertino bethula ngokusemthethweni isizukulwane sesibili se-Apple Watch, esakhiwe ngochungechunge 1 no-Series 2, okuyithuluzi elifike ngemuva kwezinsuku emakethe, livimbela ukulinda imodeli edlule. Ngokwamahemuhemu amaningi ahlobene nesizukulwane sesithathu i-Apple Watch, I-Apple Watch Series 3 ingafakwa embhalweni olandelayo ohlelelwe ukuqala kukaSepthemba, isihluthulelo lapho i-iPhone 8 nayo izokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni.
Kodwa kuze kube manje besingenabo ubufakazi bokuthi le modeli ingene esigabeni sokukhiqiza noma besizokwenza lokho, kodwa ngokusho kwephephandaba lezomnotho laseChina iDaily News, i-Apple Watch Series 3 isizongena esigabeni sokukhiqiza ngokulandelana, ngakho amahlebezi okuthi izokwethulwa ngenyanga kaSepthemba aqala ukubonakala.
IDaily News icaphuna imithombo esekelwa eTaiwan iQuanta Computer, ebingasho qala ukuthumela amayunithi okuqala ngekota yokugcina yonyaka. Isizukulwane sesithathu se-Apple Watch sizosinikeza njengendaba eyinhloko into ye-LTE chip ezoyivumela ukuthi isebenze ngokuzimela, kepha ngokusho kwamahemuhemu wakamuva ahlobene nale modeli, ngeke ikwazi ukushaya izingcingo.
Ngokuba ne-chip ye-LTE, ibhethri elifanayo kuzofanele libe ngaphezulu kune-Model Series 2, imodeli amandla ayo ebhethri aphezulu kunemodeli yoqobo kanye nochungechunge 1. Mayelana nokuklanywa, isizukulwane sesithathu se-Apple Watch sizosinikeza ukwakheka okufanayo nezizukulwane ezimbili ezedlule, ngakho-ke uma ubucabanga ngokulungiswa kobuhle, iya ku- kufanele silinde isizukulwane esilandelayo, okumele ngalesi silinganiso sethulwe ngonyaka ozayo.
