Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple Watch Series 6 will use flexible circuit boards for faster performance, better waterproofing

[Redaktion]

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the Apple Watch Series 6 will mark a switch to flexible circuit boards made of liquid crystal polymer. These new circuit boards should make the Series 6 noticeable faster than the Series 5 and may breath new life into the stagnant wearable brand.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ming-Chi-Kuo-Apple-Watch-Series-6-will-use-flexible-circuit-boards-for-faster-performance-better-waterproofing.442644.0.html

[S.Yu]

Flexible circuit board improving wireless speed, I wonder how that works.

[Samuel Medley]

@ S. Yu
The wireless radio waves can bend around obstacles.
It's science.

Being serious, it could allow Apple to design more efficient hardware if traces/chips are able to be placed around the edges of a board.

[S.Yu]

@ S. Yu
The wireless radio waves can bend around obstacles.
It's science.

Being serious, it could allow Apple to design more efficient hardware if traces/chips are able to be placed around the edges of a board.

Hmm, it seems smartphone motherboards are more crowded than they seem.