The Apple Watch Series 3 will be on the market for no less than 5 years by the end of 2022, positioning itself as the longest-running Apple watch. However, this remarkable trajectory had to end at some point, and it seems It will be in 2022 when Apple Watch Series 3 is discontinued Finally.

At least that’s what one of the world’s leading Apple analysts thinks. Ming-Chi Kuo often fails a little, especially in terms of launching new devices or launching discontinued ones, and he just revealed this. Apple will stop selling the Series 3 at the end of this 2022.

Apple Watch Series 3 may go to end-of-life (EOL) in 3Q22 as its computing power cannot meet the requirements of the new watchOS.

— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) 21 March 2022

Apple Watch Series 3 may reach End of Life (EOL) in Quarter 3 as its computing power cannot meet the requirements of the new watchOS.

The Apple Watch Series 3 was released in September 2017 and is almost five years old. It is the oldest Apple Watch to support the latest version of watchOS, but The S3 chip is far behind the S5 chip in the Apple Watch SE and the S7 chip in the Apple Watch Series 7. in terms of performance. According to Apple’s data, the S5 is twice as powerful as the S3, and the S7 is 20% faster than the S5.

Apple Watch Series 3 not one of the most recommended in 2022

According to Kuo, The Apple Watch Series 3 has not only stopped selling this year, but has also stopped receiving new watchOS updates.. Apple is expected to introduce watchOS 9 in June and launch it in September alongside the new Apple Watch models.

This It’s really weird that Apple is still selling the Apple Watch in 2022. Since the latest software updates are so heavy many users have to completely wipe the device and unpair it to update it, it’s a real nightmare.

But still the strangest a device currently for sale will not be upgraded to a new OS. There will be users that will become obsolete in just a few months, something that often does not match Apple’s strategy. We’ll see what the company ultimately decides at the end of the year.