Apple Watch 2 Overviews

There may be two Apple Watch 2 models with more battery-efficient processors, one that's cheaper and one at normal price with a GPS chip.

WatchOS 3 beta for the first Apple Watch tweaks the software more to our liking, but software alone can't fulfill such a tall order, so his comments are the biggest official Apple Watch 2 hint until today's unveiling.

The Apple Watch 2 really needs to include a GPS chip inside of the watch. Right now, I can map runs initiated by my Apple Watch, but I have to tether it to my iPhone and use the phone GPS.

Apple is supposedly having trouble with the cellular chip needed to download information to the Watch independent of an iPhone. The issue? Battery life drain, according to a Bloomberg report.

The Apple Watch 2 launch date is likely happening today, September 7, now that we've come to the most obvious point in 2016 in which the company will launch new mobile device.

We also didn't see it or any hardware alongside iOS 10 at WWDC 2016 in June. That leaves us with September along with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus debut as the only likely point in 2016.

September 7 gives Apple enough time to tinker with its smartwatch and not make early adopters feel too cheaped, like it surely would have if the company stuck to a more rigid 12-month-upgrade schedule.

Apple Watch 2 price

It launched at a hard-to-justify starting price of $349 (£299, AU$499), and the unofficial price drop during Black Friday took it down to $299 at some stores. Four months later, Apple Stores made the discounted price official.