Apple is developing an Apple Watch model with a built-in cellular data connection that could be released by the end of the year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Additionally, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber suggests the cellular Apple Watch would have a new design over the original’s.
If true, the cellular Apple Watch wouldn’t be as reliant on a connection with an iPhone, which has been one of the Apple Watch’s main limiting factors, .businessinsider.com has reported. As it stands today, Apple’s smartwatch is mostly reliant on a connection with an iPhone to do anything that needs a cellular connection, like using the Maps app for directions, streaming music, making calls, or sending texts.
According to Gurman, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are planning to sell the cellular Apple Watch, which will have a built-in LTE modem from Intel.
