lately, A report released by Juniper Research on Tuesday claimed that the shipments of Apple Watch accounted for 51.5% of all global smart watch markets in 2015. This study estimated that about 17.1 million smart watches were sold worldwide, including about 8.8 million Apple Watch devices. In November last year, Canalys also announced that the shipment of Apple Watch had reached 7 million. The market shows that, despite this, the innovation Apple has invested in this generation of products is not appreciated by consumers. Apple, feeling the crisis, obviously accelerated the pace of innovation, and recently exposed a patent on smart watches.

It is reported that Apple has named the patent "magnetic wrist strap", which is a smart watch wrist strap with magnetic closing function. When the smart watch is not in use, it can be used as a protective case and a bracket. But when can this patent be used in the product? We still don't know. Maybe it is the next generation Apple Watch?

Apple announced a patent application on the 14th that it is developing a smart watch strap with magnetic closing function, which can be used as a protective case and bracket when the smart watch is not in use. The patent that Apple applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is called "magnetic wrist strap", which is similar to magnetic buckle shoulder strap, such as leather loop and Milan loop. However, Apple's patent adopts a deformable design, with two wristbands, one for wrist wear and the other for storage without wearing.

They are made of ductile materials, in which a series of alternating polarity magnets are embedded to form different folding patterns. For example, a wrist strap may include multiple magnets, repeating the pattern of north, north, south, north and north, while the magnet layout embedded in the second wrist strap is opposite to the first one. When two wrist straps are close together, they can form a vertical stack configuration by magnet attraction.

In addition to being used as a watch strap, Apple's watch strap is flexible enough to bend in the opposite direction when not in use, and protect the watch itself and the watch panel with the help of the magnetic attraction. Apple said that this design can protect the sports Apple smart watch and the glass protective layer, saving users hundreds of dollars in maintenance costs. In addition, it can also protect the delicate and fragile optical heart rate sensor on the back of the smart watch.

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