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another report says the next apple watch will still need an iphone to work according to Bloomberg sources apple's next apple watch will not include cellular connectivity why not the report says the problem lies in the cell chips themselves they just eat up too much battery life the next Apple watch is expected later this year will reportedly include gps and better health tracking these points are in line with previous predictions made by KGI Securities analyst ming-chi kuo earlier in August however the Bloomberg report adds some more details Apple's goal is to untether the Apple watch from its iPhone and the company plan to accomplish this by the end of 2016 that window seems to have moved to 2017 also Apple has been under pressure by wireless carriers to introduce a cellular enabled Apple watch Apple's been in talks with mobile carriers in the US and Europe to support the Apple watch so what would a data plan for a watch look like if i had to guess the plans would likely look like the wireless plans for ipads in the US one gigabyte of data costs about twenty dollars on the two biggest wireless carriers Apple is rumored to hold an event on September 7th maybe we'll find out on that day or not that's it for this tech news update amaya's Akhtar and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet com / update