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MacRumors · September 21, 2026 — 14:52

Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 May Have Hidden Flash Storage

Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 May Have Hidden Flash Storage
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Apple is using a 128GB NAND flash die in Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 models, claims a Chinese hardware researcher, despite both devices officially offering only 64GB of storage. It's unclear why Apple would limit the accessible capacity, but it could conceivably be reserving some of it for intensive sensor data read/writes or as a durability buffer. Something…

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