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Three new Apple Watches are coming this year.

The rugged model could be branded Pro, as Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman suggests

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in his latest Power On newsletter.

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With that in mind, the Cupertino company could also, once again

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discontinue the Edition version in favor of this extreme sports option

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Most of what Gurman talks about in today’s newsletter he already reported

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or other analysts also talked about

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He thinks the Pro features of this upcoming Apple Watch will be a larger and more shatter-resistant

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