The construction of the Apple Watch will make in-place upgrades extremely difficult if not impossible, an electronics repair firm said today.

“Despite rumors (and hopes) of an upgradable product, the difficulty of removing the S1 alone casts serious doubt on the idea of simply swapping out the internals,” said iFixit, the San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based repair and do-it-yourself (DIY) outfit.

The rumors iFixit referenced had been primarily concerned with the more expensive Watch collections, especially the starts-at-$10,000 18-karat Edition. Because technology improves dramatically, some speculators believed that Apple might make internal-only replacements possible as next-generation wearables appear.

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