There’s just one day to go until Apple reportedly unveils its long-awaited iWatch and — as if anticipation couldn’t be any higher — a Reddit user just posted what he claims to be half a dozen technical images of Apple’s wearables device.
The user claims that the device will feature a microphone, speaker, and Siri virtual assistant. It is also reported that there will be a flexible multi-touch screen, that it will be waterproof to a depth of 20 meters, and that Apple will announce the availability of 4 colors and 2 different sizes.
Not all the news is quite so good, however. The user seeming backs up reports that the iWatch will feature a disappointing battery life, by describing it as lasting “over a day.” While in theory this could mean any duration over one day, it sounds more like the “all day” duration of the LG G watch or Samsung Gear Live, as opposed to the 10 days’ battery given by a longer-lasting (although more limited) device like the Jawbone UP.
The Reddit user also says that there will be no Lightning connector or other ports on the iWatch (possibly tying into the reports about wireless charging) and that the timeline for shipping is not yet finalized, with mass production set to begin in January.
Finally it is suggested that this will be Apple’s “most complex and expensive product to manufacture to date.”
Only 24 hours to wait until we hopefully find out whether these reports are accurate.
Here are the other CAD images posted:
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Source: Reddit
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
8 responses to “iWatch specs and components show up on Reddit”
It’s impossible to draw any definitive conclusions from these poor images, but I really, REALLY hope they are fake. That rounded rectangle looks hideous. I cannot imagine Apple would invite fashion bloggers to an event for something so mundane and no more “fashionable” than the other smart watches now on the market.
If this is real, Switzerland can stop worrying.
How can you deduce anything (good or bad) if the photos are poor as you say?
Maybe he has vision and can see things that others can’t. Or perhaps he started writing a post, realized that it was all downhill after the first sentence, and was compelled by Satan to hit send. In which case he would still be seeing things that others can’t. Quite fascinating actually…
Aaaand…I was right. You could in fact tell from these images what the watch would look like. I dare say it wasn’t special vision, just sensible observation. ;-)
I was only commenting on the shape of the of the bezel/chassis, which you can see well enough to know that it looks like a tiny iPhone strapped to your wrist. That would be really disappointing. And it wouldn’t make sense for Apple to invite fashion editors/bloggers to an event for a tiny iPhone that goes on your wrist, even if the band were made of solid gold (or for Jony Ive…even jokingly…to brag about how Swiss watch makers are going to be in trouble).
Anyway, all the usual caveats apply. Maybe this isn’t the final design. Maybe there will be multiple styles, so there will also be a round option more like the Moto 360, etc etc.
And honestly, even if it is just a tiny iPhone that goes on your wrist…I’ll probably still buy it. ;)
Jony will just call it unapologetically plastic roundrect.
And if this is not real, Switzerland can stop worrying too :D
X207 is the code name or project name…