Images of a first Apple Watch prototype, with your WatchOS beta firmware installed and fully functional. Normally all these objects are destroyed, to avoid leaks to the competition.
It is not very clear if the photos were captured in their day, and then the prototype was destroyed, or is still operational in a drawer in Apple Park. Luckily, the outer casing evolved into the curved design of the first Apple Watch, because this one is ugly on the nose. Although seeing Apple's current trend to go back to flat sides....
They just leaked into the account Apple Demos from Twitter new images showing what appears to be a prototype Apple Watch. It may be that the device somehow escaped being destroyed. It has internal software and fully functional development settings.
The device has a rather primitive case that is far from the obvious look of a watch. The hardware predates the current digital crown, with only two buttons on the left side and what looks like a kind of home button built into the front of the box.
Prototype Apple Watch with Security Case runs an Internal Pre-WatchOS 1.0 build, complete with internal testing apps and development settings. It's extremely amazing that something like this could still exist; without having been destroyed. #appleinternal pic.twitter.com/WDTWP0NpIp
- Apple Demo (@AppleDemoYT) December 27, 2020
The software is a preview of the first watchOS 1.0 and Apple Demo demonstrates that the internal build is fully operational, with a variety of photos showing the user interface with different screens.
Refers to apple computer lisa from the 1980s. Even Lisa Simpson is used as an application icon in the Apple Watch prototype for the "Lisa Tester."
This is also where you can see the "Springboard zoom" application, which includes an interactive experience of what the watchOS home screen that we all know.
Without a doubt, a collector's item that would be very well priced in the typical North American auctions of unique Apple devices. They would surely pay a pasture for the smartwatch.