The Apple watch arrived late, later than the rest of the competition models, but this does not mean that it lagged behind in the smartwatch race, rather the opposite. Today the Apple watch is the best-selling worldwide and continues to break its own records.
At first, not everyone seemed to like its design, it was really slow in terms of functions and it lacked maturity. What does not seem to have changed much since that first Series 0 or first-generation Apple Watch is its design, a design that Apple tried to cover with A silicone case in the purest iPod nano style.
Many users used on their wrists in those years an iPod nano as a watch with a third-party strap and it occurred to Apple that a way to cover its design in the first prototypes could be to use this silicone case. A tweet from AppleDemoYT shows the way Apple had to cover or hide the smart watch that is so popular today and that all brands want to copy:
Here are some more photos of my Prototype Apple Watch that mimics an iPod Nano! #appleinternal pic.twitter.com/wi7FSrQP1C
- Apple Demo (@AppleDemoYT) September 3, 2020
Without a doubt, it was an interesting way to keep one of the products most demanded by us, the users, safe from possible leaks. It must be said that the play turned out quite well since We did not see the design of the watch until the last hours before it was presented. This prototype that we see in the images was the one that reached the testers and we can really say that the play went well since no one managed to see the design until the moment of its presentation, I even remember that later the sale was delayed more for not have even started production earlier to avoid leaks.
Good move Apple!
