Twitter account DongleBookPro has shared a newly revealed Apple Watch Collection 2 prototype that exhibits that mobile compatibility was initially deliberate to be launched a yr earlier. The prototype proven off by DongleBookPro additionally has a pink Digital Crown, similar to the Collection 3 watch, which was the primary delivery mannequin with mobile.
Whereas this prototype is primarily vital for its mobile performance, it is also proven in an unreleased gold chrome steel end. Apple didn’t launch a gold chrome steel Apple Watch till the Collection 4 about two years later. With the Collection 2, the corporate scrapped the 18K strong gold version fashions and changed them with a much more inexpensive ceramic mannequin. The chrome steel Apple Watch Collection 2 solely shipped in silver and house black.
DongleBookPro says that Apple in the end scrapped mobile within the second prototype of the Apple Watch Collection 2 as a result of this explicit prototype overheated always due to the onboard modem. The prototype proven off in these photographs was fairly early on within the improvement course of, however Apple nonetheless engraved the phrases “Collection 2” on the again above the crystal. It’s additionally operating take a look at software program moderately than watchOS with a completely totally different interface.
You’ll be able to see extra images of the prototype within the tweet embedded beneath!
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