The Apple Watch started life as an iPhone with a Velcro strap
The Apple Watch may be a polished product — both figuratively and literally — but it started life as little more than an iPhone with a Velcro strap, according to a new report from Wired. This crude prototype was chosen partly out of necessity (the Watch was developed on a tight deadline), but also because Apple knew that its first ever wearable would live or die on the strength of its user interface.
this prototype allowed the designers to focus on the software
Jerry-rigging an iPhone with a life-sized simulation of the Apple Watch’s display allowed the product’s designers to focus on the software, not the hardware, and figure out how core features like messaging and calendars would translate to the small screen. The team did, however,…
Source:: The Verge
