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Imran Chaudhri, Apple’s design lead for hardware from 1995 to 2016, revealed some details about the history of Apple Watch on its fifth anniversary. While Chaudhri is no longer with the tech giant, he shared a photo from the Watch team on launch day, as well as a reproduction of his original sketch for the home screen. “The shape of the circular icon was powered by the clock that lived in the center of what I originally called the pier,” he tweeted.
Here is a reproduction of my original sketch for the home screen. The shape of the circular icon was powered by the clock that lived in the center of what I originally called the dock. the crown gave the home screen a dimensionality, allowing you to scroll through the layers of the user interface. pic.twitter.com/w2QITncvHl
– Imran Chaudhri (@imranchaudhri) April 24, 2020
It also revealed that Watch’s Digital Touch was originally called ET, short for electronic touch, named for “its potential as a new form of emotional connection.” Additionally, the original watch was apparently built on a sixth-generation iPod nano tethered to the bracelet. Chaudhri said he started working on it right after iOS 5 and that Steve Jobs was never able to see it.
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