Remember that rumored Apple Watch Series 7 with the flat sides that we all thought looked stunning? The one that didn’t happen? Apparently, that design was for Apple Watch Series 8 all along! Who knew?
Not year-ago-us, that’s who!
Let’s back up slightly for those with short memories. Last year we saw rumors from YouTuber Jon Prosser and others that the Apple Watch Series 7 launch would see a new design complete with square edges. It was a massive departure from the Apple Watch we knew and mostly loved. And it looked stunning. Of course, that wasn’t what Apple announced — we didn’t see the rumored rugged Apple Watch, either — and we were all sad. Now, Twitter leaker ShrimpApplePro believes that we’re in for a treat with Apple Watch Series 8 getting that redesign — and Prosser has had some stunning new images made up to show what it could look like.
Where things differ from last year’s leak is the arrival of a new, flat display glass. That’s the part that ShrimpApplePro tweeted about, tagging Prosser in the process. Now, let me be clear — the legitimacy of ShrimpApplePro ‘leaks’ isn’t guaranteed at this point, although Prosser seems to believe the account is on the up and up. Regardless, this leak needs more salt than a bag of McDonald’s fries. Keep that in mind.
But that said, who can look at this design and not hope Apple will give it to us this year?!
Even without the new design, this year’s wearable will still be the best Apple Watch ever made. It might be able to take our temperature and we can expect new features courtesy of watchOS 9, too. But it’s that look, those flat edges, and that almost concave glass that we’re all here for.
Don’t let us down this time, Apple. Prosser’s eyebrows don’t deserve it.
Leaked iPhone 14 cases show Pro models’ insanely huge camera bumps
Apple is roundly expected to announce a new iPhone 14 lineup later this year and a new leak claims to show some of the cases that are being built for those new handsets. And as we’ve been expecting, they show the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max devices will both come with massive camera bumps.
Beta testers will likely wait until July to get their hands on iOS 16
If all goes according to previous years we can expect Apple to release the first developer beta of iOS 16 on June 6, the same day that it will be announced. That’s the date of the WWDC22 opening keynote but those who are part of the public beta program look set to be waiting a little while longer.
