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An Apple Watch designer shares behind-the-scenes history to celebrate the device’s fifth birthday – The Verge, The Verge

An Apple Watch designer shares behind-the-scenes history to celebrate the device’s fifth birthday – The Verge, The Verge
  

The original Apple Watch was released five years ago today – April (th,

– and Imran Chaudhri, a designer who worked on the team for the first Apple Watch, shared some fascinating behind-the-scenes info about the product’s development in a tweetstorm today .

Check out Chaudhri’s reproduction of the original sketch of the Apple Watch’s home screen, for example – it looks as if the concept for the “ honeycomb ” array of apps was part of the design of the device even in its earliest planning stages. And I think the early “E.T.” name for Digital Touch, described in the second tweet below, is quite clever, especially because you have to do an ET-like finger point on your Apple Watch’s display to use the feature.

digital touch was originally called E.T. for electronic touch. i called it that for its potential as a new form of emotional connection.

the drawing “ink” was inspired by my graffiti days. the ephemera was designed to communicate transmission while making it guilt free. pic.twitter.com/FadGhf8ho9

– Imran Chaudhri (@imranchaudhri) April ,

Chaudhri also shared that the first Apple Watch prototype was built using a sixth-generation iPod nano attached to a watchband. If you don’t remember, that iPod nano was the small, square one . It was also a device that

The Verge ‘s editor-in-chief Nilay Patel actually reviewed as a watch for Engadget .

Chaudhri also shared a photo of one of the butterflies used for the Motion watchface , and that he created the Solar watchface in part to help Muslims observing Ramadan know the position of the Sun at a glance.

Since its release, the Apple Watch has become a huge hit for Apple – it now sells more watches than the

entire Swiss watch industry . Apple has also added a lot more health-focused features, given the device a full redesign with 17875882 ‘s Apple Watch Series 4 , and last year, finally added an always-on display so you can always see the time .

But if you’re feeling nostalgic for the days of the original Apple Watch, consider reading Nilay’s review of the device or watching his video review , which I’ve included below.   Read More

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