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More leaked photographs of protective cases alongside ones intended for the Apple Watch Series 8 practically demonstrate the size of the Apple Watch Pro.
Following the recent leaks both of photographs of third-party cases, and Apple renders of the expected Apple Watch Pro, a new leak shows cases for the whole range.
Regular leaker Sonny Dickson has tweeted a pair of images showing two colors of protective cases. In one, a transparent case is shown for the 49mm size of the Apple Watch Pro, and the 45mm one of both the new Apple Watch Series 8 and last year's Apple Watch Series 7.
In the other, three black protective cases are shown for both of these models, and also the 41mm version of the Series 7 and Series 8.
— Sonny Dickson (@SonnyDickson) September 6, 2022
These cases do match the ones from Monday, and they appear to fit with the render. Seperately, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says that Monday's render is correct.
Monday's Apple Watch Pro CAD leaks show a larger display than is expected for the regular Apple Watch Series 8. Prior rumors place that display at 49mm, compared to the up-to 45mm of the Series 7.
A highlight of the renders is the protrusion around the Digital Crown. That appears to hold not just the digital crown, but an additional button which is said to be user-configurable to invoke just about any action on the Apple Watch.
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Just like the iPhone we will now have an Apple Watch Max to choose from.
I like where this is going. A wider range of sizes, band compatibility likely, and longer battery life. Oh, and no round faces like some were certain Apple would eventually cave in on.
Seems like the same iterative process. The iPhone (and smartphones) started out reasonably small, and slowly crept up to become phablet sized. Just like many things in life, the general public has an insatiable demand for bigger. Larger homes, larger vehicles, larger televisions, larger meals, and larger phones. Seems like the easiest way to drum up interest is to simply provide a larger product.
Question for watch owners: do you find yourselves wishing it were bigger in daily use? For me, the benefit of having multiple devices that can perform similar functions (desktop, laptop, iPad, phone, watch) is that ideally each is optimized for specific use cases, which for the watch means being as compact as possible but always readily available on the wrist. I’m not looking for more functional overlap at the cost of reduced optimization; I don’t need or want to read the news on my watch while lying on the couch at home, if it means that the rest of the time I’m carrying around something bulkier than it needs to be.