A new crop of renders of the widely-expected Apple Watch Series 7 design offer a much better idea of what to expect from the major redesign than the rough, cheap clones seen last week.
Phone Arena created these more credible renders.
In addition to the flat-sided design to match the current iPhone and iPad, we’re also expecting a slightly larger screen. Increasing the sizes to 41mm and 45mm was first suggested by a Weibo user, and has since been backed by Duan Rui and Bloomberg. The latter report also indicated Apple would release new Watch faces to take advantage of the larger size.
MacDailyNews Note: Check out all of the new renders at Phone Arena.
It looks like a very early watch version … much less sophisticated than the current rounded designs (and probably a whole lot easier and cheaper to manufacture). So tasteless … Jony Ive might laugh himself silly. Since I currently have a 3 I’ll probably end up getting a 6 in stainless.
That render certainly makes it look like a cheap chunky clone. The reason it was originally designed with a curved edge screen was to reduce the sense of thickness so unless you actually make it less thick to compensate this new design will take away from all that careful thought.
Oh wow 1mm larger It makes a huuuuuuuge difference… 😱 can’t sleep now
I like the curviness better, I think. This design (assuming it’s close to accurate) maximizes the screen size while keeping the overall dimensions similar. Hence, the top is flat to the edge. But the flat side makes it look thick and clunky.
What it should have is a flat top with tapered edge. I had a dress watch like that many years ago. Not expensive, but it looked really thin because the edge tapered. At the middle, it was as thick as any quartz watch. Like the old iMac. It looks really thin except when looking at it directly from the side. The new iMac is actually very thin, but it looks a bit clunky and dull from most angles.
I’m beginning to appreciate the influence of Jony Ive more.