The engineering version of the original leather strap of Apple Apple Watch Watch has been exposed: it has been cut because of its durability and "affecting cost"

CTOnews.com July 31, the famous Apple product collector Kosutami today unveiled the original engineering version of the leather strap of the Apple Apple Watch Watch. It is said that "the leather cost of the engineering version of the strap is higher than the official version, so the strap has a better texture and more durable structure", but Apple believes that the strap is more expensive, and finally switched to a lower-cost prototype during the mass production stage.

X'sCTOnews.com, released by ▲ source Kosutami, found from the images shared by Kosutami that the leather strap had a more complex black hammer texture and was "lighter and softer" than the final production version, while the buckle was designed in stainless steel, roughly the same as the final mass production version.

▲ drawing source Kosutami released Xrays

In addition, Kosutami said that Apple has significantly reduced the cost of the mass-production version of the strap, such as "the adhesive used in the engineering version of the strap has maintained a certain strength until now, but the mass-produced version of the strap is now 'almost unusable'", Kosutami said.

Kosutami claimed that Apple had wanted the strap to be suitable for more scenarios, but eventually decided that the strap would be positioned as a "light luxury product", so it would not require "stronger durability" and would be able to reduce costs, resulting in a situation in which the quality of the "engineering version" was better than that of the "mass production version".

▲ drawing source Kosutami released Xrays