UPDATE: The Apple Watch will come in two sizes: a 38mm version and a 42mm version.
At this point next to nothing has been leaked about Apple's highly anticipated wearable. Even "iWatch" is not official. Current speculation (by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities) says the iWatch will have two different display sizes - 1.3 inch and 1.5 inch.
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It has never been a question of if, but rather when Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) would embrace mobile payments and develop its own digital wallet. Since the iPhone 6 was first announced, many industry analysts have speculated that the new handset would incorporate an NFC chip to facilitate mobile payments; now the Wall Street Journal agrees, not only for the iPhone, but for the iWatch as well.
In Thursday's report, WSJ writers Greg Bensinger, Lorraine Luk and Daisuke Wakabayashi wrote that both as yet unannounced devices would incorporate near field communications (NFC) technology. According to sources close to Apple, "NFC wireless is central to Apple's plans to incorporate so-called tap-to-pay into its mobile devices, allowing users to pay for goods and services using credit cards stored with iTunes."
The Apple Watch ships with 8GB of storage but users can only store up to 2GB of music and up to 75MB of photos on the watch. This is the same for all three collections (Sport, Watch and Edition ) and sizes of the watch.
UPDATE 3: CEO Tim Cook announced during the Spring Forward event that the Apple Watch will ship on April 24th. It will be available for preorder and preview on the 10th.
UPDATE 2: Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during a quarterly earnings call that the Apple Watch was on schedule to ship in April. He did not give a specific date.
UPDATE: The Apple Watch will be released "early 2015".
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A report in today's Economic Daily out of Taiwan (spotted by G4Games) claims that Apple's highly anticipated iWatch will launch with three models. The models will vary by size and shielding. The report also claims that the rumored iPad Pro is still in the works and may be official by the end of the year.
According to the publication, one model will sport a 1.6" touchscreen panel while the other two will have larger 1.8" screens. Earlier rumors have claimed sizes ranging from 1.3" up to 2.5". The two larger sizes will differ by their screen material - one will employ sapphire glass, which is a super hard material that is scratch resistant.
