I think they would have gone with Apple Watch regardless. This is clearly meant to appeal to "watch people" too. Arguably putting an "i" in front of a high end watch would give it a hint if kitsch, at least in the eyes of watch people.
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Apple did a good thing by dropping the "i"
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I think they would have gone with Apple Watch regardless. This is clearly meant to appeal to "watch people" too. Arguably putting an "i" in front of a high end watch would give it a hint if kitsch, at least in the eyes of watch people.
So, for that matter, was iPhone. Cisco had a trademark on it.
I think the real reason is that Apple wants us to think of this as a piece of jewelry or clothing rather than a tech gadget. It's a watch that happens to have a bunch of technical capabilities, rather than being a gadget that you happen to wear on your wrist.