I forgot to check when I went to my try-on session, but did anyone take the bands off to see if the lightning port is still there?
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Lightning Port
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I'd also like to know this, although I don't think it's a lightning port. As I understand, it's some sort of diagnostic port.
Port is probably the wrong word, since a port would be a water problem. It is just pin connectors. They are probably USB.
EDIT: It is not USB since USB is only 4. I bet it is a Lightning interface. This way Apple has proprietary use and no one else can use it for nefarious reasons (like Jailbreaking).
Bespoke interface for them to flash the firmware or run diagnostics is my guess.
There are currently no cables to use with it, but maybe someday in the future someone will reverse engineer it. If we are REALLY lucky it will be possible to power the watch via the interface which could lead to straps with extra batteries in them. But nobody outside of Apple currently knows what the interface can do.
I assume it could be used for diagnostics perhaps, if your watch was sent for repair or brought to a Genius Bar, they have a special connector to get hardware info from the watch.
Would explain why its hidden away underneath the band, it's not meant to be accessed by a user.
Would explain why its hidden away underneath the band, it's not meant to be accessed by a user.
Your sig is a bit prematur, there could be a diaster!A recall maybe lol
Haha, after actually playing with one today, they would have to come pry it out of my hands if it was recalled
I would be ashamed to show that if I were you. It is very simple to clean a watch. Here is my Garmin's connectors pins after 18 months of extreme sports (mud, sweat, rain, dust, pollen, grime, grease, sticky drinks/food,..... on and on) usage 6x a week.
Gunk likes to accumulate inside "safe havens", not on exposed, rubbed and washed surfaces. As I said, we'll see...
It is 100% diagnostics and will never be user accessed. Besides the obvios Apple would NEVER be involved in such an add on, jerry-rigged solution.
GPS and or SIM is for another gen. What you see is what you get.
It's possibly something like a JTAG port to enable developers to suspend the processor, dump the memory and debug.. or maybe not
I would bet its just to power the display watches and what not without chargers attached. See how they have the interactive displays setup in the store. No chargers attached.
All of the live watch displays I saw in the store had normal chargers for the watch.
Oh hey! It's the Garmin guy again. We get it. You love childish plastic watches. Move along...