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As Apple season kicks into high gear, so do more frequent reports about the mythical iWatch.

The most recent report has nothing to do with release date, price or specific functionality, but it does have to do with a key component of any wearable device: design.

According to Brian Blair, an analyst at Rosenblatt Securities, the iWatch will have a round face. Business Insider shared Blair’s findings, which the analyst got from “supply chain sources” during a recent trip to Taiwan.

Blair’s sources say that like the Moto 360, the iWatch will have a round face — thus looking more like a regular watch. Apparently, however, the design will be “slimmer” than the approach Motorola is taking with its Android Wear-based smartwatch.

Motorola said that one of the reasons it went for a round design, as opposed to square, was the extra usable surface area a sphere offers on a wrist. The biggest factor preventing most smartwatch makers from doing rounded screens already has largely been about the design of the screen and other components. Apple, more than any other company, is adroit at fitting components into a specific design profile, so the idea that the company might go in that direction isn’t surprising.

Blair says there will be various “models” of the iWatch, which could mean distinct versions for men and women. His sources also reportedly tell him the watch is supposed to go into production in July/August. If true, that could mean the iWatch could debut as early as late-September or early-October.

Of course, all of this is just conjecture from unnamed supply chain sources and we should take all of it with very large grains of salt. Apple deals with hundreds of component makers and, as a result, most supply-chain rumors are notoriously inaccurate.

Still, when it comes to Apple — smoke often does indicate fire. Frankly, the last time we can remember such sustained buzz for an unannounced Apple product was with the original iPad.

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Source: http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/iwatch-round-face-rumor/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss