The rare devices have never been seen before. Giulio Zompetti, the 27-year-old Italian collector, spoke with Motherboard about his purchase of half a dozen Apple Watch units. He declined to say where the products came from, but claims to have found them at an outlet selling electronic waste. According to him, some of the watches have the death star logo, an iconic weapon in the Star Wars universe, known for being printed on other Apple prototypes. The other brands – codes and QR Codes – spread throughout the body of the device have also been spotted in other leaks. Devices have scratches, cracks and marks, but can be repaired Extremely valuable Zompetti told the website that he plans to repair all the devices and sell them for thousands of dollars. In researching the value of these products in the market, Motherboard found that these prototypes are really valuable, being an object of interest to hackers and collectors. With these test units, hackers can abuse a system with security disabled and understand how it works. Thus, the developed technique can be applied to real devices or can be described to Apple in exchange for a reward, as the “hackers of good” do in bug bounty. In addition, even Apple could take advantage of the existence of these special products. The entire process from developing a project to mass production for sale is extremely interesting and can attract a lot of attention to Apple Stores worldwide. Although it is something unusual, Apple has not yet commented on the finding.
