Correction: iOS 12 and higher do support the application and methods for forcing Location on still work to this day, it seems to just no longer be signed by Apple and its profiles are now restricted by watchdogd (along with being stored in Applications folder which gets wiped during updates) so it'll be removed just as if it were an application installed from a Jailbreak.
I'm surprised that given the whole entirely custom nature of the device and the fact that they probably had to spoof or change some device ID to get the Apple watch to pair with the iPad that the device even is recognized by the Apple software update servers for iOS as an iPad mini so it could even download iOS 12
Interesting! I remember seeing and trying them at third-party Apple authorised reseller shops back in the day! I'm surprised they just asked for them to be destroyed, because if they knew what they were doing, they'd probably have asked for them to be sent back to refurbish into separate devices. I'm also reminded of Samsung Galaxy retail demo devices.
I'm having one of those Series 1 Steels which play the Video on a continous loop. I've always wondered how to get rid of it.. These days i almost think it's worth keeping the watch as is. (Got it for free from work)
I live in China, and I found on of these on a Chinese online marketplace for 200¥, about 30$. It doesn’t have the watch nor the back plate, its front glass is cracked, but the “iPad” is functional with what seems like the original software intact. Should I buy it?
I'm always surprised that back when those were a thing they had a battery in them, after all because they were exclusively custom built to be stored display models you would think they would just tether them to the table like any other demo product and keep it plugged in with a lightning cable or that magsafe 2 connector, after all iOS devices and iOS will run just fine without a battery, you can see that by taking the battery out of your iPhone and plugging it in
POV: Your high school friends are coming over to your house so you have this in the dining room and you made your own Apple Watch signs that say like: Apple Watch, n stuff
