Were there any doubt that Apple will be announcing some kind of wearable device on September 9—and really, is there any doubt?—then a new report has all but confirmed Apple's interest in wearables.
According to Reuters, Apple has invited a number of "high profile fashion editors and bloggers" to its big fall event next week. And we're not just talking about a few industry folk here and there. Reuters describes the guest list as an "unprecedented number" of fashion-related folk.
Does Apple typically do that for iPhone launches? Nope. Unless the company is planning to unveil some godawful Swarovski crystal-backed smartphone, which we highly doubt, then it stands to reason that you'll be seeing some wearables come Tuesday.
How many, what they might look like, and what price points they might come in at are all anyone's guess right now. And while a number of entities have been speculating, we haven't seen any reported product leaks just yet. The same can't be said for Apple's alleged iPhone 6, which has a number of images associated to its name.
In the latest batch of leaks, the thinner, larger device looks like it has space for six total rows of icons per screen (in four columns). It's thin enough that the iPhone 6's camera actually sticks out a little bit from the back instead of siting flush against the iPhone's rear, as we've seen in all iPhones thus far.
Of course, many have also taken to these leaks with skepticism instead of speculation, noting that the leakers themselves—who sometimes appear in the very videos of them showing off the alleged iPhone 6—wouldn't actually do that if they had a real iPhone 6 on their hands.
As for the dearth of leaks—even potentially fake ones—for the rumored iWatch, that's likely because Apple won't even be able to sell said device for a number of months. It's been widely speculated that alleged manufacturing difficulties for the new device have pushed Apple's launch timetable to early 2015 at the earliest. Assembly for the device, as reported by MacRumors last month, isn't even to likely begin until this month.
In other words, there simply isn't anything to leak right now. And there's precedence for this, as the International Business Times also noted in an article last month. The original iPhone and iPad didn't launch until months after they were first revealed, and images of the alleged devices weren't leaked out at all prior to their official unveiling.
That all said, you won't have to wait long to see Apple's wearable. The event invite, as described by some of the fashion industry folk attending, signifies that Apple is as serious about its wearable's aesthetic appeal as its technological prowess.