谷歌一款尚未公布、甚至尚未宣布的Pixel Watch 5智能手錶,近日以一種極其離奇的方式曝光——它被潛水者在海底發現,並由《邊緣禁地》開發商Gearbox的CEO蘭迪·皮奇福德公開發布到網路上。

據皮奇福德6月1日在個人賬號上透露,他的一位朋友在加勒比海背風群島的聖馬丁島附近進行水肺潛水時,意外撿到了一塊智能手錶。手錶背面清晰標註著「Pixel Watch 5」,同時可以看到傳感器和外緣的錶冠。
皮奇福德寫道:「他注意到手錶背面顯示這是一款Google Pixel 5,這款產品目前既未公布更未發布。手錶看起來狀況良好,錶盤顯示電池已空,但似乎仍有足夠的儲備電量顯示正確的時間。」
A friend of mine found this watch a few days ago ~underwater~ when he was scuba diving near the island of St. Martin. He noted that the reverse of the watch indicates that it is a Google Pixel 5, which has not yet been announced, let alone released. It seems to be fine. The face indicates an empty battery, but seems to have enough reserve power to display the correct time. He asked me to have a look because he seems to believe I am connected in the tech industry. Who can help me out? Who knows how to find the person this unreleased watch belong to and let me know how can we return it to them?
他還補充道,這塊手錶因電量不足無法點亮螢幕,但仍能顯示時間——這意味著佩戴該設備進行測試的谷歌員工很可能是不久前才將其遺失的。

這一事件立刻讓人聯想到2010年著名的iPhone 4泄露事件。當時,一名蘋果工程師在加州雷德伍德城的一家酒吧遺落了一台尚未發布的iPhone 4原型機,隨後被科技部落格Gizmodo以約5000美元購得,並拆解後公之於眾。

值得一提的是,皮奇福德表示自己正在嘗試聯繫這塊手錶的失主,以便歸還設備。不過在此之前,這兩張實拍圖已經在網路上引發廣泛關注,成為科技圈最意外的「新品首發」之一。谷歌方面目前尚未對此事作出回應。






