Yes, sort of. The first Intel Mac and the first ARM Mac were DTKs: Developer Transition Kits. You’d buy them from Apple at a reduced price, could use them to

Yes, sort of. The first Intel Mac and the first ARM Mac were DTKs: Developer Transition Kits. You’d buy them from Apple at a reduced price, could use them to get your software running, and then had to give them back when the real hardware was released. There was nothing similar for the watch, iPad, or iPhone though.