Apple reportedly facing issues manufacturing iWatch

 

 

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Apple reportedly facing issues manufacturing iWatch
1/7/2014 11:42:00 PM

Apple is having issues building its long-awaited smartwatch, according to The Information. Screen technology, battery problems, and bumps in manufacturing are hampering getting the wearable out sooner, at a time when almost every other technology company on the market has released their own fitness tracker or smartwatch. 

According to the report, the battery issues come by the way of the screen. This leaves us to conclude the screen may be sucking too much power. It's suggested that Apple has a sizable team on the case to get its smartwatch to market, including ex-Nike design director Ben Shaffer who worked on the original Nike FuelBand. 

It hasn't been suggested how the manufacturing issues have impacted the ship date for the smartwatch, which is believed to come in 2014. Speaking on an end of the year conference call with investors in 2013, Apple CEO Tim Cook continued to hint new product categories during 2014. Industry analysts and pundits have long pegged the smartwatch, or possibly a television, as what is going to be released. It's not clear if manufacturing issues have pushed the launch past this year. 

It's entirely possible that Apple originally planned to release the smartwatch in 2013, but couldn't because of the issues. The Information says the company called off production with a supplier at the end of the year. Furthermore, Bloomberg reported in March 2013 the smartwatch product was launching during 2013, and is being lead by chief designer Jonathan Ive with 100 engineers put to the task. 

Previous rumours have said that the Cupertino company has been testing different sizes of OLED displays for potential use in its first iOS smartwatch. It was thought that this was to find out the perfect size through testing on prototypes, but a November report from the Korea Herald stated that both 1.3-inch and 1.7-inch OLED panels are to be utilised to offer different size choices.

 

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