At noon on September 12th, Beijing time, Taiwan ’s DigiTImes website quoted supply chain sources as saying that Apple ’s upcoming iWatch smartwatch is experiencing a low yield rate, while the upstream supply chain can only meet 30% of the original order 40% of demand.
iWatch is manufactured using powder metallurgy technology and requires CNC equipment for processing. Because Apple wants the iWatch to be thin and light while maintaining a beautiful design, this poses a huge challenge to foundries, component suppliers and back-end process service providers.
Apple is expected to release iWatch in the second half of 2014, the price will be 149 to 229 US dollars. Inventec and Quanta are iWatch's foundry companies, with an order ratio of 6: 4. Inventec and Quanta declined to comment on this report.
In addition to iWatch, Sony SmartWatch 2 and Samsung ’s recently released Galaxy Gear have also gradually attracted attention to smart watches. Many Taiwanese manufacturers hope to obtain orders for these products.
Foxconn, Compal and Huayu have formed a dedicated team to compete for smart watch orders. At present, the first-tier manufacturers are still testing the smart watch market, and it is expected that more similar products will be released in the future. Taiwanese manufacturers have advantages in entry-level product manufacturing, with the ability to reduce the cost of smart bracelets and smart watches to less than $ 20 and $ 40, respectively.
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