IWatch screen more than half of the glass?

Sapphire screen is too difficult to do! Apple (Apple) is not only the production of iWatch will be extended to late November, before the end of this year can only ship 3 million, and at least half of the products will use glass mirror, only part of the use of sapphire.

AppleInsider and MacRumors reports, KGI securities analyst Guo Mingchi (Ming-Chi Kuo) 31, the report pointed out that the market had expected shipments of 500-1000 million iWatch before the end of the year; but he predicted the supply chain news, because production time until late November, shipments will fall to 3 million. Not only that, Apple may face the bottleneck of sapphire production, at least half of the estimated iWatch products will replace sapphire glass.

Guo Mingchi said, F-TPK Chen Hung supply iWatch touch module, LG Display provides AMOLED display and touch module adapter services. Chen Hung latest earnings also hinted that iWatch production delays, to the fourth quarter will start. Apple is rumored to be the first to release iWatch in October, before the beginning of mass production in November, the initial supply of iWatch is limited to the beginning of next year shipments will be upgraded.

It is said that the iWatch screen will have a variety of sizes to choose from. Seen in this light, iWatch may be the same as the iPhone 6, so that the sapphire mirror becomes a patent for high order iWatch. The Korea Herald (Korea Herald) reported on July 17th that the NPD DisplaySearch Korea branch senior analyst Brian Huh said that Apple sapphire suppliers very advanced (GT Advanced Technologies) production of sapphire, it seems only 45 million smart mobile phone use; due to the high demand and iWatch stock, perhaps only the highest order of iPhone 6 will be equipped with sapphire screen. He said, iPhone 6 is divided into 5.5 inches and 4.7 inches, may be one of the size of the 64GB version will use sapphire screen. IPhone 6 is rumored to have 64GB, 32GB version, the initial combined shipments of nearly 70 million.

AppleInsider reported at the beginning of July, KGI securities analyst Guo Mingchi heavyweight (Ming-Chi Kuo) in a research report pointed out, iWatch hardware and software development difficulty than ever before, such as an ultra soft Q AMOLED screen with super durable sapphire mirror, is a new technology on the challenge for apple.

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