Although the components for "intelligent" iWatch watches already put into production, a bracelet with the "apple" on the body is still undergoing technical verification test (EVT). This writes the trade publication DigiTimes, citing its own sources of supply chain Apple.
The development of any gadget from the construction of a computer model. Then engineers begin to produce the first sample EVT (Engineering Verification Test, technical verification tests). At this stage, all the parts come together to test the performance of the system: check correct operation of the device as a whole. According to the source, iWatch are now at this stage.
Upon completion of the EVT stage and before starting mass production of smart-hours to go through another series of tests - PVT (validation testing of serial production). During this phase, the plant produces a limited number of copies of the device, which are a special quality control. Such a move is intended to provide an exact match each devaysa standards Apple. Checked all the basic elements of mobile electronics, electrical and electronic equipment and systems integration software. After completion of the test Apple switches to mass production.
iPhone 6 moved to the stage of EVT in the spring of this year, and the final stage of testing - at the beginning of August. Thus, ready iWatch can be on the market until early 2015. It is quite possible that in the interval between checks and EVT PVT company will change the design of their computerized hours.
Previously, the delay sales iWatch to 2015 reported the publication Re/code . Apple is not the first time uses a similar strategy - so, from the presentation of the first iPhone in January 2007 and it is available for sale 5 months passed, the first iPad hit the shelves only three months after the presentation, and the computers Mac Pro, announced in June WWDC 2013, entered the market only in the end of the year. This tactic allows Apple to avoid leaks and make the necessary number of copies before the start of sales.