KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that the end of 2014 Apple will put on the market is not more than 3 million "smart" hours iWatch. According to Kuo, in the past often predictive plans California corporation, start producing a wearable device was postponed for several months because of problems with the release gadget deficit sapphire glass.
Ming-Chi Kuo, earlier than expected start manufacturing commercial quantities iWatch in September, now changed its forecast, based on the testimony of sources of supply chain Apple. According to him, the production will not begin until the middle or end of November. In the sale of the device, so go at the very end, just before the Christmas holidays.
The expert also lowered its forecast for shipments iWatch in 2014 with 10.5 million to 3 million. Kuo delay relates to the fact that for the development of hardware and software for this new product category, Apple took longer than initially expected the company.Furthermore, it does not exclude that due to the shortage more than half of "smart" iWatch hours will be equipped with conventional glass, instead of ductile sapphire.
Talking about the hardware characteristics of new, Kuo Other smart watch Apple curved screen technology with AMOLED. Inside the device is a fundamentally new system-on-chip, and from water and dust it will be protected to the highest standards.