Apple Watch (iWatch) – Page 7

Apple Builds Bigger, Better Ecosystem at WWDC 2015

by Tom Allen

Apple’s WWDC has been and gone again, but this year’s event was unlike those in the recent past – because there were no new product announcements. Instead, like Google at Google I/O in May, …

Apple Watch Reaches Stores

by Tom Allen

Apple has said that the Apple Watch will be available to buy in-store from 26th June. The Watch could only be purchased online when it was launched.

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Apple to Take Half of Smartwatch Display Market

by Tom Allen

Forecast to grow 250% this year, smartwatch display shipments will reach a new record level in 2015, of 34 million units, says IHS. Demand for the Apple Watch will drive the increase. The display …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Quanta Ready to Handle Apple Watch Demand

by Vanessa Browning

Quanta has commented on the rumours that Apple is considering outsourcing Apple Watch production to other companies (WSJ Confirms Taptic Engine Limiting Watch Supply). Vice chairman CC Leung has said that production is ‘no …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Quanta| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Samsung Delays Smartwatch on Apple Hype

by Tom Allen

SamMobile claims that Samsung is delaying a new smartwatch until the hype surrounding the Apple Watch has died down. According to the website, the watch is likely to be launched in September (probably at …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Competitors Need Apple Watch to Succeed – IHS

by Tom Allen

IHS expects the smartwatch market to grow from 3.6 million units in 2014 to 101 million in 2020. The overall success of the smartwatch market will be driven by the Apple Watch, said IHS …

Apple Watch Success Needed for a Smartwatch Mega Boom

by Helen Vince

The smartwatch market will grow from 3.6 million unit shipments in 2014, to 101 million shipments in 2020 according to a new report released today by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Smartwatches

Display is Apple Watch’s Most Expensive Component

by Tom Allen

IHS estimates that the components of the Apple Watch (Sport edition) are $81.20 (New Apple Watch Has Lowest Ratio of Hardware Costs to Retail Price, IHS Teardown Reveals). The total cost of the product …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Apple Watch Display Shoot-Out

by Steve Sechrist

Just days after the first Apple Watch began showing up in the hands of consumers, DisplayMate Labs, run by Dr. Ray Soneira, completed a comprehensive battery of tests on Apple’s first AMOLED display technology. …

New Apple Watch Has Lowest Ratio of Hardware Costs to Retail Price, IHS Teardown Reveals

by Helen Vince

The much-anticipated new Apple Watch has the lowest hardware costs compared to retail price of any Apple product IHS Technology has researched, according to a preliminary estimate by IHS (NYSE: IHS) and its Teardown …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| IHS Markit| Teardowns

WSJ Confirms Taptic Engine Limiting Watch Supply

by Tom Allen

Image credit: WSJSources have told the Wall Street Journal that one of the issues limiting supply of the Apple Watch is a defective taptic engine (a new component providing haptic feedback) as rumoured in …

Tattoos? Apple Doesn’t Want to Know

by Tom Allen

As well as the tight supply chain issues, the rumours of failing components and the online-only orders, the Apple Watch has hit another snag: it won’t work if you have a tattoo. At least, …