Apple is likely to introduce iWatch Smartwatch in 2014. Inventec is the major assembly source for iWatch, with about 60 percent of order allocation” said Wanli Wang of the banking firm CIMB. These orders, of which Inventec reportedly has 60% of the projected 64 million units, are being split with Quanta computer, who was recently tapped by Apple as a final assembly point in the US for their Mac computers.
We’ve seen companies like Samsung follow Apple’s lead into a market segment before, and eventually overcome Cupertino in market share.
Apple, if all reports are correct, now has two manufacturers for their watch, and a team of 100-plus engineers working on the device. Google is also said to be working on a smartwatch, with Sony and Motorola already established in the wearable marketplace. Samsung is ready to announce their new Galaxy Gear watch, and Kickstarter is ripe with devices like the Pebble and Omate TrueSmart.
