“Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will replace Samsung as the sole supplier of chips for the new Apple Watch starting the second half of 2016,” Jessie Shen reports for DigiTimes.
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo “revealed that there will be two models of Apple Watch slated for launch in the second half of 2016,” Shen reports. “Both models, second-generation Apple Watch (Apple Watch 2) and an enhanced version of first-generation Apple Watch, will feature Apple’s S2 SoCs built using TSMC’s 16nm process technology, but come with different screen sizes.”
“Despite the loss of chip orders, Samsung will start providing AMOLED panels [joining LG Display] for the Apple Watch in the second half of 2016,” Shen reports. “Kuo also disclosed that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will enter the supply chain for the Apple Watch starting 2017 joining existing supplier Quanta Computer.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple Watch 2 with watchOS 3 is going to be a quantum leap over the Apple Watch we first strapped on our wrists back on April 24, 2015!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]