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Apple Watch 2 Will Come With a New Manufacturer

Apple’s first watch is being produced by Quanta Computer, but according to a new report from Chinese media, Apple is searching new manufacturers and the company is in talks with Winstron, Inventec and Foxconn which is the Apple’s primary partner.

Rachel Kowalski
Rachel KowalskiCybersecurity Analyst
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Apple Watch 2 Will Come With a New Manufacturer

Apple’s first watch is being produced by Quanta Computer, but according to a new report from Chinese media, Apple is searching new manufacturers and the company is in talks with Winstron, Inventec and Foxconn which is the Apple’s primary partner.

New watch planing to lunched in the second quarter of 2016 or after the second quarter. Quanta has made some investment for able to make the watch, but the profit that expected from the watch is not too high, and that is a big concern of the manufacturers, looks like Apple don’t like to share. Apple was planning the order 6 million watches, but the company lower the amount 4 million later, it must the low amount sales of the first Apple Watch.
Next Generation Apple Watch accepted to have better battery life, improved display and new smart bands. Many of the users want built-in GPS, but it is not certain next-generation will have that because of the GPS future drains a lot of power. It is highly possible consumers will see a new charging dock for the Apple Watch 2.

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Rachel Kowalski

Rachel Kowalski

Cybersecurity Analyst

Rachel Kowalski is the Cybersecurity Analyst at TrendinTech, where she covers vulnerabilities, ransomware, supply chain attacks, nation-state operations and the security rules shaping organizations in the United States and Europe. Before moving into journalism she worked as a threat intelligence analyst at a security vendor and later reported for CyberScoop and the security desk at Wired, covering the SolarWinds compromise and the ransomware wave that hit hospitals and pipelines. Rachel holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology and attends Black Hat and DEF CON in Las Vegas each year, where she follows research from the security community. She writes to make risks and countermeasures understandable to people who are not specialists.

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