Apple to begin Apple Watch mass production this month

By | December 12, 2014

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Apple (AAPL) is gearing up to start manufacturing its Apple Watch later this month, Rosenblatt Securities said Friday. Mass production of the Apple (AAPL) Watch at contract manufacturer Quanta Computer will start in the second half of December, Rosenblatt analyst Jun Zhang said in an Asia supply chain report. The Taiwan-based company is forecast to produce about 18 million units in the next six months, Zhang said. Apple has not set a date for commercial availability of the smartwatch, only saying that it will come out in “early 2015.” It also has been mum on details about pricing (the device will start at $349) and battery life. Apple announced the Apple Watch on Sept. 9. Meanwhile, a report by Taiwan’s United Daily News claims that Quanta will begin mass production of the Apple Watch in January Scalper1 News

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