We have known for several months that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), test a tablet iPad with a 12.9 inch screen and as the well-known company Quanta Computer was chosen to produce the first prototypes of this product. Although he has so far tested the prototypes from Quanta, it seems that Apple would have chosen to contract the company to produce the future tablet. Although Foxconn was one of the competing companies for the conclusion of these contracts, it seems that Apple has chosen to collaborate with those from Quanta Computer to launch the future product, it will be produced in limited quantities until mid-2014 when it should reaches the market, Apple thinking it especially for the educational and business segment.
Quanta Computer has reportedly landed orders for Apple's rumored large-size iPad for mass production in the second half of 2014, while Inventec, Quanta and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) are currently competing over Apple's iWatch orders, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. Apple is also rumored to be planning to release a 12.9-inch iPad in 2014 with Quanta in charge of manufacturing the device, the sources noted. Quanta is expected to encounter several challenges in terms of industrial design and assembly when making the large-size iPad. And since the size is not the mainstream specification, order volumes are expected to be limited, the sources said. The sources pointed out that Apple's large-size iPad will mainly target the education and enterprise markets.
Separate from the 12.9-inch iPad tablet, the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), intends to launch and SmartWatchCPC iWatch during the next year, Quanta, Inventec and Foxconn trying to obtain contracts from the Cupertino company. For now, it is not known exactly what functions the future will have iWatch or what shape the screen will have, but it is speculated that we could have a device with a curved screen and a new type of special battery for it. Considering the rumors published in the last months, the launch of these two products during the next year seems quite likely, Apple having quite a lot of interest in expanding its product portfolio.
