2014 is seen by many people as the year in which the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), will launch the supposed famous SmartWatch named iWatch. The Americans seem to be close to finalizing the design and specifications of the product, ordering its partners to produce the first units of the famous watch. Unfortunately, this initial round of production it generated and the first problems, only half of the manufactured units complying with the quality standards imposed by those from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),.
Several wearable devices such as Apple's iWatch and Qualcomm's Toq are reportedly seeing less than 50% yield rates due to difficulties applying surface treatments on their metal injection molded (MIM) chassis, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. The MIM process is often used in the mass production of high-precision products with complicated industrial designs as it allows components to feature special shapes, but still maintain rigidity. MIM-made components used to be used inside products, but as the components are now becoming part of the external design, surface treatments have become an important process for the look of products.
The main problem of the production process is, apparently, the finishing treatment of the external structure iWatch, Apple thinking a complex design for its product. We all know that Jony Ive designs products with designs as beautiful and complicated as possible, and the partners of the American company must find ways to produce them on an industrial scale. Considering that we are talking, most likely, about an advanced stage of the development process, the problems will be solved in time and if Apple considers that the product must reach the market, then it will be launched.
