An iWatch as soon as this summer?

The latest rumors on Apple’s supposed entry into the wearables market suggests that the device may hits the shelves as early as this summer, sometime after WWDC. The report comes from the Economic Daily News out of China and is claiming that Taiwan’s Quanta Computer will be the exclusive manufacturer of the iWatch, initially producing sixty-five million of the devices. Apple is thought to be producing a chip specifically for the iWatch based on the same architecture as the A7 which currently runs the iPhone 5S, and will be produced by Samsung. As Cult of Mac points out, regardless of the heated battles between the two companies, Samsung is still the only place to go for high-output production of ARM based chips. The report goes on to reveal many of the details we’ve heard before, such as the display being made from sapphire glass and that the watch’s functions will be focused on biometrics and integrate tightly with Apple’s Healthbook app.

[iWatch concept courtesy of Venestudio Designs]