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Apple iWatch looks likely to launch alongside the iPhone 6 in September

We could see Apple's timepiece hit the stage in five months' time

Esat Dedezade

Apple will reveal the iWatch in September alongside the iPhone 6, if the latest rumours are to be believed.

The news comes courtesy of Taiwan’s Economic Daily News which reports that Apple suppliers TPK, Richtek and Quanta Computer have all been ordered to start production on various iWatch components.

The iWatch’s touch panel will be supplied by TPK, while the actual body will be manufactured by Quanta Computer.

Apple has also apparently outsourced the production of the iWatch’s processor to Samsung, and it has allegedly requested that all suppliers involved in iWatch production begin to deliver their products in August.

A joint iWatch and iPhone 6 launch makes sense, and we expect Apple to show off how both of its latest shiny iThings are able to interact with each other on stage.

The iWatch is expected to track various health stats with a a variety of UV and IR sensors, and you’ll be able to monitor everything in iOS 8‘s new Healthbook app.

That’s all we know for the time being, but stay tuned for more updates as and when we get them.

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[Economic Daily News, Digitimes, via Pocket-lint, image: Martin Hajek]

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Esat has been a gadget fan ever since his tiny four-year-old brain was captivated by a sound-activated dancing sunflower. From there it was a natural progression to a Sega Mega Drive, a brief obsession with hedgehogs, and a love for all things tech. After 7 years as a writer and deputy editor for Stuff, Esat ventured out into the corporate world, spending three years as Editor of Microsoft's European News Centre. Now a freelance writer, his appetite for shiny gadgets has no bounds. Oh, and like all good human beings, he's very fond of cats.