Apple will launch several iWatch models later this year, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who on Thursday also wrote in a note to clients that one of the high-end versions of the smartwatch may “carry a price tag of several thousand U.S. dollars.” A different report now suggests that the iWatch may be very cheap to make, and it will have a much more affordable starting price. According to G for Games, ESM-China news chief analyst Sun Chang Xu posted on Weibo about a report from Taiwan’s Topology Research Institute, which says it will cost Apple $77 to manufacture an iWatch unit. The report also says the iWatch’s asking price will be 3.5 times higher than its purported manufacturing cost, or around $265. The analyst went on
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