The rumour mill seems to be working overtime for the Apple iWatch. Is it happening? Isn’t it happening? When will it happen? This is the latest, Foxconn (Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturing company) is already building the iWatch and with an OLED display.

Reports are suggesting that the display screen is OLED (organic light-emitting diode), which in theory provides better power consumption and may do something for Apple’s reputation for being known for using LCD IPS displays. Maybe this means that Apple is making a move from its traditional LCD displays. With Android smartwatches using OLED displays successfully, it would seem likely that Apple would use this display rather than the poor quality e-links display on the Pebble. Economic Daily News are sugessting that Apple is indeed using OLED displays as a trial for the iWatch.

A possible reason for the switch of the screen displays, is that OPED has touch sensors already baked into the glass, significantly better than having a seperate multi touch layer. These displays have been manufactured by RiTdisplay in Taiwan.

Another report from the same publication, has said that Foxconn has already received orders for the iWatch. Not bulk orders but rather “small-scale trial testing.” So it seems Apple and Foxconn are manufacturing the iWatch as a trial basis. To further fuel the rumour, Apple hired a senior OLED expert at the beginning of this year.

But remember these are simply rumours.

[Source: Cultomac]