Apple and Foxconn together with Sharp TV is testing a new
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Recently on our blog Un MacRadar we raised theme Apple branded TVWhich has been actively discussed in the press process. And let the Internet is still not able to detect any "spy" photos, confirming the existence of the mythical device, over the past year has accumulated plenty of rumors.
A few days ago a respected Western newspaper The Wall Street Journal He has published a new report, which cited an unnamed insider tells about the beginning of joint testing with Apple TV production companies Foxconn and Sharp.
"While this is a formal project. He is still in the early stages of testing, "- said one of the sources.
how writes Engadget editor Richard Lauler, in addition to purely technological device development process when creating your Apple TV will have to settle all questions of the nature of the license with the popular TV content providers around the world. Even the huge investment in this area could theoretically not produce the desired results, especially given the fanatical desire to control whether Apple every aspect of the final product.
According to some analysts, it is this obstruction prevented the company to issue so-called «iTV» earlier. According to Richard, companies like Sony and Microsoft have spent billions of dollars to create products such as the Xbox 360 and PS3, and as a result got only a small share of this tasty morsel.
Let me remind you, the first reports that the Cupertino-based company in the walls of developing proprietary television began to appear a few years ago, and published in October last year official biography of Steve Jobs only added fuel to the fire. Apple is known for its feature to check in real life almost all the ideas, but the connection in the process of third-party manufacturers said that the deal headway point. Stay tuned.