Apple Inc has reached out to Chinese manufacturing firm Luxshare to develop its upcoming augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. Reasons to Choose China’s Luxshare for AR DeviceAccording to a supply chain exec familiar with the matter, speaking to Nikkei Asia, Pegatron remained a longstanding manufacturer for Apple’s iPhone and the first to supply Apple’s AR products. Despite this, relations between the two companies soured after Pegatron pulled out of Apple’s AR device plans. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook visited the Luxshare manufacturing facility in December 2017 to meet with workers and executives. We won’t be shifting production for the sake of lowering costs”Conversely, Foxconn will build a further second-generation, cheaper AR device, the four people explained.

Source: Libya Today February 24, 2023 00:19 UTC