Ah, the old "chip shortage" excuse. Yeah...that makes a ton of sense. Especially considering Apple continues to break sales and revenue records year after year after year.
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Apple to Cut iPhone Production Goals by as Many as 10 Million Units Due to Chip Shortages
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Ah, the old "chip shortage" excuse. Yeah...that makes a ton of sense. Especially considering Apple continues to break sales and revenue records year after year after year.
If they still don’t believe you, tell them to go to a new car lot. All I saw was used vehicles, I had to be put on a list for a new car off the truck at the end of this month AND I had to pre pay in advance to guarantee it.
with that said They we’re willing to pay me 5k more than my car was actually worth. But even with new car pricing they already trying to sneak up those prices!!!
At least it’s not Porsche levels where you have to wait a year to get one
Convenient excuse for slow sales. Apple gets priority over other companies but yet, for example, AMD has been discounting their CPUs such as the top consumer 5950x that has an MSRP of $799.99 but sells for $739.99.
I am amazed with the amount of conspiracy theorists on this site, every thing is a conspiracy or cover-up here.
that's just not how supply chain works. most manufacturers have multiple orders from many different companies not just 1.
Manufacturing really needs to rethink the on demand delivery of materials. COVID was the trigger this time but what’s next.
Nobody does that in tech manufacturing. Component prices tend to drop over time and no one wants to pay upfront. Not to mention newer revisions of the same component comes out all the time.
Heh, I practically want to say "It's about time" because until now it felt like Apple was immune to this chip shortage.
I guess they just have big long term contracts in place so it took a while for it to catch up to them.
Hopefully the industry as a whole can get things sorted soon.
I guess they just have big long term contracts in place so it took a while for it to catch up to them.
Hopefully the industry as a whole can get things sorted soon.
I was under the impression that the chip shortage was due to the inability to ramp up production due to increased demand, not due to any actual lack of raw materials, and that companies like Apple who have steady orders wouldn't be effected.
Still waiting on the Model X I ordered in April 2021. Maybe by April 2022.
it's now a combination of everything, still, latest node chips (eg 5nm) are ok, it's the legacy nodes that are troublesome cause they are used in EVERY piece of electronics
I never personally ordered 90 million wifi chips for delivery from the grocery store, but it's probably more complicated than a guy arriving at my front door with a paper bag with my complete order before cooking starts. I would guess it's an elaborate and carefully orchestrated symphony of many 3rd party suppliers shipping components on an ongoing basis to continually feed manufacturing. This way phones can start being manufactured+sold early rather than on the back end of all components being received and orders can be revised and tweaked ongoing.
Ah, a trip down memory lane! For the past year or two, "APPLE IS DOOMED!!!!" has been replaced by variations of "All Apple cares about is maximizing profits by selling millions of disposable overpriced consumer crap!!! WHERE IS THE INNOVATION??? This wouldn't be happening if Steve were still alive!!! Tim Cook needs to go!!!!" ?
When it’s said by companies selling products of good value-for-the-buck, it should normally be trusted. But, when it's said from those selling overpriced, expensive merchandises like iPhones or Mercedes, BMW, LV, they can only be excuses.
One golden rule: Nothing from a greedy business could ever be trusted!
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I know you’re joking but where I shop the chip aisle is almost always completely cleared out. Other shelves are that way too. Feels like walking into a post-apocalyptic scenario whenever I go shopping now.